Publications

Revisiting co-opetition dynamics and key success factors via an intuitionistic fuzzy cognitive mapping approach

Konyalioglu Aziz Kemal, Ates Aylin, Paton Steve

BAM 2025: 39th Annual Conference of the British Academy of Management (2025)

Prioritising critical success factors in coopetition using an integrated spherical fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (SF-AHP) approach and document coding

Konyalioglu Aziz Kemal, Ates Aylin, Paton Steve

EURAM 2025 Conference (2025)

Building business models in complex manufacturing towards the circular economy

Ates Aylin, Paton Steve, Sminia Harry

BAM 2025: 39th Annual Conference of the British Academy of Management (2025)

From transfer to co-creation : action research perspectives in knowledge transfer partnership (KTP) projects

Ates Aylin, Paton Steve, Bititci Umit, Konyalioğlu Aziz Kemal

Production Planning and Control Vol 36, pp. 236-249 (2025)

https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2024.2335475

Understanding coopetition dynamics in manufacturing value networks : a system dynamics based causal loop diagram (CLD) modelling approach

Konyalioglu Aziz Kemal, Ates Aylin, Paton Steve, Beldek Apaydın Tuğçe

Advances in Production Management Systems Advances in Production Management Systems (APMS) Conference 2024 IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology Vol 731, pp. 19–33 (2024)

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-71645-4_2

The role of co-opetition within the context of environmental sustainability : a system dynamics based causal loop diagram (CLD) approach

Konyalıoğlu AK, Ates A, Paton S

Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Environmental Management, Engineering, Planning & Economics 11th International Conference on Environmental Management, Engineering, Planning and Economics, pp. 42-49 (2024)

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Teaching

I am currently Director of Teaching and Learning within the Department of Strategy and Organisation. In my own teaching I deliver modules on Operations Management and Project Management within post-graduate MSc and MBA programs including a number of executive and corporate programs. I also teach on a number of short courses delivered for industry audiences.   

Research Interests

I research in two linked areas. Within the field of project management I am interested in how companies adopt and utilise project management methodologies in a process of ‘projectification’ to build their capability to manage complex work. And within the field of operations management I am interested in what strategies engineering and manufacturing companies adopt to move up the value chain in order to engage in more complex work.

Professional Activities

KE@SBS Space the Final Frontier Event, “Boosting Strategic Capability: Process and Product Management in Small Satellite Innovation at AAC Clyde Space”

Invited speaker

4/2/2025

Designing Organisations for Performance

Speaker

22/9/2021

Manufacturing Ecosystems

Speaker

7/9/2021

Ecosystems in Manufacturing

Speaker

5/8/2021

Project Management and Degree Apprenticeships

Consultant

1/11/2020

Business Improvement in the Defence Industry

Speaker

10/1/2019

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Projects

Sustainable Growth Framework for Medical Device Design Consultancy - £6960

Sminia, Harry (Co-investigator) Paton, Steve (Principal Investigator)

Fearsome began with 2 staff in 2005 as a general engineering design consultancy executing a small number of simple development projects across several industry sectors. At its inception, Fearsome was structured as a professional practice as was appropriate for a small company at an early stage.. However Fearsome has since grown now employing 30 direct staff. It now specialises in medical device design specifically in distinct fields including ophthalmology, drug delivery and neurosurgery. The development projectsFearsome currently executes are now larger in scale and scope and much more complex in execution. To accommodate this growth the structure of the company has evolved organically from its initial simple professional structure to become a more complex matrix structure. While this structure is more appropriate, it is still immature and requires further development as it currently presents challenges for capacity planning and resource allocation, project portfolio management, business growth and strategic planning and skills development and recruitment. Fearsome is working at capacity within a buoyant market with many opportunities, but its growth is being restricted as it lacks the ability to effectively scale its organisation to simultaneously capture new business and efficiently execute its current business. As a project-based SME working on cutting edge technologies within a complex market sector there are no off-the-shelf business modelling and organisational structuring solutions available which can be imported on, for example, a consultancy basis to meet Fearsome’s needs. There are several unusual features which make Fearsome’s challenges difficult to address with current thinking. First, the structuring of an SME organisation working on Research and Development is difficult as resources are typically more constrained than in larger organisations, so standard techniques for specifying an engineering division of labour are less effective. Second, allocation of separate direct and overhead roles is often difficult requiring a multilateral approach to capacity planning. Third, the separation of strategic and operational functions is often impossible, requiring more flexible resource allocation techniques. These and other challenges mean that a custom organisational structure and business model is required. Uniquely these challenges are made more acute as Fearsome exists within the Medical Technology sector, a speciality niche which deals directly with patient ergonomics. This is itself an emerging discipline where few standard models of product development exist. The research being carried out within Strathclyde Business School on complex, project-based business structures and the integration of project and operational work types will allow Fearsome to develop an organisational structure and business model that will allow it to execute its current business efficiently and effectively grow its revenue stream within an evolving market.

28-Jan-2025 - 24-Jan-2025

KTP - Fix Visual Effects Limited. New technologies to make the production pipeline more efficient from end to end

Paton, Steve (Principal Investigator) Barlow, Euan (Co-investigator)

01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2026

Innovative Business Model for CASKFILL and CASKLOG - £4980 Innovation Voucher

Sminia, Harry (Co-investigator) Paton, Steve (Principal Investigator)

CAE’s CASKFILL™ and CASKLOG™ form a product-service bundle comprising a digital system for
filling and disgorging volatile liquids to a high accuracy and data gathering functionality to
enable customers to track critical metrics. CAE can fully install this system into any facility that
requires fluid pumping and electronic control systems. The product service bundle is innovative
and unique due to the precision of the system - this is in effect its USP . Initially built for
distilleries CAE is now investigating its use with less volatile fluids and are finding that the
product has potential application beyond the limited industry scope that it was originally
designed for.
To exploit the opportunity this product-service bundle must be deployed within the correct
business model. This model will include the marketing of this solution, the project management
of its installation within the wider process facility, the operations management of the production
of the necessary equipment and the support of the installed equipment throughout the product
lifecycle.
The applied for innovation voucher funding is intended to develop a business model and
strategic plan for the global deployment of this product-service bundle.
This business model will be built on a full-lifecycle approach with closer customer relationships
and extended service provision. Additionally, the business model will need to consider the
packaging and supply of the telemetry produced by this product-service bundle once installed,
this consideration will also potentially lead to a change to the shape of the existing business. A
business model for this product-service bundle does not exist and therefore must be developed
using the latest in academic thinking which will be deployed within an Action Research
Framework.
In tandem with the development of the business model, a strategy will be developed to support
the business model which will strive to create sales both globally within the food and drinks
sector but also to access markets in adjacent sectors that utilise process flow technology. More
broadly this service should become the industry standard creating a uniform process across
industry that will improve the efficiency and performance of companies and reduce waste so
helping companies to meet carbon performance and pollution reduction targets.
If CAE can upskill and upscale their business, build efficient standards and practices, and
manage both short- and long-term strategy, this product service-bundle could form a pivotal part
in the Industry 4.0 solutions across Scottish manufacturing and beyond.

13-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2024

Innovate UK, Interface Standard Innovation Voucher - Innovative Business Model for CASKFILL and CASKLOG - £5,000

Paton, Steve (Principal Investigator) Ates, Aylin (Co-investigator)

£5000 budget

13-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2024

Technology Innovation in Defence-platform Energy-efficiency

Turan, Osman (Principal Investigator) Aktas, Batuhan (Co-investigator) Atlar, Mehmet (Co-investigator) Barlow, Euan (Co-investigator) Boulougouris, Evangelos (Co-investigator) Jennett, Kyle (Co-investigator) Paton, Steve (Co-investigator) Revie, Matthew (Co-investigator) Seth, Sampan (Co-investigator) Tapinos, Efstathios (Co-investigator) Theotokatos, Gerasimos (Co-investigator) Walls, Lesley (Co-investigator) Wright, George (Co-investigator)

01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2026

Boosting Strategic Capability: Process and Product Management in Small Satellite Innovation

Ates, Aylin (Principal Investigator) Paton, Steve (Co-investigator)

Demand for high-quality, timely data from space has never been greater and the increasing commercial interest means businesses must adapt to respond to the global opportunity.

Following an active period of acquisition, integration and expansion Clyde Space is now planning the next phase of growth, with a focus on building and launching its own constellation of satellites to establish a leading position in the supply of Space-Data-as-a-Service.

Strathclyde University will support development of a scalable organisational operating model to facilitate efficient and effective revenue growth and capability development in the short-, medium- and long-term through the implementation of innovative solutions.

01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2022

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