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Current Teaching

•     New Venture Creation
•     Innovation Management
•    Managing the Venturing Process
•   Applied Topics in Business II (Creative Destruction Lab)
  

Research Interests

Dr Roach's research interests include innovation and product management capabilities of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Biomedical Technologies (MedTech) firms are of particular interest

Selected Awards and Honours

• 2017  Winner of the Emerald Literati Network award for best paper in the European Journal of Innovation Management
• 2017  Best paper, Networks and Innovation track, Institute for Small Business & Entrepreneurship conference, Manchester, UK
  
• 2014  Best paper, Networks and Innovation track, Institute for Small Business & Entrepreneurship conference, Manchester, UK
  
• 2009  2nd Year MBA Professor of the Year – º£½ÇÉçÇø MBA Society

Selected Publications

• Innovation, effectuation, and uncertainty. Ryman, J.A. & Roach, D.C. Innovation, Organization & Management. (2022)  DOI: 
• Is it time to reassess the front-end innovation approach? Roach, D.C. IEEE Engineering Management Review, 48(1), 10-13 (2020)  DOI:
• Enhancing innovativeness: The role of dynamic marketing capabilities. Roach, D., Ryman, J., Jones, R., & Ryman, H. Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences 35(4), 563-576 (2018)  DOI: Nominated for the 2018 best paper award.
  
• Effectuation, innovation and performance in SMEs: An empirical study  Roach, D.C., Ryman, J. & Makani, J. European Journal of Innovation Management 19(2)  (2016) DOI: , Winner of the 2017 Emerald Literati Network, Awards for Excellence
  
• Culture, conduct and innovation: A deconstruction of market orientation  Roach, D.C., Ryman, J. & White, J. Journal of Research in Marketing and Entrepreneurship 16(2)  (2014) DOI:

Patents

• US PATENT 10076620 B2, Anesthetic circuit having a hollow fiber membrane. Schmidt, Klaus, Michael; Roach, David, Cecil; Wilfart, Florentin, Michael. Granted: 2018
• EUROPEAN PATENT WO EP2934645B1, An anesthetic circuit having a hollow fiber membrane. Schmidt, Klaus, Michael; Roach, David, Cecil; Wilfart, Florentin, Michael. Granted: 2019
• US Patent 7,327,273  Fluid Monitoring Device.  Orlando Hung, Peter Gregson, David Roach. Granted: 2008