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Dr Hannah Noke

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BSc (Bradford), PhD (Cranfield), PGCHE (The University of Nottingham)
Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Division: Haydn Green Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Centre/Institute: The Haydn Green Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
E-mail: Hannah.Noke@nottingham.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 115 8466563
Location: B38 (South Building, Jubilee Campus)

Dr Hannah Noke is an Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Nottingham University Business School.

Her research interests and publications are in the area of innovation, covering the process of 'steady state' innovation, strategic renewal through innovation in SMEs, as well as a growing research focus in the area of discontinuous innovation.

Hannah has taught both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the areas of operations management, new product development, innovation management and new venture creation

Research Interests
Innovation; New Product Development, Dynamic capabilities; Strategic growth and development; SMEs and Strategic networks.

Administrative Roles
HGI - Deputy Director of Haydn Green Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Witty Scholar Support
I am module convenor of the following modules:


MSc

Entrepreneurship Business Plan (N14T17)
Entrepreneurship Project (N14T38)
Launching New Ventures (N14T36)


Details of all modules can be found on MyNottingham

Current Research Activities
I am interested in areas concerning entrepreneurial start-ups, understanding the way that entrepreneurs make sense of opportunities. Other research interests are in the area of innovation, how organisations large and small undertake innovation, this extends to innovation within the public sector including the NHS and schools.
I am currently supervising the following Research Students:

José Francisco González López
Richard Darron Gott
 

Publications prior to 2005



Publications prior to 2005

Journal Articles

Noke, H.; Radnor, Z. (2004), "Navigating Innovation: A Diagnostic Tool for Supporting the Process", Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, Vol.15 (1), pp. 172-183.

Radnor, Z.; Noke, H. (2002), "Innovation Compass: A Self-audit Tool for the New Product Development Process", Creativity and Innovation Management, Vol.11 (1), pp. 122-132.


Reports for external body

Radnor, Z.; Rickards, T.; Noke, H. 2002, "Assessing and Enhancing Innovative Design Using the Stage Gate Model", in EPSRC Final Report: Innovation Management Project.


Chapters in Books

Radnor, Z.; Rickards, T.; Noke, H. (2004), "Developing a compass to navigate the innovation journey", in Ghobadian, A.; O'Reagan, N.; Gallear, D.; Viney, H. (ed) Strategy and Performance: Achieving Competitive Advantage in the Global Market Place, pp. 251-267.


Conferences

Phillips, W.; Lamming, R.; Bessant, J.; Noke, H. 2004, "Promiscuous Relationships: Discontinuous Innovation and the Role of Supply Networks", at 13th International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association Catania, Italy.

Phillips, W.; Noke, H.; Bessant, J.; Lamming, R. 2004, "Beyond the Steady State: Managing Discontinuous Product and Process Innovation", at 11th European Operations Management Association (EurOMA) INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France.

Noke, H. 2003, "The relationship between New Product Development and Organisational Survival", at Euroma PhD Seminar, Lake Como June.

Noke, H.; Radnor, Z. 2003, "New Product Development During Times of Survival: Characterising Organisational Behaviour", at 10th International Product Development Management Conference, Brussels, Belgium June.

Noke, H.; Radnor, Z. 2003, "New Product Development During Times of Survival: Innovative or Conservative Characteristics", at R&D Management Conference, Manchester, July.

Radnor, Z.; Noke, H. 2003, "Further understanding of the New Product Development Process: Findings from the Innovation Management Project (IMP)", at 10th International Product Development Management Conference, Brussels, Belgium June.

Noke, H. 2002, "The relationship between New Product Development and Organisational Survival", at Euroma PhD Seminar, Copenhagen, June.

Noke, H.; Radnor, Z.; Rickards, T.; Xu, Q. 2002, "Finding the right direction: A Diagnostic Tool for use in NPD", at 9th International Product Development Management Conference (9th IPDMC), Nice.

Radnor, Z.; Rickards, T.; Noke, H. 2002, "Developing a compass to navigate the innovation journey", at British Academy of Management Conference, London, September, Best Paper Award.

Noke, H.; Radnor, Z.; Rickards, T.; Xu, Q. 2001, "Developing a diagnostic tool for the innovation Process: Application of case results", at British Academy of Management Conference, Cardiff, September..

Rickards, T.; Radnor, Z.; Xu, Q.; Noke, H. 2001, "Assessing and enhancing innovative design using the stage gate model", at 8th International Product Development Management Conference (8th IPDMC), Twente, the Netherlands, June.


Publications from 2005 to the present day

Journal Articles

Hoyte, C.; Noke, H.; Mosey, S.; Marlow, S. (2019), "From Venture Idea to Venture Formation: The Role of Sensemaking, Sensegiving & Sense Receiving", International Small Business Journal, forthcoming 2019.

Noke, H.; Chesney, T. (2014), "Prior knowledge: the role of virtual worlds in venture creation", Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, Vol.21 (3), pp. 403-413.

Noke, H.; Radnor, Z. (2013), "Conceptualising and Contextualising Public Sector Operations Management", Production Planning and Control, Vol.24 (10-11), pp. 867-876.

Mosey, S.; Noke, H.; Binks, M. (2012), "The influence of human and social capital upon the entrepreneurial intentions and destinations of academics", Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, Vol.24 (9), pp. 893-910.

Wright, M.; Mosey, S.; Noke, H. (2012), "Academic Entrepreneurship and Economic Competitiveness: Rethinking the Role of the Entrepreneur", Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Vol.21 (5-6), pp. 429-444.

Noke, H.; Hughes, M. (2010), "Climbing the Value Chain: Strategies to Create a New Product Development Capability in Mature SMEs", International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Vol.30 (2), pp.132-154.

Noke, H.; Radnor, Z. (2009), "Creating a New Product Development Capability: The Organisational Enablers for Moving up the Value Chain", International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management, Vol.16 (4), pp. 319-342.

Noke, H.; Perrons, R.; Hughes, M. (2008), "Strategic Dalliances as an Enabler for Discontinuous Innovation in Slow Clock speed Industries: Evidence from the Oil & Gas Industry", R and D Management, Vol.38 (2), pp. 129-139.

Phillips, W.; Lamming, R.; Bessant, J.; Noke, H. (2006), "Discontinuous Innovation and Supply Relationships: Strategic Dalliances", R and D Management, Vol.36 (4), pp. 451-462.

Phillips, W.; Noke, H.; Bessant, J.; Lamming, R. (2006), "Beyond the Steady State: Managing Discontinuous Product and Process Innovation", International Journal of Innovation Management, Vol.10 (2), pp. 175-196.

Radnor, Z.; Noke, H. (2006), "Development of an Audit Tool for Product Innovation: The Innovation Compass", International Journal of Innovation Management, Vol.10 (1), pp. 1-18.

Bessant, J.; Lamming, R.; Noke, H.; Phillips, W. (2005), "Managing Innovation Beyond the Steady State", Technovation, Vol.25 (12), pp. 1366-1376.


Books

Mosey, S. Noke, H. Kirkham, P. (2017), Building an Entrepreneurial Organisation, (1), Routledge.


Conferences

Noke, H.; Mosey, S.; Hughes, M. 2012, "Innovation in Healthcare: Let's start at the very beginning", at Academy of Management Annual Meeting, August 3-7, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Scholes, L.; Wright, M.; O'Neil, I.; Noke, H. 2012, "Innovation in Family Firms at Academy of Management", at Boston, USA.

Johnson, A.; Noke, H. 2010, "Assessing the Applicability, Feasibility and Desirability of Public Sector Entrepreneurship", in British Academy of Management, Sheffield, 14th - 16th September 2010.

Mosey, S.; Noke, H. 2010, "Lessons learnt from 15 years of extracurricular entrepreneurship education", in International Entrepreneurship Educators Conference, Cardiff, 1st - 3rd September 2010.

Hughes, M.; Mahon, C.; Noke, H. 2009, "Entrepreneurship Education and Entrepreneurial Orientation: Can We Really Develop Future Entrepreneurs", at International Entrepreneurship Educators Conference, Edinburgh Conference Centre, Heriott-Watt University, Edinburgh, 2nd-4th September 2009.

Johnston, A.; Noke, H. 2007, "Entrepreneurship: Applicability, Feasibility and Appropriateness in a Public Sector Context", at WUN (World University Network), Chicago, 4 October.

Mosey, S.; Ucbasaran, D.; Lockett, A.; Noke, H.; Vanaelst, I. 2007, "The development of human and social capital by nascent academic entrepreneurs", in Babson College Entrepreneurship Conference, IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Madrid, 7-9 June.

Noke, H. 2007, "The role of the corporate entrepreneur in creating a product innovation capability within SMEs", at British Academy of Management Annual Conference, Warwick, 11-13 September.

Noke, H.; Radnor, Z.; Bessant, J. 2006, "The creation of a new product development capability in manufacturing small and medium sized enterprises", at British Academy of Management Annual Conference, Belfast, September.

Noke, H.; Radnor, Z.; Bessant, J. 2006, "Moving up the value chain: Creating a new product development capability in small medium-sized firms", at 13th European Operations Management Association (EurOMA), Glasgow, June.

Bessant, J.; Noke, H.; Lamming, H. 2005, "Search routines for discontinuous innovation", at 12th European Operations Management Association (EurOMA), Budapest.

Noke, H.; Bessant, J.; Radnor, Z. 2005, "Moving Up the Value Chain: The Transition Process For Manufacturing SME's To Create a NPD Capability", at CINET (Continuous Innovation Network), Brighton.

Noke, H.; Bessant, J.; Radnor, Z. 2005, "Moving Up the Value Chain: The Transition Process For Manufacturing SME's To Create a NPD Capability", at 12th European Operations Management Association (EurOMA), Budapest.


Discussion Papers

Chesney, T.; Noke, H. 2008, "Virtual World Commerce: An Exploratory Study", NUBS Working Paper Series No. 2008-03.
 

 

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