Research
IKON's key research themes are:
- Knowledge exploitation, integration and interactive innovation processes
- Networking and innovation
- Knowledge and learning in organizations
- Knowledge Management and communities of practice
- Evidence generation and use
- Managing knowledge work
- Expertise development and transfer
Current Research Projects
Within these areas IKON's current research portfolio is focused on the following key projects:
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Management insights for tackling grand challenges: the case of climate-related financial risks in the financial investment industry (UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship)
- Improving Evidence-Based Innovation in Social Care: A Methodology for Values Alignment
- New Modes of Expertise Development in Technologically Intensive Environments
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Early stage equity investment practices in Angels network and start-up management . A preliminary study
Recently Completed Research Projects
- Improving the capabilities of NHS organisations to use evidence: A Process Model
- NHS Top Managers, Knowledge Exchange and Leadership: The Early Development of Academic Health Science Networks
- Evidence in Management Decisions: Advancing Knowledge Utilization in Healthcare Management
- Networked Innovation in the Health Sector (NIHS): Comparative Evaluation of the Role of Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC)
- The Management and Organization of Clinical Trials
Previously Completed Research Projects
- Improving the Capacity of Healthcare Organisations to Act on Evidence in Patient Safety
- Understanding the Historical Evolution of Pharmacy Practice. A Cross National Study
- The role of Communities of Practice in improving business performance
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Innovative Computer Game Development: Implications for Theory, Policy and Practice
- Knowledge Management Systems for Lean Healthcare
- The Evolution of Biomedical Knowledge: Interactive Innovation in the UK and US
- The Dynamics of Networked Innovation: Barriers to Knowledge Transfer
- Capturing Knowledge and Project-Based Learning: Managing Culture and Change in the Construction Firm
- Knowledge Management for Project-based Learning
- Power, Knowledge and Knowledge Management: A study of Interactive Innovation
- Networking for Effective Research: Developing and Sustaining Collaborative Alliances