Dr Steve Conway
+44 (0) 1225 383682
BSc, MBA, PhD (Aston)
Job Title:
Senior Lecturer in Operations and Supply Management
Affiliated Research Centre:
Centre for Research in Strategic Purchasing and Supply (CRiSPS)
Subject Group:
Research Interests
Key Research Interests: My research interests are centred around the nature and role of social and organisation networks in innovation, technology diffusion, entrepreneurship, and knowledge creation and sharing, with a particular focus on informality and boundary- spanning. I am also interested in the graphical representation of such networks. I have published across these areas, including a recent book for Oxford University Press; this text adopts a network perspective to reflect upon the management and shaping of innovation both within and beyond the innovating organisation (Conway, S. and Steward, F. (2009) Managing and Shaping Innovation, Oxford: Oxford University Press).
Staff Summary: I was previously a Senior Lecturer in Innovation and Director of Distance Learning at the University of Leicester School of Management (2001-2010). Prior to this, I was a Research Fellow (1994-1997) and Lecturer in Innovation (1997-2001) at Aston Business School. I have also worked for Hewlett Packard (1986-1989) in both software development and technical support for financial information systems.
Areas of Interest for Doctoral and MBA/MSc Research Supervision: the role of social networks in innovation and knowledge transfer; the role of informality and serendipity in innovation and knowledge transfer; the impact of architecture and work-space design on networking, informality, and serendipity, relating to innovation and knowledge transfer; regional clusters and organisation networks within and between sectors; the role and nature of external sources of knowledge / ideas / innovation, with a particular interest in ‘user-innovation’ and the role of intermediaries. I am open to the sectoral / national context of such research, although I have an emerging interest in service sector innovation.
Publications
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Conway, S. and Steward, F. (2009) Managing and Shaping Innovation, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Jones, O., Conway, S. and Steward, F. (eds.) (2001) Social Interaction and Organisational Change: Aston Perspectives on Innovation Networks, London: Imperial Press.
Refereed journal papers
Jones O, Sharifi S & Conway S (2006) ‘Accounting for Organization: Round-up the Usual Suspects’, Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 17(2-3):283-304. DOI:10.1016/j.cpa.2003.04.004
Conway S, Combe I & Crowther D (2003) ‘Strategizing Networks of Power and Influence: the Internet and the Struggle Over Contested Space’, Managerial Auditing Journal, 18(3):254-62. DOI:10.1108/02686900310469916
Book Chapters
Conway, S. and Jones, O. (2006) ‘Viewing Entrepreneurship From a Social Network Perspective’ in Enterprise and Small Business: Principles, Policy and Practice, 2nd Edition, Carter, S. and Jones-Evans, D. (eds.), FT-Prentice Hall: London, pp. 305-37.
Jones, O. and Conway, S. (2004) ‘The International Reach of Entrepreneurial Social Networks: The Case of James Dyson in the UK’, in H. Etemad (ed.), International Entrepreneurship in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: Orientation, Environment and Strategy, Vol. 3, McGill International Entrepreneurship Series, Edward Elgar, pp. 87-106.
Conway, S. (2001) ‘Employing Social Network Mapping to Reveal Tensions Between Informal and Formal Organisation’ in Social Interaction and Organisational Change: Aston Perspectives on Innovation Networks, Jones, O., Conway, S. and Steward, F. (eds.), Imperial Press: London, pp. 81-123.
Conway, S., Jones, O. and Steward, F. (2001) ‘Realising the Potential of the Social Network Perspective in Innovation Studies’ in Social Interaction and Organisational Change: Aston Perspectives on Innovation Networks, Jones, O., Conway, S. and Steward, F. (eds.), Imperial Press: London, pp. 349-66.
Jones, O., Conway, S. and Steward, F. (2001) ‘Introduction’ in Social Interaction and Organisational Change: Aston Perspectives on Innovation Networks, Jones, O., Conway, S. and Steward, F. (eds.), Imperial Press: London, pp. 1-40
