CBIT Research Group
Our experienced research group is dedicated to uncovering practical solutions in our ever evolving business landscape.
Our Research Leads
Research Offerings
Research
The CBIT research team specializes in commercialized research for practical application. Contact us to see how we can collaborate on research, grants, bid writing, and other opportunities.
Mobile Data Lab
The CBIT Mobile Lab consists of several resources like drones, infrared cameras, and other measurement tools that can be rented and used on site. We also have experienced technicians who can assist you when using technical equipment.
Our Research Partners & Collaborations
Research Programmes
The CBIT team has built a track record in accelerating disruptive technologies and creating applied research that benefits the wider society.
Our key research activities are in the fields of:
Typical Research Applications
Using competence mapping to identify regional economy strengths and weaknesses in order to stimulate innovations from reconfiguration of existing competences, or to invest into missing key competences. Application in UK Manufacturing Sector and Singapore high value manufacturing sector.
A novel approach to profile and benchmark business (or branch) performances through non-financial measurement (soft factors). Adopted by UK Manufacturing Sector, German Manufacturing and service sector, and UK-China Digital Economy Lab.
Improving sustainability across value chains and enabling alternative finance models in:
- Smart animal husbandry models to reduce methane emission.
- Smart agriculture to transform Agri-machinery manufacturing.
Collaboratively co-create additive layer products across a network of 3D-printing machines.
For personal data shared across online services and early adoption tests within travel industry.
Journals, Papers, & Manuscripts
- Gillani, F., Chatha, K. A., Jajja, S. S., & Farooq, S. (2020). Implementation of Digital Manufacturing Technologies: Antecedents and Consequences. International Journal of Production Economics. (SSCI; ABS 3; ABDC – A)
- Chatha, K. A., Jajja, M. S. S., Gillani, F., & Farooq, S. (2023). Examining the effects of technology–organization–environment framework on operational performance through supply chain integration of the firm. Benchmarking: An International Journal. (SSCI; ABS 1; ABDC – B)
- Gillani, F., Jajja, S. The impact of institutional voids on electric vehicle initiatives in a developing country context. INFORMS, Arizona, USA from October 15-16, 2023.
- Gillani, F., Ma, X., Cao, D. Digital Twin for Smart Farming – The case of sustainability in Beef Farming Supply Chains. British Academy of Management, Brighton, UK from September 5 -6, 2023.
- Gillani, F., Chatha, K. A., Jajja, S. S. (2019). A Configuration study of Digitalization Paper presented at Asian Management Research Conference, Al-Ain, UAE from March 24 – 26, 2019.
- Gillani, F., Chatha, K. A., Jajja, S. S., & Farooq, S. (2018). Enablers of adoption of digital manufacturing technologies: A Technological, Organisational and Environmental Perspective. Paper presented at Asian Management Research Conference, Bhurban, Pakistan from March 23 – 24, 2018.
- Gillani, F., Chatha, K. A. (2018). In Depth Understanding of Digitalization Phenomenon: A Taxonomical Approach. Paper presented at 2018 Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, Chicago, IL, USA from November 17 – 19, 2018.
- Gillani, F., Jajja, S. The impact of institutional voids on electric vehicle initiatives in a developing country context.
- Chatha, k., Gillani, F., Matloub, H., The Impact of Operational and Supply Chain Capabilities on Supply Chain Agility and Resilience
- Gillani, F., Chatha, K. A., Jajja, S. S. The drivers, enablers and outcomes of digitalization: An Integrative Framework
- Chatha, k., Matloub, H., Gillani, F., The role of Operational Capabilities in Digital Supply Chain Management System Infusion and Firm Performance
- Gillani, F., Jajja, S., Assessing the readiness of EV value chain in Pakistan – unearthing the EV with diffusion potential
- Gillani, F., Jajja, S., Identifying Benchmark Practices for BEV adoption – Creating a guideline for developing countries
- Gillani, F., Digital technologies and firm performance: Exploring the mediating role of organizational factors
- Gillani, F., Ma., X, Bal., J., Addressing the challenges of Decoupling through Value Chain Competences
- Gillani, F., Ma, X., Cao, D. Digital Twins and Sustainability: The Missing Link of Data- driven Reconfiguration: Insights from the Beef Farming Value Chain. Submitted to Journal of Operations Management (ABS 4* – FT50 – Under Review)
- Gillani, F., Chatha, K. A., Jajja, S. S., Unpacking Digitalization: Identifying Key Enablers, Transition Stage and Digital Archetypes. Submitted to Technological Forecasting and Social Change (ABS 3 – Revision round 1)
- Chatha, k., Gillani, F., Matloub, H., The Effects of Organizational Readiness and Digital Supply Chain Management System Infusion on Firm’s Supply Chain Agility and Competitive Performance. Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management (ABS 3 – Under Review
Flagship Projects
Thanks to our business partners and funders include EPSRC, ERDF, High Value Manufacturing Catapult, and Innovate UK, CBIT team has led and/or contributed to a range of industry-academic collaborative research projects.
PriVELT aims to better explain how consumers make decisions to disclose personal information in exchange for values by drawing from theories in social sciences, including consumer psychology and behavioural economics. The project team has developed an Android app as a personal data manager for balancing privacy protection and enhanced travel experience.
Funded by the HVMC, and run by the team that delivered the UK’s no.1 ranked Entrepreneurship MSc program in the UK with 100 plus entrepreneurs each year, WMG Accelerator provided tailored scale-up support to over 30 startup businesses and has helped them achieve a better product-market fit and grow into new sectors within the last 2 years.
The International Institute for Product and Service Innovation provided services to support West Midlands SMEs, growing to a team of 30 people.
H2020 – IMAGINE 14 million Euro project to design and engineer a platform to create and manage supply chains, with eight EU partners. We contributed our working platform WMCCM (14000 SME members) to help inform the design of the IMAGINE platform.
The project team has created an open innovation ecosystem with a one-stop-shop via an online platform for a Pan-European and cross-border access to innovation services for SME through a network of superior KET TCs in clean production. KET4CleanProduction will facilitate the access of manufacturing SMEs to technology services and facilities situated in other European member states and enable cross-border cooperation. To access the platform please visit ket4sme.eu
The development of an integrated supply chain and management system for advanced 3d printing.
The development of a 5-axis 3D printing machine that could lay conductive tracks and basic electronic components within the printed component using 3d printing nozzle heads and inks.
Led by the University of Surrey with over 30 international partners, the FAIR-SPACE Hub consortium offers a unique combination of expertise and capabilities to address key challenges in space robotics and autonomous systems, as well as to influence and engage with the wider community of academia, industry, government and the public. Surrey draws on four decades of R&D heritage in spacecraft engineering to lead the FAIR-SPACE Hub.
Control and Trust as Moderating Mechanisms in addressing Vulnerability for the Design of Business and Economic Models (ConTriVE)
Addressing Cybersecurity and Cybercrime via a co-evolutionary approach to reducing human-related risk