Professor Paul Trott
Biography
I am Professor of Innovation Management at the Faculty of Business and Law. I am also Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands. My research explores innovation policy and how firms manage innovation. I have raised over £500,000 in research funding. Recently, I was Principal Investigator of a study exploring product development opportunities for a firm manufacturing Uninterruptible Power Systems (UPS) in the UK. One of my research projects helped a steel tube manufacturing firm in the UK develop a new product range to help it diversify its very narrow customer base.
I have taught at many different universities around the world including T.U. Munich, Germany, T.U. Delft, The Netherlands, North Carolina, USA. I have successfully supervised over ten PhD research projects. I hold a PhD from Cranfield University.
Research interests
I have published over fifty articles on innovation management. My work has been published in many different journals including: R&D Management, Technovation, Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, Journal of Marketing Theory, International Journal of Innovation Management. My book; Innovation Management & New Product Development is now in its 5th edition and is used all over the world.
Research outputs
2024
How cognitive bias prevents serendipity in new product development (and what to do about it)
Trott, P., Ellwood, P., Baxter, D.
30 May 2024, In: IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. 71, 13p.
Research output: Article
Tomorrow is already here: exploring how corporate foresight can contribute to ambidexterity
Trott, P., Van Der Duin, P., Marzi, G.
2 May 2024, In: Strategic Change. 33, 3, p. 187-200
Research output: Article
Failed technology management: Introducing ‘future technology myopia’ and how to address it
Trott, P., Ortt, R., Van Der Duin, P.
1 Jan 2024, In: Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 198, 8p., 122927
Research output: Article
2023
Reconceptualising innovation failure
Baxter, D., Trott, P., Ellwood, P.
1 Sep 2023, In: Research Policy. 52, 7, 14p., 104811
Research output: Article
A trade secrets framework and strategic approaches
Ozcan, O., Pickernell, D. G., Trott, P.
20 Jul 2023, In: IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
Research output: Article
2022
Packaging-integrated-products: capturing new opportunities in the front end of product development
Simms, C., Trott, P.
15 Sep 2022, In: European Journal of Marketing
Research output: Article
The changing context of innovation management: A critique of the relevance of the stage-gate approach to current organizations
Trott, P., Baxter, D., Ellwood, P., van der Duin, P.
30 Aug 2022, In: Prometheus. 38, 2, p. 207-227
Research output: Article
Public sector innovation in context: a comparative study of innovation types
Cinar, E., Simms, C., Trott, P., Demircioglu, M. A.
9 Jun 2022, In: Public Management Review
Research output: Article
Collaborative public sector innovation: an analysis of Italy, Japan, and Turkey
Cinar, E., Simms, C., Trott, P.
24 Jan 2022, In: Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions, 22p.
Research output: Article
2021
Risk governance approach to migration: a viable alternative to precautionary management
Acik, A. C., Trott, P., Cinar, E.
11 Aug 2021, In: Journal of Risk Research
Research output: Article