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Dr Elly Philpott, Senior Research Fellow

Elly Philpott is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Bedfordshire, a visiting lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire and a private business consultant. She has a BSc in Physical Science, a Masters in IT for Manufacture and a PhD in Concurrent Engineering and Design Ethos.

Elly has worked in international supply chain management in the telecommunications sector and with various aerospace and automotive OEMs to improve new product introduction processes. More recently, Elly has been engaged in the support of local SMEs.

Elly is currently working on FP7 project 'Use and Diffuse' which is researching best practice in exploitation and dissemination of research results from EU-funded projects in health and ICT. See www.useanddiffuse.eu

In the last 3 years Elly has managed project funds in excess of £250K and has worked with more than 20 local manufacturing and service companies. Her most recent projects have mapped innovation services provision in the east of England, developed an online innovation tool for SMEs (See http://www.uni-east.ac.uk/innovation-test) and facilitated knowledge exchange for companies in the environmental goods and services sector.

She retains tutoring responsibilities in supply chain management, concurrent engineering and design tools and techniques.

Previous teaching responsibilities have included Quality, Knowledge Management and E-business for Women. Elly has examined 3 PhDs and in excess of 10 Masters theses.

Her current research interests include holistic approaches to business strategy and the implementation of innovation in small companies.

Her home interests include participation in local community groups, learning piano and gardening. Elly lives in Hertfordshire, UK with her husband and 2 children.

Publications

• 2009 Philpott, E., " Strategy " in Management through Collaboration, (Eds),
  Charles Wankel, Routledge, status in progress
• 2009 Philpott, E., "Measuring Innovation outputs in SMEs: the use of a
  conceptual innovation framework to evaluate the success of 80 European
  funded projects in Health and ICT", ECIC 2009, status accepted
• 2009 Philpott, E., "Overcoming reticence to aid knowledge creation between
  universities and business - a case reviewed", in Cultural Implications of
  Knowledge Sharing, Management and Transfer: Identifying Competitive
  Advantage, (Eds) Deogratias Harorimana, IGI-Global
• 2008 Philpott, E., "Innovation outputs in SMEs:  a conceptual framework
  relating innovation inputs, dissemination, exploitation and innovation
  outputs in University-SME projects in the UK" International Journal of
  Innovation and Entrepreneurship", Inderscience, status: in review
• 2008 Philpott, E., "Holistic Approaches to Business Planning" in The
  Handbook of 21st Century Management, (Eds) Charles Wankel, Sage Publications
  Inc, New York, ISBN 1412949726
• 2008 Philpott, E., "Identifying innovation opportunities - using the
  internet to match universities with SMEs"  International Journal of
  Knowledge Management Studies  (IJKMS), special issue on "Using Technology
  for Innovation and Knowledge Sharing in SMEs: Socio Technical Approaches".
  Vol. 2, No. 3, 285-303
  
• 2007 Philpott, E., “Holistic Approaches to Business Planning” in The Handbook of 21^st Century Management, (Eds) Charles Wankel, Sage Publications, New York
• 2006 Bevis, K., and Philpott, E., “ Emergence of a Regional Model for University-Business Knowledge Transfer”, JEKPOT 11^th Knowledge Management Forum, November 2006, Milan
  
• 2006 Philpott, E., and Bevis, K., “ ‘Access to knowledge’ – a successful approach to university-business working using an online innovation test as a CRM tool’, ISPIM 2006, June, Athens
• 2006 Philpott, E., Report: Evaluation of the ESF-funded Passport to Academic
  Learning (PALs) course, University of Bedfordshire
  
• 2005 Philpott, E. “Research Report in response to consultancy brief – M1 Knowledge Exchange Research”, M1 Knowledge Exchange, December 2005
• 2005 Philpott, E., Barnard, M., ”Supporting Emerging environmental clusters: evidence from one EU region”, proceedings of ISBE – Illuminating Entrepreneurship – the theory and practice of enterprise creation and development”, Blackpool, November 2005
• 2005 Philpott, E., Worgan, P.,” City Growth Luton – Survey results”, City Growth Luton and EEDA, August 2005, http://www.citygrowthluton.com/news_pubs/publications.htm
• 2005 Philpott. E., Bevis, K., "Innovation needs of manufacturing SMEs: evidence from an EU region", proceedings of EuROMA – Operations and Global Competitiveness conference, Budapest July 2005, 1661-1667
• 2005 Philpott. E., Bevis, K., "Detecting innovation opportunities: the development of an online innovation tool and process for university - business engagement", ISPIM conference, Porto July 2005
• 2005 Philpott. E., Bevis, K., "Innovation in Manufacturing SMEs - A process for effective university - SME engagement", SMESME conference, Glasgow, July 2005
• 2004 Philpott, E., "The innovation needs of manufacturing SMEs in the East of England: Input to the East of England's (EEDA) manufacturing strategy
• 2004 Philpott, E., Hamblin, D.J., Baines, T.S., Kay, G., (2004), “The use of models and methods for strategic planning: Towards an holistic view of strategy”, International Transactions in Operations Research, 11(2), 203-216
• 2003 Philpott, E., Newman, R., Bevis, K., "MAPSME Plus  (SP 037) Literature
  Review, Version 1, August 2003 - available via authors or from i10 project
  office, CLO, University of Cambridge, Mill lane, Cambridge
  
• 2001 Philpott, E., “Constraints on the Implementation of Concurrent Engineering in civil and defence design communities: differentiating design ethos’” PhD thesis, 2001
• 1999 Philpott, E., Hamblin, D.J., Fan, I.S., Gregory, M.J., (1999), "A Framework and implementation guidelines for Knowledge Management and Inter-company working", IPSERA 99, Dublin & Belfast, March
• 1999 Gregory,M.J., Fan, I.S., Hamblin, D.J., Philpott, E., (1999), ^"An Implementation Template to set up Concurrent Engineering Projects in the Defence Supply Chain", ICE 99,The Hague, March
• 1999 Fan, I.S., Gregory, M.J., Hamblin, D.J., Philpott, E., Hadfield, R., (BAe), (1999), "A Model of deploying engineering capability of aerospace suppliers in producibility analysis". SAE Aerospace Manufacturing Technology Conference, Seattle, June
• 1999 Hamblin, D.J., Fan, I.S., Philpott, E., Gregory, M.J., (1999), "A Framework for Evaluating the Success of Early Supplier Involvement in the Aerospace Industry". European Operations Management Association (EUROMA) Conference on Manufacturing Networks, Venice, June
• 1999 Fan, I.S., Gregory, M.J., Hamblin, D., Philpott, E., (1999), "Making Effective Use of Early Supplier Involvement in New Product Development in Aerospace". 6th IPDM Conference, Cambridge, 5-6th July
• 1999 Fan, I.S., Hernando, D., Gregory M.J., Hamblin, D., Philpott, E., Russell, S., (1999), "A decision support tool to set up Concurrent Engineering projects with different levels of suppliers’ involvement" Paper to be presented at the CE'99 Conference, Bath, September
• 1998 Philpott, E., Hamblin, D.J., Fan, I.S., Gregory, M.J., (1998), "A Framework for Knowledge Capture on the Impact of Supplier Involvement in Concurrent Engineering in the Aerospace Defence Industry" IPSERA 98, London, April