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Position

Senior Lecturer in Technology Management

Affiliation

Dr Tim Minshall

Academic Interests

• Technology Enterprise
• Funding of technology enterprises
• University technology transfer
• Open innovation

Further information on these research areas can be found at the Technology Enterprise Group website. Resources relating to teaching programmes in these subject areas can be found at the Centre for Technology Management Teaching Resources website.

Background

Tim Minshall joined the Centre for Technology Management in October 2002 as a University Lecturer in Technology Management. He is a member of the Board of St John's Innovation Centre.

Before joining the Centre, he was a Project Manager and Board Member at St John's Innovation Centre Ltd where he worked on a series of projects to support industry / academic collaboration focused around new technology ventures. Two of his main projects were support for the setting up and early management of the University of Cambridge Entrepreneurship Centre (now Cambridge Enterprise and the Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning) and the management of the 'Developing Entrepreneurs' project.  This project led to the formation of the 'Enterprise Link' networking group for new technology ventures, the production of the 'Cambridge Technopole Report', the formation of the Cambridge Technopole Group, and the publication of the 'Funding Technology' report series.

Prior to working at St John's Innovation Centre, he worked as a teacher, consultant, plant engineer and freelance writer in the UK, Australia and Japan.  He has B.Eng. from Aston University and a PhD from Cambridge University Engineering Department.

He is currently an External Examiner for MBA programmes at the Imperial College Business School, and a Visiting Fellow at Doshisha University Institute for Technology, Enterprise and Competitiveness in Japan.

Publications

Report

How to implement open innovation: lessons from studying large multinational companies (September 2009)

This report may be downloaded (free).

• T.H.W. Minshall (2009) "What is knowledge transfer?", Research Horizons, May 2009, issue 9. Link to magazine article
• Minola, T., T. H. W. Minshall and M. Giorgino (2008). "Access to external capital for techno start-ups: evidence from the UK." Investment Management and Financial Innovations 5(4): 186-199.
• Kuo, V. and T. H. W. Minshall (2008). "How Contract Manufacturers Compete with Their Clients: A Case Study on Innovation Capability Reconfiguration". Portland International Conference for the Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET) 2008, University of Pretoria, Cape Town, South Africa.
• Lim, S. S., K. Platts and T. H. W. Minshall (2008). "An exploratory study on manufacturing strategy formulation in start-up companies". 16th High Technology Small Firms Conference. Enschede, The Netherlands, University of Twente.
• Minshall, T. H. W., W. Wicksteed, C. Druilhe, A. Kells, M. Lynskey and J. (2008). "The role of spin-outs within university research commercialisation activities: Case studies from 10 UK universities". New Technology-Based Firms in the New Millennium. A. Groen, R. Oakey, P. C. Van der Sijde and G. Cook. Oxford, UK, Emerald. Volume VI: 185-201.ISBN 978-0-0805-5448-8.
• Mortara, L., T. H. W. Minshall, J. J. Napp and I. Slacik (2008). "Implementing Open Innovation: cultural issues", International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM) 2008, 15-18 June. Tours, France.
• Livesey, F., O’Sullivan, E., Hughes, J., Valli, R. and Minshall, T. (2008) A pilot study on the emergence of university-level innovation policy in the UK, CIG Working Paper
  
• Kuo, V. and T.H.W. Minshall. Innovation Capability Reconfiguration in Business Transition: A Case Study on Taiwanese PC Firms. in 17th International Conference on Management of Technology: “Creating and Managing a Knowledge Economy”. 2008. Dubai.
• Minshall, T.H.W., "Evolution of UK government support for innovation", in Creating wealth from knowledge, J. Bessant and T. Venables, Editors. 2008, Edward Elgar: Chelteham, UK.
• Minshall, T.H.W., et al., "Development of practitioner guidelines for partnerships between start-ups and large firms". Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 2008. 19(3): p. 391 - 406.
• Minshall, T. H. W., S. Seldon and D. Probert (2007). "Commercializing a disruptive technology based upon university IP through open innovation: A case study of Cambridge Display Technology." International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management 4(3).
• Minola, T., T. H. W. Minshall and M. Giorgino (2007). Determinants of Debt and Equity Financing for new HTSFs. 15th High Tech Small Firms Conference, 14-15 June 2007, Manchester Business School, Manchester UK.
• Minshall, T. H. W., P. Fraser, D. Probert and R. Valli (2007). Partnerships between technology-based start-ups & established firms in Challenges in the management of new technologies. Chapter 3, Eds. M. Hörlesberger, M. El-Nawawi and T. Khalil. World Scientific Publishing ISBN 978-981-270-855-7.
• Minshall, T. H. W., L. Mortara and J. J. Napp (2007). Implementing Open Innovation: Challenges in Linking Strategic and Operational Factors for HTSFs Working with Large Firms. 15th High Tech Small Firms Conference, 14-15 June 2007, Manchester Business School, Manchester, UK.
• Minshall, T. H. W., L. Mortara and J. J. Napp (2007). Open innovation: Linking strategic and operational factors. R&D Management Conference 2007, 4-6th July 2007. Bremen, Germany.
• Minshall, T. H. W. and W. Wicksteed (2007). University spin-out companies: Starting to fill the evidence gap.in New Technology-Based Firms in the New Millennium, Volume VI Eds. R. Oakey, S. Kauser, A. Groen and P. C. Van der Sijde. Elsevier.
• Weinberg, C., T. H. W. Minshall and E. W. Garnsey (2007). Small Firm Expectations from Acquisitions in the ICT Industry: A Conceptual Framework for Stakeholder Analysis. 15th High Tech Small Firms Conference, 14-15 June 2007, Manchester Business School, Manchester, UK.
• Gill, D., T. H. W. Minshall, C. Pickering and M. Rigby (2007). From “Technological Revolution” to the “Knowledge Economy”: A Review of Support for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the UK. 15th High Tech Small Firms, 14-15 June 2007, Manchester Business School, Manchester, UK.
• Gill, D., T. H. W. Minshall, C. Pickering and M. Rigby (2007). Funding Technology: Britain Forty Years On. Cambridge, St John's Innovation Centre and Institute for Manufacturing, ISBN 1-902546-50-4.
• Herriot, W. J. and T. H. W. Minshall (2006). Cambridge Technopole Report: An overview of the UK's leading high technology business cluster, St. John's Innovation Centre Ltd.: http://www.stjohns.co.uk/documents/cambridgetechnopolereport.pdf.
• Kuo, V. and T. H. W. Minshall (2006). Changing sources of innovation: How Taiwanese PC firms are managing the strategic transition from ODM to OBM. R&D Management Conference 2006, Taiwan and Hsinchu, 8-11 November 2006.
• Livesey, F., T. H. W. Minshall and J. Moultrie (2006). Investigating the technology-based innovation gap for the United Kingdom: A report for the UK Design Council. Cambridge, UK, University of Cambridge Institute for Manufacturing, ISBN 1-902546-49-0.
• Minshall, T. H. W. (2006). Product development and manufacture.in Starting a technology company: A guide for Cambridge University staff and students Eds. M. Weston-Smith and P. Luebcke. Cambridge Enterprise and the Cambridge-MIT Institute.
• Minshall, T. H. W., C. Druilhe and D. Probert (2006). Chapter 2: The evolution of 'third mission' activities at the University of Cambridge: Balancing strategic and operational considerations.in New Technology-Based Firms in the New Millennium, Volume V Eds. R. Oakey, S. Kauser, A.Groen and P. C. Van der Sijde. Elsevier, ISBN: 0080451527. 7-21,
• Minshall, T. H. W., S. Elia, P. Fraser, L. Mortara and D. Probert (2006). Development of a management guide for partnerships between technology-based start-ups and established firms. International Association for the Management of Technology (IAMOT) EuroMOT Conference 2006, September 10 - 12, Aston Business School, Aston University, Birmingham, U.K.
• Bohné, T. and T. H. W. Minshall (2006). The Tipping Point: Human Behaviour and the Takeoff Phenomenon of New Technologies. 15th International Association for the Management of Technology (IAMOT) conference, 22-26 May 2006, Beijing, China.
• Fraser, P., T. H. W. Minshall and D. Probert (2005). The distributed innovation paradigm: Evolution and dynamics. Paper to be presented 6th International CINet Conference Continuous Innovation - (Ways of) Making Things Happen, Brighton, 4-7 September 2005.
• Fraser, P., T. H. W. Minshall and D. Probert (2005). Them and us - asymmetric dyads involving early-stage technology firms. The 27th R&D Management Conference 2005, 6-8 July, Pisa, Italy.
• Minshall, T. H. W., P. Fraser, R. Valli and D. Probert (2005). "Resource-based view of partnerships between technology-based start-ups and established firms: A case study of Cambridge Display Technology (CDT)." Paper submitted for presentation at PICMET 2005.
• Minshall, T. H. W., R. Valli, P. Fraser and D. Probert (2005). "Partnerships between technology-based start-ups and established firms: Initial evidence from the Cambridge (U.K.) high technology business cluster." Paper submitted for presentation at IAMOT 2005.
• Minshall, T. H. W. and W. Wicksteed (2005). "University spin-out companies: Starting to fill the evidence gap." A report for The Gatsby Charitable Foundation, (http://www.stjohns.co.uk/documents/usoreport.pdf).
• Minshall, T. H. W., W. Wicksteed, C. Druilhe, A. Kells, M. Lynskey and J. Siraliova (2005). "The role of spin-outs within university research commercialisation activities: Case studies from 10 UK universities." Proceedings of the 2005 Annual High Tech Small Firms Conference, University of Manchester Business School.
• Seldon, S., D. Probert and T. H. W. Minshall (2005). "Case study: Cambridge Display Technology", Centre for Technology Management, University of Cambridge.
• Valli, R., A. Vohora and T. H. W. Minshall (2005). University spin-outs from Cambridge & Stanford: A model of the role of strategic alliances in attracting venture capital funding. Second AGSE International Entrepreneurship Research Exchange, Melbourne, 10-11 February 2005.
• Minshall, T. H. W., C. Druilhe, et al. (2004). The evolution of 'third mission' activities at the University of Cambridge: Balancing strategic and operational considerations. 12th High Tech Small Firms Conference, University of Twente, The Netherlands.
• Probert, D. R., C. Druilhe, et al. (2003). Notes on technology transfer activities at the University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge Centre for Technology Management.
• Seldon, S., D. Probert, et al. (2003). Case study: Cambridge Display Technology, Centre for Technology Management, University of Cambridge.
• Minshall, T. H. W. (2003). Alliance business models for university start-up technology ventures: A resource based perspective. 11th High Tech Small Firms Conference, Manchester Business School.
• Garnsey, E. W. and T. H. W. Minshall (2003). New ventures in new technology-based industries: an industry evolution approach. PICMET 2003, Portland, Oregon, USA.
• Gill, D., T. H. W. Minshall, et al. (2003). Funding Technology: Germany - Better by design?, Wardour Communications.
• Herriot, W. J. and T. H. W. Minshall (2003). Cambridge Technopole Report: An overview of the UK's leading high technology business cluster, St. John's Innovation Centre Ltd.
• Gill, D., T. H. W. Minshall, et al. (2002). Funding Technology: Israel and the virtues of necessity, Wardour Communications.
• Minshall, T. H. W. (2002). Support for new venture creation at the University of Cambridge. Infrastructures for spin-off companies. P. C. Van der Sijde, A. Ridder, J. M. Gomezet al, European Commission.
• Minshall, T. H. W. (2001). New venture creation workbook, GKN plc and St John's Innovation Centre Ltd.
• Garnsey, E. W. and T. H. W. Minshall (2000). "Growing enterprises in evolving technology-based industries: a pilot study." Centre for Technology Management Working Paper Series 2000/2.
• Gill, D., C. Martin, et al. (2000). Funding Technology: Lessons from America, Wardour Communications.
• Minshall, T. H. W. (1999). "A Resource-Based View Of Alliances: The Case Of The Handheld Computer Industry." International Journal of Innovation Management 3(2).
• Minshall, T. H. W. (1999). "A resource-based view of alliances:The case of the handheld computer industry." International Journal of Innovation Management 3(2): 159-183.
• Minshall, T. H. W. and E. W. Garnsey (1999). "Building production competence and enhancing organizational capabilities through acquisition: the case of Mitsubishi Electric." International Journal of Technology Management.
• Minshall, T. H. W. (1999). Manufacturing mobility: A strategic guide to transfering manufacturing capability, Institute for Manufacturing / Department of Trade and Industry.
• Minshall, T. H. W. (1998). "The impact of the 'hollowing-out' of Japanese domestic manufacturing." Euro-Japanese Journal Spring-Summer 1998.
• Grant, E. B., T. H. W. Minshall, et al. (1997). Development of a manufacturing transfer process. 14th International Conference on Production Research, 4-7th August, Osaka, Japan.
• Minshall, T. H. W., E. B. Grant, et al., Eds. (1997). Proceedings of the International Manufacturing Research Symposium 28-30 September, 1997, Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge.
• Minshall, T. H. W. (1995). "Japanese high technology innovation strategy." Euro-Japanese Journal 2(2).
• Minshall, T. H. W. (1995). The globalisation of innovation: Japanese high technology cross-border acquisitions as a strategic tool. Conference on Japan and the Global Economy, Coventry University, 7th December 1995.
• Minshall, T. H. W. (1995). Japanese high technology acquisitions: the role of international take-overs in a global innovation strategy". Global business in transition: Prospects for the 21st Century, Lingnan College, Hong Kong.
• Minshall, T. H. W. (1994). Tackling a culture of cash-led decisions. The Engineer. 3/11/94.
• Minshall, T. H. W. (1993). Japan's fibre-optic 'superhighway'. The Engineer. 23/9/93.