Contact Dr Richard Adams
- Tel: +44 (0) 1234 754466
- Email: R.J.Adams@cranfield.ac.uk
- Twitter: @r_jadams
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Background
Dr Richard Adams is Reader in Entrepreneurship at the Bettany Centre for Entrepreneurship, Cranfield University, and has previously held positions at the Universities of Surrey and Exeter, the University of the West of England and Imperial College London as well as with the UK Cochrane Centre in Oxford. Dr Adams focuses his research at the intersection of (responsible) innovation, sustainability and technology entrepreneurship, and has a particular interest in social and sustainable entrepreneurship. In addition, Dr Adams specialises in literature review methodology. Dr Adams's award-winning work is practically focused and combines academic rigour with practical relevance; he has published widely, in excess of 100 journal papers, conference papers, book chapters and industry reports including, most recently, Flush with Success with WSUP and CBSA exploring how social enterprises are scaling up to meet global sanitation challenges. Dr Adams would be pleased to hear from any prospective research students with interesting research ambitions in any of these areas.
Research opportunities
Please contact me directly to discuss research interests in any of the following areas:
1) Social enterprise and entrepreneurship: scaling up.
2) Social enterprise and entrepreneurship: ethics.
3) Literature review methodology: synthesis of diverse data types.
4) Literature review methodology: computational approaches.
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Xu Z & Adams R. (2024). Navigating the Green Transition: A Mixed-Method Study of Pro-NetZero Actions in UK SMEs. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2024(1)
- Qureshi FN, Pundziene A & Adams R. (2023). Appraising the transformation and future of digital multisided platforms- A bibliometric analysis and systematic literature review. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 71
- Cecchi MA, Grant S, Seiler M, Turner N, Adams R, .... (2022). How COVID-19 impacted the tacit knowledge and social interaction of global NPD project teams. Research-Technology Management, 65(2)
- Spanaki K, Gürgüç Z, Adams R & Mulligan C. (2017). Data supply chain (DSC): research synthesis and future directions. International Journal of Production Research, 56(13)
- Adams R, Martin S & Boom K. (2017). University culture and sustainability: designing and implementing an enabling framework. Journal of Cleaner Production, 171
- Smart P, Hemel S, Lettice F, Adams R & Evans S. (2017). Pre-paradigmatic status of industrial sustainability: a systematic review. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 37(10)
- Kewell B, Adams R & Parry G. (2017). Blockchain for good?. Strategic Change, 26(5)
- Adams R, Parry G, Godsiff P & Ward P. (2017). The future of money and further applications of the blockchain. Strategic Change, 26(5)
- Adams RJ, Smart P & Sigismund Huff A. (2016). Shades of Grey: guidelines for working with the grey literature in systematic reviews for management and organizational studies. International Journal of Management Reviews, 19(4)
- Adams R, Jeanrenaud S, Bessant J, Denyer D & Overy P. (2015). Sustainability-oriented innovation: a systematic review. International Journal of Management Reviews, 18(2)
- Adams R, Tranfield D & Denyer D. (2013). Process antecedents of challenging, under‐cover and readily‐adopted innovations. Journal of Health Organization and Management, 27(1)
- Shepperd S, Adams R, Hill A, Garner S & Dopson S. (2013). Challenges to using evidence from systematic reviews to stop ineffective practice: an interview study. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, 18(3)
- Adams R, Tranfield D & Denyer D. (2011). How can toast be radical? Perceptions of innovations in healthcare. International Journal of Clinical Leadership, 17(1)
- ADAMS R, TRANFIELD D & DENYER D. (2011). A TAXONOMY OF INNOVATION: CONFIGURATIONS OF ATTRIBUTES IN HEALTHCARE INNOVATIONS. International Journal of Innovation Management, 15(02)
- Roberts D & Adams R. (2011). Agenda development for marketing research: the user's voice. International Journal of Market Research, 52(3)
- ADAMS R, TRANFIELD D & DENYER D. (2011). A TAXONOMY OF INNOVATION: CONFIGURATIONS OF ATTRIBUTES IN HEALTHCARE INNOVATIONS. International Journal of Innovation Management, 15(02)
- Roberts D & Adams R. (2010). Agenda Development for Marketing Research: The User's Voice. International Journal of Market Research, 52(3)
- Phelps R, Adams R & Bessant J. (2007). Life cycles of growing organizations: A review with implications for knowledge and learning. International Journal of Management Reviews, 9(1)
- Adams R, Bessant J & Phelps R. (2006). Innovation management measurement: A review. International Journal of Management Reviews, 8(1)
- Adams R, Meystre C & Tranfield D. (2002). Social and organisational innovation in the NHS: The case of Warwickshire's Integrated Service Directorate for Palliative Care. Clinician in Management, 11(4)
- Vyakarnam S & Adams R. (2001). Institutional Barriers to Enterprise Support: An Empirical Study. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 19(3)