Professor Dominic Chalmers

  • Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation (Management)

Biography

Dominic joined the Adam Smith Business School in 2019 as Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Innovation. He has extensive international teaching experience, delivering executive education and MBA teaching in Singapore, Malaysia, Oman, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and the UK and currently teaches on the MSc Financial Technology and ASBS MBA. Dominic’s research has been published in leading international journals, including Academy of Management Perspectives and the Financial Times 50-ranked Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Management Studies, and Entrepreneurship, Theory and Practice. Additionally, Dominic serves on the editorial review boards of Entrepreneurship, Theory, and Practice and the International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research.

Dominic is principal investigator on a €1.2m European Union HIE project to support data-driven entrepreneurship across a consortium of European universities. He is also co-investigator on a €4.5 million Horizon 2020 project that examines the legitimisation of new technologies, including the bio-economy and digital platforms, with colleagues in Denmark, Finland, and Sweden. Additionally, he is Co-I on two further projects focussed on fintech/financial services. These include the £1.8m ESRC Future Finance project, and the Innovate UK Financial Regulation Innovation Lab (FRIL).

Dominic is currently editing a special issue of the Journal of Management Studies on Artificial Intelligence and Organizations with colleagues from University of Cambridge and Virginia Tech. The call can be found here.

Research interests

Dominic is a member of the School's Entrepreneurship, Development and Political Economy research cluster and on the leadership team for college-wide Social and Digital Change Group

Areas of expertise:

  • Entrepreneurship
  • Artificial intelligence and new venture processes
  • Platforms & digital entrepreneurship
  • Social innovation and institutions
  • Research methods

Publications

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Number of items: 26.

2023

Davidsson, P., Jan, R., Chalmers, D. and Carter, S. (2023) Environmental change, strategic entrepreneurial action, and success: introduction to a special issue on an important, neglected topic. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 17(2), pp. 322-334. (doi: 10.1002/sej.1464)

van Erkelens, A. M., Thompson, N. A. and Chalmers, D. (2023) The dynamic construction of an incubation context: a practice theory perspective. Small Business Economics, (doi: 10.1007/s11187-023-00771-5) (Early Online Publication)

Casey, R. , Wessels, B. , Chalmers, D. and Hirsu, L. (2023) Living Well in a Digital World: Economic, Social and Cultural Challenges. Briefing paper. Documentation. University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

2022

Chalmers, D. (2022) Collectivist perspectives on crony capitalism. Academy of Management Perspectives, 36(4), pp. 1049-1057. (doi: 10.5465/amp.2021.0195)

Honecker, F., Chalmers, D. and Anderson, N. (2022) How can new financial technologies help to tackle social exclusion? Economics Observatory, 12 Sep.

Chalmers, D. , Fisch, C., Matthews, R., Quinn, W. and Recker, J. (2022) Beyond the bubble: will NFTs and digital proof of ownership empower creative industry entrepreneurs? Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 17, e00309. (doi: 10.1016/j.jbvi.2022.e00309)

Chalmers, D. , Harris, S., Mackenzie, N. and Gordon, J. (2022) Community Wealth Building through Digital Platform Cooperatives: A Strategy for Scotland. Project Report. University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Honecker, F. and Chalmers, D. (2022) Fintech for financial inclusion. In: Chen, H.-y., Jenweeranon, P. and Alam, N. (eds.) Global Perspectives in FinTech. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, pp. 155-173. ISBN 9783031119538 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-11954-5)

2021

Chalmers, D. , Mackenzie, N. and Carter, S. (2021) Artificial intelligence and entrepreneurship: implications for venture creation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, 45(5), pp. 1028-1053. (doi: 10.1177/1042258720934581)

Chalmers, D. (2021) Social entrepreneurship’s solutionism problem. Journal of Management Studies, 58(5), pp. 1363-1370. (doi: 10.1111/joms.12676)

Arshed, N., Knox, S., Chalmers, D. and Matthews, R. (2021) The hidden price of free advice: negotiating the paradoxes of public sector business advising. International Small Business Journal, 39(3), pp. 289-311. (doi: 10.1177/0266242620949989)

Taheri, B., Chalmers, D. , Wilson, J. and Arshed, N. (2021) Would you really recommend it? Antecedents of word-of-mouth in medical tourism. Tourism Management, 83, 104209. (doi: 10.1016/j.tourman.2020.104209)

Chalmers, D. , Matthews, R. and Hyslop, A. (2021) Blockchain as an external enabler of new venture ideas: digital entrepreneurs and the disintermediation of the global music industry. Journal of Business Research, 125, pp. 577-591. (doi: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.09.002)

2019

Chalmers, D. and Matthews, R. (2019) Good to be bad: should we be worried by the sharing economy? Strategic Change, 28(6), pp. 403-408. (doi: 10.1002/jsc.2295)

Arshed, N., Chalmers, D. and Matthews, R. (2019) Institutionalizing women’s enterprise policy: a legitimacy-based perspective. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 43(3), pp. 553-581. (doi: 10.1177/1042258718803341)

2018

Matthews, R. S., Chalmers, D. M. and Fraser, S. S. (2018) The intersection of entrepreneurship and selling: an interdisciplinary review, framework, and future research agenda. Journal of Business Venturing, 33(6), pp. 691-719. (doi: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2018.04.008)

Findlay, P., Lindsay, C., McQuarrie, J., Pascoe-Deslauriers, R., Findlay, J. , Chalmers, D. and Smart, A. (2018) Harnessing knowledge, research and networks to drive Fair, Innovative and Transformative work (FITwork) in Scotland. Project Report. Innovating Works, University of Strathclyde.

2017

Casulli, L., Chalmers, D. M. , Drakopoulou Dodd, S., Matthews, R. and Stoyanov, S. (2017) Renew or regress: maintaining a forum for radical entrepreneurship scholarship. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, 23(2), pp. 166-169. (doi: 10.1108/IJEBR-01-2017-0041)

Chalmers, D. M. and Shaw, E. (2017) The endogenous construction of entrepreneurial contexts: a practice-based perspective. International Small Business Journal, 35(1), pp. 19-39. (doi: 10.1177/0266242615589768)

2016

Findlay, P., Lindsay, C., McQuarrie, J., Pascoe-Deslauriers, R., Findlay, J. , Smart, A. and Chalmers, D. (2016) Harnessing Knowledge, Research and Networks to Drive Fair, Innovative and Transformative Work in Scotland - Fair, Innovative and Transformative Work (FITwork) Project Year 1 Report: Parts 1 and 2. Project Report. Scottish Centre for Employment Research, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.

Mackenzie, N. G. , Chalmers, D. and Matthews, R. (2016) Entrepreneurial Tracking: Towards a Better Understanding of Entrepreneurial Growth. Documentation. Scottish Enterprise.

2014

Chalmers, D. M. and Shaw, E. (2014) Missing the point? Finding contextual detail in entrepreneurship and small firm scholarship. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2014(1), (doi: 10.5465/AMBPP.2014.56)

De Bruin, A., Shaw, E. and Chalmers, D. (2014) Social entrepreneurship: looking back, moving ahead. In: Chell, E. and Karataş-Özkan, M. (eds.) Handbook of Research on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, pp. 392-416. ISBN 9781849809238 (doi: 10.4337/9781849809245.00032)

2013

Chalmers, D. M. and Balan-Vnuk, E. (2013) Innovating not-for-profit social ventures: exploring the microfoundations of internal and external absorptive capacity routines. International Small Business Journal, 31(7), pp. 785-810. (doi: 10.1177/0266242612465630)

Chalmers, D. (2013) Social innovation: an exploration of the barriers faced by innovating organizations in the social economy. Local Economy, 28(1), pp. 17-34. (doi: 10.1177/0269094212463677)

2012

Chalmers, D. and Fraser, S. (2012) Social entrepreneurship. In: Carter, S. and Jones-Evans, D. (eds.) Enterprise and Small Business: Principles, Practice and Policy. Pearson Education: Harlow, pp. 289-302. ISBN 9780273726104

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Number of items: 26.

Articles

Davidsson, P., Jan, R., Chalmers, D. and Carter, S. (2023) Environmental change, strategic entrepreneurial action, and success: introduction to a special issue on an important, neglected topic. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 17(2), pp. 322-334. (doi: 10.1002/sej.1464)

van Erkelens, A. M., Thompson, N. A. and Chalmers, D. (2023) The dynamic construction of an incubation context: a practice theory perspective. Small Business Economics, (doi: 10.1007/s11187-023-00771-5) (Early Online Publication)

Chalmers, D. (2022) Collectivist perspectives on crony capitalism. Academy of Management Perspectives, 36(4), pp. 1049-1057. (doi: 10.5465/amp.2021.0195)

Honecker, F., Chalmers, D. and Anderson, N. (2022) How can new financial technologies help to tackle social exclusion? Economics Observatory, 12 Sep.

Chalmers, D. , Fisch, C., Matthews, R., Quinn, W. and Recker, J. (2022) Beyond the bubble: will NFTs and digital proof of ownership empower creative industry entrepreneurs? Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 17, e00309. (doi: 10.1016/j.jbvi.2022.e00309)

Chalmers, D. , Mackenzie, N. and Carter, S. (2021) Artificial intelligence and entrepreneurship: implications for venture creation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, 45(5), pp. 1028-1053. (doi: 10.1177/1042258720934581)

Chalmers, D. (2021) Social entrepreneurship’s solutionism problem. Journal of Management Studies, 58(5), pp. 1363-1370. (doi: 10.1111/joms.12676)

Arshed, N., Knox, S., Chalmers, D. and Matthews, R. (2021) The hidden price of free advice: negotiating the paradoxes of public sector business advising. International Small Business Journal, 39(3), pp. 289-311. (doi: 10.1177/0266242620949989)

Taheri, B., Chalmers, D. , Wilson, J. and Arshed, N. (2021) Would you really recommend it? Antecedents of word-of-mouth in medical tourism. Tourism Management, 83, 104209. (doi: 10.1016/j.tourman.2020.104209)

Chalmers, D. , Matthews, R. and Hyslop, A. (2021) Blockchain as an external enabler of new venture ideas: digital entrepreneurs and the disintermediation of the global music industry. Journal of Business Research, 125, pp. 577-591. (doi: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.09.002)

Chalmers, D. and Matthews, R. (2019) Good to be bad: should we be worried by the sharing economy? Strategic Change, 28(6), pp. 403-408. (doi: 10.1002/jsc.2295)

Arshed, N., Chalmers, D. and Matthews, R. (2019) Institutionalizing women’s enterprise policy: a legitimacy-based perspective. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 43(3), pp. 553-581. (doi: 10.1177/1042258718803341)

Matthews, R. S., Chalmers, D. M. and Fraser, S. S. (2018) The intersection of entrepreneurship and selling: an interdisciplinary review, framework, and future research agenda. Journal of Business Venturing, 33(6), pp. 691-719. (doi: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2018.04.008)

Casulli, L., Chalmers, D. M. , Drakopoulou Dodd, S., Matthews, R. and Stoyanov, S. (2017) Renew or regress: maintaining a forum for radical entrepreneurship scholarship. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, 23(2), pp. 166-169. (doi: 10.1108/IJEBR-01-2017-0041)

Chalmers, D. M. and Shaw, E. (2017) The endogenous construction of entrepreneurial contexts: a practice-based perspective. International Small Business Journal, 35(1), pp. 19-39. (doi: 10.1177/0266242615589768)

Chalmers, D. M. and Shaw, E. (2014) Missing the point? Finding contextual detail in entrepreneurship and small firm scholarship. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2014(1), (doi: 10.5465/AMBPP.2014.56)

Chalmers, D. M. and Balan-Vnuk, E. (2013) Innovating not-for-profit social ventures: exploring the microfoundations of internal and external absorptive capacity routines. International Small Business Journal, 31(7), pp. 785-810. (doi: 10.1177/0266242612465630)

Chalmers, D. (2013) Social innovation: an exploration of the barriers faced by innovating organizations in the social economy. Local Economy, 28(1), pp. 17-34. (doi: 10.1177/0269094212463677)

Book Sections

Honecker, F. and Chalmers, D. (2022) Fintech for financial inclusion. In: Chen, H.-y., Jenweeranon, P. and Alam, N. (eds.) Global Perspectives in FinTech. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, pp. 155-173. ISBN 9783031119538 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-11954-5)

De Bruin, A., Shaw, E. and Chalmers, D. (2014) Social entrepreneurship: looking back, moving ahead. In: Chell, E. and Karataş-Özkan, M. (eds.) Handbook of Research on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, pp. 392-416. ISBN 9781849809238 (doi: 10.4337/9781849809245.00032)

Chalmers, D. and Fraser, S. (2012) Social entrepreneurship. In: Carter, S. and Jones-Evans, D. (eds.) Enterprise and Small Business: Principles, Practice and Policy. Pearson Education: Harlow, pp. 289-302. ISBN 9780273726104

Research Reports or Papers

Casey, R. , Wessels, B. , Chalmers, D. and Hirsu, L. (2023) Living Well in a Digital World: Economic, Social and Cultural Challenges. Briefing paper. Documentation. University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Chalmers, D. , Harris, S., Mackenzie, N. and Gordon, J. (2022) Community Wealth Building through Digital Platform Cooperatives: A Strategy for Scotland. Project Report. University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Findlay, P., Lindsay, C., McQuarrie, J., Pascoe-Deslauriers, R., Findlay, J. , Chalmers, D. and Smart, A. (2018) Harnessing knowledge, research and networks to drive Fair, Innovative and Transformative work (FITwork) in Scotland. Project Report. Innovating Works, University of Strathclyde.

Findlay, P., Lindsay, C., McQuarrie, J., Pascoe-Deslauriers, R., Findlay, J. , Smart, A. and Chalmers, D. (2016) Harnessing Knowledge, Research and Networks to Drive Fair, Innovative and Transformative Work in Scotland - Fair, Innovative and Transformative Work (FITwork) Project Year 1 Report: Parts 1 and 2. Project Report. Scottish Centre for Employment Research, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.

Mackenzie, N. G. , Chalmers, D. and Matthews, R. (2016) Entrepreneurial Tracking: Towards a Better Understanding of Entrepreneurial Growth. Documentation. Scottish Enterprise.

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Grants

  • Innovate UK - Financial Regulation Innovation Lab (£0.5m) (co-investigator).
  • ESRC - Future Finance (£1.8m) (co-investigator)
  • EU EIT - Accelerate-EEE (€1.2m) (principal investigator)
  • Scottish Funding Council - Scale-up consortium (£35,000)(co-investigator)
  • Scottish Government - Regional Recovery Funds (£36,000)(principal investigator)
  • ASPECT - How can the Social Sciences Support Fintech Innovation (£12,000) (principal investigator)
  • EU Horizon 2020 - Legitimation of Newness and Its Impact on EU Agenda for Change (€4.5 million) (co-investigator)
  • Iberdrola Sandbox Project 2017 (£200,000) (co-investigator)
  • Entrepreneurial Tracking – towards a better understanding of entrepreneurial growth’ (2016) with MacKenzie, N (PI) and Matthews, R. Report to Scottish Enterprise (£40,000)
  • Scottish Funding Council Innovation Voucher (2013) - (£5000) Feasibility Study for Scottish Centre for Social Innovation (principal investigator)

Supervision

Dominic is interested in supervising students researching the following topics:

  • Digital entrepreneurship
  • Political economy of new technology
  • Social innovation

 

  • Herzog, Sarah
    The Recycling of Failed Entrepreneurs in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

Teaching

Interests

  • New venture creation
  • Ideation
  • Research methods
  • Innovation

Courses currently taught

  • Social and community entrepreneurship
  • Digital entrepreneurship
  • Business models in finance

Additional information

Conference presentations (peer reviewed)

  1. Matthews, R, Chalmers, D (2018) What is Opportunity Exploitation? Competing Perspectives in Entrepreneurship Theory, Academy of Management, Chicago
  2. Chalmers, D., Matthews, R., Dodd, S., Arshed, N. (2018) The Collaborative Economy Through an Everyday Entrepreneurship Lens: A Review & Research Agenda, Academy of Management, Chicago
  3. Matthews, R. & Chalmers, D. (2016), Entrepreneurial Selling Practices: A Systematic Review and Reconceptualisation of the Literature, Academy of Management Annual Meeting. Los Angeles, CA: Academy of Management, p. 1-54 54 p.
  4. Matthews, R., Chalmers, D. (2016) Entrepreneurial Selling Practices, Paper presented at VU University - 1st Annual Workshop on Entrepreneurship as Practice, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  5. Chalmers, D (2015) The Plasticity of the Socially Entrepreneurial Identity, Paper presented at New York University - Stern Conference on Social Entrepreneurship, New York , United States.
  6. Chalmers, D., & Shaw, E. 2014. Missing the Point? Finding the Contextual Detail in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Scholarship. Paper presented at the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA.
  7. Matthews, R., Chalmers, D., & Arshed, N. 2014. Absorptive capacity in practice: Preliminary evidence from the addition of a senior team member, Academy of Management. Philadelphia, PA.
  8. Chalmers, D. (2013). Uncovering the social: relational asymmetries in processes of social entrepreneurship. Paper presented at New York University - Stern Conference on Social Entrepreneurship, New York , United States.
  9. Matthews, R., Chalmers, D., Arshed, N (2013) Integrating New Recruits into Entrepreneurial Management Teams: An Absorptive Capacity Perspective, RENT conference 2013, Vilneus, Lithuania (forthcoming)
  10. Chalmers, D.M., Balan-Vnuk, E. (2012) Exploring the Innovative Capabilities of Socially Entrepreneurial Organizations, EGOS Conference 2012, Helsinki, Finland
  11. Balan-Vnuk, E, Chalmers, D.M. (2012) Risking More Than Money? Entrepreneurial Orientation in the Nonprofit Context, Babson Kaufmann Conference, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
  12. Chalmers, D.M., Balan-Vnuk, E. (2012) Entrepreneurial Social Ventures: Microfoundations of Internal and External Absorptive Capacity Routines, ISEI Conference, Venice, Italy
  13. Chalmers, D (2011). Why Social Innovators Should Embrace the ‘Open’ Paradigm, 3rd EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise, 4-7th July, Roskilde, Denmark.

Policy work and other publications

  1. MacKenzie, N; Chalmers, D, Matthews, R (2016) Tracking the Performance of High-Growth Entrepreneurs, A report for Scottish Enterprise.
  2. Finlay, P; Chalmers, D; Lindsay, C; MacBryde, J; Pascoe-Deslauriers, R; Wilson, J; Mathews, R; (2015) Innovating Works... improving work & workplaces: Workplace innovation in small to medium sized enterprises in Scotland, Scottish Centre for Employment Research
  3. Chalmers, D; Coburn, J (2013), Scottish Centre for Social Innovation (Feasibility Study funded by SFC Innovation Voucher).
  4. Chalmers, D (2011). Why Social Innovators Should Embrace the ‘Open’ Paradigm, Adapted version of academic paper published in the European Union Social Innovation Magazine
  5. Bennie, M, Chalmers, D et al. (2010). Robotics Within the Medicines Supply Chain in NHS Boards, Glasgow, Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences and the Strathclyde Business School in collaboration with the NHS Scotland
  6. Bennie, M, Chalmers, D et al. (2010). NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Acute Pharmacy Redesign Program Analysis. Glasgow, Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences and the Strathclyde Business School in collaboration with the NHS Scotland