John Bessant
Emeritus Professor of
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Honorary retired professor of innovation and entrepreneurship at the University of
Exeter, senior researcher at Innofora Ltd.Originally a chemical engineer, Professor
John Bessant has been active in research, teaching and consultancy in technology and
innovation management for over 25 years. He currently holds the Chair in Innovation
and Entrepreneurship at Exeter University where he is also Research Director. In
2003, he was awarded a Fellowship with the Advanced Institute for Management
Research and was also elected a Fellow of the British Academy of Management. He
served on the Business and Management Panel of both the 2001 and 2008 Research
Assessment Exercises. He has acted as advisor to various national governments and to
international bodies including the United Nations, The World Bank and the OECD
黄灿
Associate Dean,
Executive Deputy Director
Ph.D., professor at the School of Management, Zhejiang University, doctoral
supervisor, deputy dean, Young Yangtze Scholar of the Ministry of Education,
executive deputy director of the Research Center for Innovation Management and
Sustained Competitiveness of Zhejiang University, co-director of the Intellectual
Property Management Institute of the School of Management . ISO/TC 279 registered
expert, SAC/TC554 committee member.
Mats Magnusson
Professor and Vice Head of School
Professor of Engineering Product Innovation at the Royal Institute of Technology in
Sweden, permanent visiting professor at Stockholm and Luis University. Former
director of the Swedish Institute for Innovation and Technology Management, a
visiting professor at Bologna University, and Chairman, a senior advisor of the
Continuous Innovation Network (CINet) committee. Mats Magnusson is Professor of
Product Innovation Engineering at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and
Permanent Visiting Professor at Luiss School of Business and Management in Rome. He
has previously been director of the Institute for Management of Innovation and
Technology in Sweden, and Visiting Professor at the University of Bologna and at
Aalborg University. Moreover, he is chairman of the Continuous Innovation Network
(CINet), senior advisor of the Creativity and Innovation Management journal, and is
active as a board member and consultant to several industrial companies, as well as
in various executive training programs. His research and teaching activities concern
continuous innovation, management of ideas and knowledge, innovation networks and
strategic management.
