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Position

Senior Research Associate

Affiliation

Dr Marcel Dissel

Research Interests

• Innovation and Technology Management
• Business Development & Complex Sales
• Dynamic capabilities & Process Management
• Decision making under uncertainty

Background

Marcel joined the IfM in 2004 as a part time senior research associate after an initial spell as a visiting scholar in 2002. Currently Marcel is CEO at the AO Foundation in Davos/Zurich, a medically guided global non-profit organization dedicated to improving patient care by fostering & expanding an interdisciplinary network of currently more than 15,000 healthcare professionals in research, development, clinical investigation, & education specialised in the treatment of trauma & disorders of the musculoskeletal system; Marcel is also founded Dissel Ltd.(GB) and later Dissel GmbH (CH) – a consultancy company providing business consultancy, interim management and training services. Furthermore he is a senior partner at PRO4S and non-executive director of AND Technology Research. He holds lectureships at the Leiden Insitute of Advanced Computer Science, Tiasnimbas Business School and Steinbeis University. Marcel holds an MSc in business administration from the Rotterdam School of Management, and a PhD (Dr.-Ing summa cum laude) in technology and innovation management from the aerospace faculty of the University Bw Munich.

Research Projects

• Marketing Technology (IMRC project)
• Business Appraisals for Technology Potentials (IMRC project)
• Innovation Laboratory - role of physical spaces in the innovation process (IMRC project)

Selected Publications

• Dissel, M.C., R. Phaal, C.J. Farrukh, D. R. Probert (2009) Value Roadmapping: A Structured Approach for Early Stage Technology Investment Decisions, Research Technology Management, Nov.
• Dissel, M.C., C.J. Farrukh, L. Mortara, V. Thorn (2009) Making the Business Case for Technologies: A five step process guide. Workbook, Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge.
• Farrukh, C., M. Dissel, K. Jackson, R. Phaal, D. Probert (2009) Valuing technology along a timeline of technological maturity, International Journal of Technology Management, 48(1), pp 42-55
• Ma, X., M.C. Dissel (2008) Rapid renovation of operational capabilities by ERP implementation: lessons from four Chinese manufacturers, Int. J. Manufacturing Technology and Management, Vol. 14, Nos. 3/4
• Dissel, M.C., D.R. Probert, L.W. Tockenbürger (2007) Selling New Technologies: Making a convincing Business Case, Proceedings of the IEEE international conference on industrial engineering and engineering management, Singapore
• Dissel, M.C., C.J. Farrukh, D.R. Probert, F.H. Hunt (2007) Multiple Perspectives on Appraisal Techniques for New Technologies: Examples from the Aerospace Industry, International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management, 3(4)
• Moultrie, J., M. Nilsson, M. Dissel, U. Haner, S. Janssen, R. Van der Lugt (2007), Innovation Spaces, Towards a Framework for Understanding the Role of the Physical Environment in Innovation, Creativity & Innovation Management, 16(1), pp 53-65
• Katzy, B. R., Dissel, M. C., Blindow, F. S. (2003), Dynamic Capabilities for Entrepreneurial Venturing; the Siemens ICE Case, in: Zedtwitz, M. v., Haour, G., Khalil, T., Lefebvre, L. (eds.), Management of Technology: Growth through Business, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Oxford, Pergamon Press, p. 3-21
• Katzy, B.R., Dissel, M.C. (2001) A toolset for Building the Virtual Enterprise, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Volume 12, Issue 2, April 2001, pp. 121-131