Background

Professor of innovation and entrepreneurship at MMUBS. Ossie was previously employed as a senior lecturer in innovation management at Aston Business School. Before that he spent three years at UMIST School of Management, Manchester (ESRC Teaching Fellow) after completing his PhD at Manchester Business School in 1990. Ossie has published widely in the area of innovation and technology management with a particular focus on smaller firms. Ossie began his working career as an apprentice aircraft fitter with British Aerospace. Then he spent two years working for ICL before joining Hotpoint as an Industrial Engineer - he spent 12 years making washing machines before leaving to take a degree in Organisation Studies at Lancaster University. Editor: "International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research" IJEBR publishes articles which deal with topical issues related to entrepreneurship and enterprise. The journal is based on contributions from a wide range of disciplinary and methodological perspectives. These include, but are not limited to: accounting and finance, anthropology, development studies, economic history, economics, geography, management and marketing, political science, psychology and sociology. In addition, the editor is keen to encourage contributions which critically examine issues related to entrepreneurship and enterprise.

Research

Current research interests include entrepreneurial networks, innovation management in mature SMEs, social capital and entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship/corporate entrepreneurship, individual and organizational learning.

Publications

Jones, O., Macpherson, A., Thorpe, R. and Ghecham, A. The Evolution of Business Knowledge in SMEs: Conceptualising Strategic Space, Strategic Change 16:6, 281-294.

Lorenco, F. and Jones, O. (2007) Developing Entrepreneurship Education: Comparing Traditional and Alternative Teaching Approaches, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Education, 4:

Jones, O. (2006) Developing Absorptive Capacity in Mature Organizations: The Change Agent’s Role’, Management Learning, 37:3,355-377.

Jones, O and Macpherson, (2006) A. Inter-Organizational Learning and Strategic Renewal in SMEs: Extending the 4I Framework, Long Range Planning, 39:2, 155-175.

Jones, O., Sharifi, S. and Conway, S.(2006) Accounting for Organization: Round-up the Usual Suspects, Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 17:2/3, 283-304

Jones, O. (2005) Editorial: Glancing Backwards; Looking Forwards, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, 11:5.

Jones, O. (2005) Managing Public-Private Partnerships: The Enactment of a New Business Venture, Technovation, 25: 587-97.

Macpherson, A., Jones, O. and Zhang, M. (2005) Virtual Reality and Innovation Networks: Opportunity Exploitation in Dynamic SMEs, International Journal of Technology Management 30:1/2, 49-66.

Jones, O. (2005) Manufacturing Renewal Through Corporate Entrepreneurship: Middle Management and Organizational Innovation, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 25:5, 491-511.

Taylor, D., Jones, O. and Boles, K. (2004) Building Social Capital Through Action Learning: An Insight into the Entrepreneur, Education and Training, 46:5, 226-35.

Macpherson, A., Jones, O. and Zhang, M. (2004) Evolution or Revolution? Dynamic Capabilities in a Knowledge-Dependent Firm, R&D Management, 34:2, 161-77.

Jones, O. (2003) The Persistence of Autocratic Management in Small Firms: TCS and Organizational Change, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, 9:6, 245-67.

Macpherson, A., Jones, O, Zhang, M. and Wilson, A. (2003) Re-conceptualising Learning Spaces: Expanding Organizational Capabilities in a High-Tech SME, Journal of Workplace Learning, 15:6.

Jones, O and Craven, M. (2001) Expanding Capabilities in a Mature Manufacturing Firm: Absorptive Capacity and the TCS, International Small Business Journal, 19:3, 39-55.

Jones, O. and Craven, M (2001) Beyond the Routine: Innovation Management and the Teaching Company Scheme, Technovation, 21:5, 267-79.

Jones, O. (2000) Scientific Management, Culture and Control: A First-Hand Account of Taylorism in Practice, Human Relations, 53:5, 631-653.

Jones, O. (2000) Innovation Management as a Post-Modern Phenomenon: The Outsourcing of Pharmaceutical R&D, British Journal of Management, 11:4, 341-56.

Jones, O., Edwards, T. and Beckinsale, M. (2000) Technology Management in a Mature Firm: Structuration Theory and the Innovation Process, Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 12:2, 161-177.

Jones, O. & Tang, N. (2000) Innovations in Product and Process: The Implications for Technology Strategy, International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management, 1:4/5, 464-77.

Jones, O. & Stevens, G. (1999) Evaluating Failure in the Innovation Process: The Micropolitics of New Product Development, R&D Management, 29:1.

Jones, O. (1998) From Maturity to Entrepreneurship: A Stakeholder Model of Innovation, Creativity and Innovation Management, 7:2, 107-14.

Jones, O. & Tang, N. (1997) Networks for Technology Transfer: Linking HEIs and SMFs, International Journal of Technology Management, 12:7/8, 820-829.

Jones, O. (1997) Changing the Balance? Taylorism, TQM and Work Organisation, New Technology Work and Employment, 12:1, 13-24.

Jones, O. & Smith D. (1997) Strategic Technology Management in a Mid-Corporate Firm: The Case of Otter Controls, Journal of Management Studies, 34:4, 511-536.

Jones, O., Cabral, C. & Beckinsale, M. (1997) Mature SMEs and Technological Innovation: Entrepreneurial Networks in the UK and Portugal, International Journal of Innovation Management, 1:3, 201-227.

Tang, N., Jones, O & Forrester, P. (1997) Organizational Growth Demands Concurrent Engineering, Integrated Manufacturing Systems, 8:1, 29-34.

Tang, N., Jones, O. & Agnew, A. (1996) Technological Alliances Between HEIs & SMFs: Examining the Current Evidence, Small Business and Enterprise Development, 3, 48-56.

Jones, O. (1996) Strategic HRM: The Implications for Pharmaceutical R&D, Technovation, 16:1, 21-32.

Jones, O. (1996) Human Resources, Scientists and Internal Reputation: The Role of Climate and Job Satisfaction, Human Relations, 49:3, 269-294.

Jones O. (1996) Mergers and Innovation: Declining Commitment to Pharmaceutical Research, Creativity and Innovation Management, 5:1, 22-37.

Green, K., Jones, O. & Coombs, R. (1996) Introduction: Critical Perspectives on Technology Management, Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 8:1, 3-7.

Jones, O. (1995) No Guru, No Method, No Teacher: A Critical View of (My) Managerial Research, Management Learning, 26:1, 109-127.

Jones, O. and Sullivan, T. (1994) Establishing the Determinants of Departmental Reputation: The Case of R&D Scientists, R&D Management, 24:4, 325-339.

Jones, O., Green, K., Coombs, R. (1994) Technology Management: Developing a Critical Perspective, International Journal of Technology Management, 9:2, 156-171.

Nichols, W. and Jones, O. (1994) The Introduction of CIM: A Strategic Analysis, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 14:8, 4-16.

Jones, O. (1993) Creating Innovatory Climates: R&D Scientists in High-Technology Organisations, Creativity and Innovation Management, 2:4, 252-260.

Jones, O. (1992) Postgraduate Scientists and R&D: The Role of Reputation in Organisational Choice, R&D Management, 22:4, 349-358.

Editor, Journal Special Issues

Jones, O., Conway, S. & Steward, F. (1998) Special Issue on Innovation Networks, International Journal of Innovation Management, 2:3.

Agnew, A. & Jones, O. (1997) Special Issue on Managing Integrated Manufacturing, International Journal of Production Economics, 52:3.

Jones, O., Green, K. & Coombs (1996) Special Issue on Critical Perspectives on Technology Management, Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 8:1.
Edited Books

Jones, O. and Tilley, F. (eds) (2003) Competitive Advantage in SMEs: Organising for Innovation and Change, Chichester, Wiley.

Jones, O., Conway, S & Steward, F. (eds.) (2001) Social Interaction and Organisational Change: Aston Perspectives on Innovation Networks, Imperial College Press, London.

Book Chapters

Conway, S. and Jones, O. (2006) Networking and the Small Business in S. Carter and D. Jones-Evans, Enterprise and Small Business: Principles, Practice and Policy (2nd ed.) FT Prentice Hall, Harlow.

Jones, O. (2004) Innovation Management as a Post-Modern Phenomenon: The Outsourcing of Pharmaceutical R&D, in J. Storey (ed) The Management of Innovation, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar.

Jones, O. and Conway, S. (2004) Social-Embeddedness and Geographical Reach in Entrepreneurial Networks: The Case of James Dyson, in H. Etemad (ed), International Perspectives on Entrepreneurship, Edward Elgar.

Jones, O. (2003) Kicking Against the Pricks: Change Agents and Innovation in Mature Companies, in D. Preece and J. Laurila (eds) Technological Change and Organizational Action, Routledge.

Jones, O. (2003) Managing Innovation in Mature SMEs, in O. Jones & F. Tilley, Competitive Advantage in SMEs: Organising for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Chichester, Wiley.

Jones, O. (2003) Competitive Advantage in SMEs: Towards a Conceptual Framework, in O. Jones and F. Tilley (eds) Competitive Advantage in SMEs: Organising for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Chichester, Wiley.

Jones O. & Beckinsale, M (2001) Micropolitics and Network Mapping: Innovation Management in a Mature Firm, in Jones et al, Social Interaction and Organisational Change: Aston Perspectives on Innovation Networks, Imperial College Press, London.

Conway, S. Jones, O. and Steward, F. (2001) Conclusion: Social Interaction and Innovation Networks, in Jones et al, Social Interaction and Organisational Change: Aston Perspectives on Innovation Networks, Imperial College Press, London.

Beckinsale, M. and Jones, O. (1999) Strategic Innovation Networks: Managing High Technology in Mature Small Firms in R. Oakey, During, W. and Mukhtar, S., New Technology-Based Firms in the 1990s, Volume VI, Amsterdam, Pergamon.

Jones, O. and Tang, N. (1998) Mature Firms in the Mid-Corporate Sector: Strategies for Innovation and Employment, in Manufacturing in Transition, R. Delbridge and J. Lowe (eds), Macmillan (Chapter 7, 112-129).

Jones, O. (1995) International HRM and Management Development, in Woods, M.W., (editor) International Business, Chapman and Hall (ISBN 0-412060860).

Preston, D. & Jones O. (1995) HRM in International Management: Developing the International Manager, in Woods, M.W., (editor) International Business, Chapman and Hall.
Research Papers & Reports

Jones, O., Macpherson, A. and Woollard, D. (2007) Analysing Growth in Higher Education: A Study of Academic Entrepreneurship, MMUBS Working Paper WP07/01.

Lourenco, F. and Jones, O. (2006) Learning Paradigms in Entrepreneurship Education: Comparing the Traditional and Enterprise Modes, National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship, Working Paper 2006-027.

Jones, O. and Macpherson, A. (2004) Inter-Organizational Learning and Strategic Renewal in SMEs: Extending the 4I Framework, MMUS Working Paper WP 04/08.

Jones, O and Holt, R. (2003) Conteptualising the Entrepreneurial Process: New Business Ventures (NBVs) as Activity Systems, MMUS Working Paper WP 03/16.

Macpherson, A., Jones, O. and Zhang, M (2002) Network Learning in a High Technology SME: Expanding Entrepreneurial Capabilities, MMUBS Working Paper, WP 02/15

Jones, O (2002) Innovation and Organisational Change: Social Capital and Corporate Entrepreneurship, MMUBS Working Paper, WP 02/15

Jones, O. and Craven, M. (2001) Absoptive Capacity and New Organizational Capabilities: A TCS Case Study, MMUBS Working Paper, WP 01/02.

Jones, O. (2001) Examining the Entrepreneurial Process: Institutions and Agency in a Public-Private Partnership, MMUBS Working Paper, WP 01/12.

Brereton, D. and Jones, O. (2001) Social Networks and Business Startups: A First-Hand Account of Entrepreneurship, MMUBS Working Paper. WP 01/21.

Jones, O. and Conway, S. (2000) A Re-Reading of Against the Odds: The Social Embeddeness of Entrepreneurs, Aston Business School Research Paper, RP0023.

Jones, O. and Beckinsale, M. (1999) Analysing the Innovation Process: Networks, Micropolitics and Structural Change, Aston Business School Research Paper, RP9919.

Jones, O., Conway, S. and Steward, F. (1999) Social Interaction and Organisational Change: An Analytical Review of Innovation Networks, Aston Business School Research Paper, RP9934.
Stevens, G. & Jones, O. (1998) Evaluating Failure in the Innovation Process: The Politics of New Product Development, Aston Business School Research Paper, RP98

Edwards, T. and Jones, O. (1998) Creating Links Between HEIs and SMEs: The Politics of Marketisation Aston Business School Research Paper, RP9812.

Jones, O. (1997) Structuration Theory and Technology Transfer: Towards a Social Theory of Innovation, Aston Business School Research Paper, RP9704.

Jones, O. (1997) From Post-it Notes to Post-Modernism: Organisations, Innovation and Virtual R&D, Aston Business School Research Paper, RP9733.

Jones, O. & Tang, N. (1996) What is Technology Strategy – and Does it Matter?, Aston Business School Research Paper, RP9613.

Tang, N., Jones, O., Peng, I. & Agnew, A. (1995) Technological Alliances Between HEIs and SMFs: Examining the Current Evidence, Discussion Papers in Management Studies No. 95/2, University of Leicester.

Jones, O. (1995) Changing the Balance: A Critical Examination of a Factory Regime, Aston Business School Research Paper, RP9506.

Jones, O. & Smith D. (1995) Strategic Technology Management in a Mid-Corporate Firm: The Case of Otter Controls, Aston Business School Research Paper, RP9511.

Jones, O. (1994) Subjectivity and the Labour Process: A Critical Examination of Critical Theory, Discussion Papers in Management Studies No. 94/5, University of Leicester.
Jones, O. (1994) Strategic HRM in the Pharmaceutical Industry: The Employment of R&D Scientists, Discussion Papers in Management Studies No. 94/11, University of Leicester.