Simon Ford

Academic Director, Minor, Undergraduate Program

Term Lecturer, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

PhD, MA, MPhil, MEng (Cantab.)

Burnaby Room: WMC 4373
Burnaby Phone: 778.782.5561
Surrey Room: SUR 5028
Surrey Phone: 778.782.3868

Biography

After a two-year academic visit from the Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge, Simon joined the Beedie School of Business full-time in September 2018.

At Beedie he teaches courses within the Innovation & Entrepreneurship concentration. During 2019-20 he's teaching the following courses:

Spring 2019: BUS 238 Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Innovation - D100 in Burnaby; BUS 477 Startup Experience - D700 in Burnaby
Summer 2019: BUS 338 Foundations of Innovation - D100 in Surrey; BUS 450 Managing Emerging Opportunities - D100 in Surrey
Fall 2019: BUS 201 Introduction to Business - E100 in Burnaby; BUS 238 Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Innovation - D100 in Surrey
Spring 2020: BUS 238 Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Innovation - D200 in Burnaby; BUS 450 Managing Emerging Opportunities - D100 in Surrey
Summer 2020: BUS 238 Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Innovation - D100 in Surrey

In addition to teaching, Simon is also currently:

Previously, he was the Faculty Advisor to the SFU JDC West team that won School of the Year in 2019, and the Academic Coordinator of the Social Entrepreneurship Joint Semester for the 2018 and 2019 cohorts.

For his contributions to the student community, Simon was awarded the 2019 BASS Faculty Impact Award. He is also on the 2018-19 FBA Teaching Honour Roll, and was honored to be selected to deliver the Faculty Address at the Spring Convocation 2019.

Simon's most recent research explores the impact of 3D printing on society. His papers on this topic include:

Invited review article: Where and how 3D printing is used in teaching and education, Additive Manufacturing, 25: 131-150 (January 2019)
Unlocking value for a circular economy through 3D printing: A research agenda, Technological Forecasting & Social Change, 115: 75-84 (February 2017)
Additive manufacturing and sustainability: an exploratory study of the advantages and challenges, Journal of Cleaner Production, 137: 1573-1587 (November 2016)
Distributed manufacturing: scope, challenges and opportunities, International Journal of Production Research, 54(23): 6917-6935 (June 2016)
The Emergence of Additive Manufacturing: Introduction to the Special Issue, Technological Forecasting & Social Change, 102: 156-159 (January 2016)
Economic implications of additive manufacturing and the contribution of MIS, Business and Information Systems Engineering, 57(2): 139-148 (March 2015)

If you're interested, you can see Simon talk about 3D printing as part of Beedie's Inside Innovation series; read his research papers on ResearchGate; laugh at him in the 2017 and 2018 SFU Faculty Smackdowns; and connect with him on Twitter and LinkedIn.

Selected Publications

Articles and Reports

Ford, S. (2015). Co-evolutionary processes and positive feedbacks in the growth of the ultimate fighting championships. Sport, Business and Management: an International Journal, 5(1), 31-49. http://doi.org/10.1108/SBM-11-2011-0083

Ford, S., Routley, M. J., Phaal, R., & Probert, D. R. (2014). The industrial emergence of commercial inkjet printing. European Journal of Innovation Management, 17(2), 126-143. http://doi.org/10.1108/EJIM-01-2013-0002

Mortara, L., Ford, S., & Jaeger, M. (2013). Idea competitions under scrutiny: Acquisition, intelligence or public relations mechanism? Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 80(8), 1563-1578. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2013.01.008

Probert, D. R., Ford, S., Routley, M. J., O'Sullivan, E., & Phal, R. (2013). Understanding and navigating industrial emergence. Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Proceedings. Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 227(6), 781-793. http://doi.org/10.1177/0954405413479113

Ford, S., Mortara, L., & Probert, D. R. (2012). Disentangling the complexity of early-stage technology acquisitions. Research-Technology Management, 55(3), 40-48. http://doi.org/10.5437/08956308x5503048

Phaal, R., O'Sullivan, E., Routley, M., Ford, S., & Probert, D. (2011). A framework for mapping industrial emergence. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 78(2), 217-230. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2010.06.018

Ford, S., Garnsey, E., & Probert, D. (2010). Evolving corporate entrepreneurship strategy: technology incubation at Philips. R and D Management Journal, 40(1), 81-90. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9310.2009.00580.x