Centre for New Technologies,
Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CENTIVE)
Areas of Interest:
The focus of CENTIVE is on
innovation and entrepreneurship in the development and diffusion of new
technology i.e. the business aspects. Fuel cell technology is seen as a
potentially disruptive innovation in a number of different market applications
and hence an excellent technology to study.
Activity and Expertise:
CENTIVE has
a dual focus:
1.
New
technologies, the industries developing around them, and the sectors on which
they impact (including financial services as a major user, and as a source of
capital investment for these technologies).
2.
Theoretical
and practical issues to do with clusters, innovation, and entrepreneurship, on
which the success of these industries rests.
Development and diffusion of fuel
cells as a disruptive innovation
This project studies fuel cell development
from the firm’s perspective, for automotive, power generation and portable
electronic applications. The study encompasses development and diffusion of
fuel cells in
Credentials:
Funding has been obtained from the Economic and Social
Research Council Sustainable Development Programme to research best practice
for the development and diffusion of fuel cells. However, other recent research
includes Opto-Electronics/Photonics, Biotechnology, ICT,
E-Business & Knowledge Management, Advanced
Materials & Nano Technology and funding has been received from a
range of sponsors including:
AMP, Anglo-German Foundation for the
Study of Industrial Society, BT, Bull, Cable & Wireless, Chartered
Insurance Institute, Department for Education and Employment, Economic and Social Research Council,
Epitaxial, Ericsson, Esmerk, EU DG 15, Infosys, Leverhulme Trust, Marconi, Motorola, NCR,
Newbridge Networks, Nortel Networks, Orange, Science, Technology and
Mathematics Council, South-East England Economic Development Agency (SEEDA), Sundridge
Park Management Centre, Thales, Touche Ross, UKCPO, Welsh Development Agency.
Fuel cell and/or Hydrogen courses and
modules offered:
None currently.
Contact: Dr Paul Harborne
Email: p.harborne@city.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)207 040 8766
Address: 106 Bunhill Row,
London EC1Y 8TZ
UK.
Website: www.cass.city.ac.uk/centive/