Our staff possess a wealth of experience working across a range of different sectors including but not limited to:
Below we provide some further information on what sector-specific research has been conducted and why.
Manufacturing
Productivity in UK manufacturing
Professor Jillian MacBryde has undertaken recent research, supported by ESRC through the Productivity Insights Network, investigating productivity in UK manufacturing. The findings of this work were among other things presented to a meeting of MPs and Peers at the Palace of Westminster.
She has recently been awarded funding from EPSRC to undertake work on "".
High technology manufacturing industries
Dr. Aylin Ates鈥� research links the domains of strategy, technology, organisational change and innovation management within high technology manufacturing industries.
Fishers Services
She is a Principle Investigator in a KTP project with Fishers Services (2017-19). The KTP project has highlighted stock control issues where the company spend about 拢4mil per year. The KTP has developed an accurate system of that can be implemented into the factories for minimal cost and disruption for day-to-day activities.
The management team are looking to increase their market share in the UK by expanding geographically with investment in additional factories or acquisition of businesses. The RFID system will feature extensively in this expansion as they learn more and more about product lifecycles and customer behaviours.
Leonardo MW Ltd
Dr Aylin Ates is a Co-Investigator in a (2019-21), which aims to embed capability in product lifecycle, project, and engineering management, and integrate this within existing processes to implement a robust design and manufacturing process that will translate to increased productivity, improved yield and business growth.
Regional development agencies
Dr. Ates also has an ongoing collaboration with regional development agencies such as Scottish Enterprise, Scottish Manufacturing Advisory Service and international partners in the area of high value manufacturing ecosystems and developing the competitiveness of SMEs. She authored a series of research papers (e.g. , , , ) and book chapters (e.g. , ) disseminating her research in this field.
Energy
Matthew Hannon has been researching the energy sector for over 12 years. His research examines the policy and market conditions necessary to accelerate low-carbon energy technology and business model innovation. He is a co-investigator on UKRI鈥檚 拢10m consortium on smart, locally-led energy systems, and the UK Energy Research Centre鈥檚 project, alongside Dr Iain Cairns.
Matthew Hannon has also written a on innovation to accelerate the energy revolution, written reports for the Labour Party and , and had work cited in and . He currently sits on Scottish Power Energy Networks鈥� to inform their five-year business plan for Ofgem鈥檚 RIIO-ED2. He is also a council member, chair and trustee of the community energy charity and an Honorary Member of the .
Food & drink
With international colleagues from around Europe, Professor Sarah Dodd explores the development of alternative craft sector enterprise, at the periphery. Current work includes a study of beer, brewing and rural policy through time. These build on SUII funded workshops, with craft brewers and , exploring the challenges and opportunities around collaborative growth.
Financial services & fintech
Members of the Hunter Centre are collaborating on research related to Financial Services and particularly FinTech. Dr Efstathios Tapinos and Dr Dilshod Makhmadshoev are working on how companies from FinTech Scotland are dealing with the uncertainty of the external environment in the development of strategy.
Health
Efstathios Tapinos is a Co-I in the UKRI funded project, 鈥淭he Future of Autonomous Electrified Flight鈥�, which explores the future of self-driven drones. This project is envisioned to have significant impact, as it will chart how self-driven drones can operate in Scotland with the first application being the NHS. This is an interdisciplinary project with 欧美高清鈥檚 Engineering faculty.
The Digital economy
Russell Matthews鈥� recent work has focused on the role that disruptive digital technologies play in enabling emerging business models. Examples of this include his research on . This research stream is underpinned by studies of fundamental entrepreneurial practices () and of broader , such as .
Dave Mackay is currently engaged in a 2-year knowledge transfer partnerships relating to strategy and innovation objectives. It is with the Virgin Money group, piloting a platform innovation approach to creating and digitally scaling a new customer offering.