Professor Tim Vorley

Pro Vice-Chancellor (Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences)

tvorley@brookes.ac.uk

Research

Centres and institutes

Oxford Regions, Innovation & Enterprise Lab

Projects

Developing an ecosystem framework for space policy intervention
Entrepreneurial Resiliency, Innovation, and Change during the COVID-19 Crisis
Innovating Next Generation Services through Collaborative Design
Innovation and Research Caucus
Innovation Caucus
DIGIT Lab

Projects as Principal Investigator, or Lead Academic if project is led by another Institution

Accelerating Innovation Adoption in Next Generation Professional Service Firms (led by Lancaster Uni) (01/05/2023 - 30/09/2025), funded by: Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC), funding amount received by Brookes: £446,923
Innovation and Research Caucus - Lead a network of innovation and research funding policy experts (09/01/2023 - 31/03/2026), funded by: Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC), funding amount received by Brookes: £4,728,640
DIGIT (led by University of Exeter)1/3/21 (01/03/2021 - 28/02/2026), funded by: Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), funding amount received by Brookes: £72,964

Projects as Co-investigator

Contextualizing SME innovation: Understanding the influence of individual actors, institutions and socio-economic conditions(01/01/2025 - 30/06/2026), funded by: British Academy, funded by: British Academy

Publications

Cowling M, Vorley T, Liu W, Abdul Rahman S, Are product and process innovations supermodular? Complementary returns to product and process innovations
Economics of Innovation and New Technology [online first] (2024) ISSN: 1043-8599 eISSN: 1476-8364 Are product and process innovations supermodular? Complementary returns to product and process innovations Open Access version on RADAR
Nelles J, Tuckerman L, Purna N, Phillips J, Vorley T, Policy Responses to the Healthy Ageing Challenge: Confronting Hybridity with Social Innovation
Journal of Aging and Social Policy [Online first] (2024) ISSN: 0895-9420 eISSN: 1545-0821
Trincado-Munoz F, Cordasco C, Vorley T, The dark side of AI in professional services
The Service Industries Journal [online first] (2024) ISSN: 0264-2069 eISSN: 1743-9507 The dark side of AI in professional services Open Access version on RADAR
Tuckerman L, Nelles J, Owalla B, Vorley T, Exploring the Evolutionary Boundaries of Community Business
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 53 (5) (2023) pp.1205-1229 ISSN: 0899-7640 eISSN: 1552-7395 Exploring the Evolutionary Boundaries of Community Business Open Access version on RADAR
Kazantsev Nikolai, Gheres Cristian, Zwiegelaar Jeremy, Maull Roger, Brown Alan W., Vorley Tim, To Share, Curate or Sell: Three Pathways of Using Data in Open Innovation
Academy of Management Proceedings 2023 (2023) ISSN: 0065-0668 eISSN: 2151-6561 To Share, Curate or Sell: Three Pathways of Using Data in Open Innovation Open Access version on RADAR
Tuckerman L, Nelles J, Walsh K, Vorley T, Sustainable Innovation Policy: Examining the discourse of UK Innovation Policy
Environmental Science & Policy 145 (2023) pp.286-297 ISSN: 1462-9011 eISSN: 1873-6416 Sustainable Innovation Policy: Examining the discourse of UK Innovation Policy Open Access version on RADAR
Gherhes C, Yu Z, Vorley T, Xue L, Technological trajectories as an outcome of the structure-agency interplay at the national level: Insights from emerging varieties of AI
World Development 168 (2023) ISSN: 0305-750X eISSN: 1873-5991 Technological trajectories as an outcome of the structure-agency interplay at the national level: Insights from emerging varieties of AI Open Access version on RADAR
Trincado-Munoz F, van Meeteren M, Rubin TH, Vorley T, Digital transformation in the world city networks’ advanced producer services complex: A technology space analysis
Geoforum Online first (2023) ISSN: 0016-7185 eISSN: 1872-9398
Gherhes C, Hoole C, Vorley T, The "imaginary" challenge of remaking subnational governance: regional identity and contested city-region-building in the UK
Regional Studies 57 (1) (2022) pp.153-167 ISSN: 0034-3404 eISSN: 1360-0591 The "imaginary" challenge of remaking subnational governance: regional identity and contested city-region-building in the UK Open Access version on RADAR
van Meeteren M, Trincado-Munoz F, Rubin TH, Vorley T, Rethinking the digital transformation using technology space analysis
Technological Forecasting and Social Change 179 (2022) ISSN: 0040-1625 eISSN: 1873-5509 Rethinking the digital transformation using technology space analysis Open Access version on RADAR
Owalla B, Nyanzu E, Vorley T, Intersections of gender, ethnicity, place and innovation: Mapping the diversity of women-led SMEs in the United Kingdom
International Small Business Journal 39 (7) (2021) pp.681-706 ISSN: 0266-2426 eISSN: 1741-2870 Intersections of gender, ethnicity, place and innovation: Mapping the diversity of women-led SMEs in the United Kingdom Open Access version on RADAR
Owalla B, Vorley T, Coogan T, Smith HL, Wing K, Absent or overlooked Promoting diversity among entrepreneurs with public support needs
International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing 13 (2021) ISSN: 1742-5360 eISSN: 1742-5379
Abdul Rahman S, Tuckerman L, Vorley T, Gherhes C, Resilient Research in the Field: Insights and Lessons From Adapting Qualitative Research Projects During the COVID-19 Pandemic
International Journal of Qualitative Methods 20 (2021) eISSN: 1609-4069 Resilient Research in the Field: Insights and Lessons From Adapting Qualitative Research Projects During the COVID-19 Pandemic Open Access version on RADAR
Cordasco C, Gherhes C, Brooks C, Vorley T, An institutional taxonomy of adoption of innovation in the classic professions
Technovation 107 (2021) ISSN: 0166-4972 eISSN: 1879-2383 An institutional taxonomy of adoption of innovation in the classic professions Open Access version on RADAR
Gherhes C, Vorley T, Vallance P, Brooks C, The role of system-building agency in regional path creation: insights from the emergence of Artificial Intelligence in Montreal
Regional Studies 56 (4) (2021) pp.563-578 ISSN: 0034-3404 eISSN: 1360-0591 The role of system-building agency in regional path creation: insights from the emergence of Artificial Intelligence in Montreal Open Access version on RADAR
Owalla B, Gherhes C, Vorley T, Brooks C, Mapping SME Productivity Research: A Systematic Review of Empirical Evidence and Future Research Agenda
Small Business Economics 58 (3) (2021) pp.1285-1307 ISSN: 0921-898X eISSN: 1573-0913 Mapping SME Productivity Research: A Systematic Review of Empirical Evidence and Future Research Agenda Open Access version on RADAR
Gherhes C, Vorley T, Brooks C, Making Sense of Industrial Decline: how Legacies of the Past Influence the Development of Entrepreneurship Cultures in Formerly Industrialized Places
Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 32 (9/10) (2020) pp.899-921 ISSN: 0898-5626 eISSN: 1464-5114 Making Sense of Industrial Decline: how Legacies of the Past Influence the Development of Entrepreneurship Cultures in Formerly Industrialized Places Open Access version on RADAR
Vorley T, Estrada-Robles M , Williams N, Structural coupling in entrepreneurial families: how business-related resources contribute to enterpriseness
Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 33 (5-6) (2020) pp.457-474 ISSN: 0898-5626 eISSN: 1464-5114
De Silva M, Khan Z, Vorley, T, Zeng, J, Transcending the pyramid: opportunity co-creation for social innovation
Industrial Marketing Management 89 (2020) pp.471-486 ISSN: 0019-8501
Gherhes C, Vorley T, Brooks C, Localism is an illusion (of power): the multi-scalar challenge of UK enterprise policy-making
Regional Studies 54 (8) (2019) pp.1020-1031 ISSN: 0034-3404 eISSN: 1360-0591
Brooks C, Gherhes C, Vorley T, Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Poland: Panacea, Paper tiger or Pandora’s Box?
Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy 8 (3) (2019) pp.319-328 ISSN: 2045-2101
Mallett O, Wapshott R, Vorley T, How do regulations affect SMEs? A review of the qualitative evidence and a research agenda
International Journal of Management Reviews 21 (2019) pp.294-316 ISSN: 1460-8545
Vorley T, Estrada-Robles M , Williams N, Navigating institutional challenges in Mexico: The role of social capital in entrepreneurial families
International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research 26 (1) (2018) pp.98-121 ISSN: 1355-2554
Brooks C, Gherhes C, Vorley T, Williams N, The nature of publicly funded innovation and implications for regional growth: Reflections from the Sheffield City Region
Competitiveness Review 28 (1) (2018) pp.6-21 ISSN: 1059-5422
Gherhes C, Vorley T, Williams N, Entrepreneurship and local economic resilience: the impact of institutional hysteresis in peripheral places
Small Business Economics 51 (1) (2017) pp.577-590 ISSN: 0921-898X eISSN: 1573-0913
Khan Z, Rao-Nicholson R, Akhtar P, Tarba S, Ahammad M, Vorley, T, The role of HR practices in developing employee resilience: a case study from the Pakistani telecommunications sector
The International Journal of Human Resource Management 30 (8) (2017) pp.1342-1369 ISSN: 0958-5192 eISSN: 1466-4399
Rao R, Khan Z, Vorley, T, Social innovation in emerging economies: A National Systems of Innovation based approach
Technological Forecasting and Social Change 121 (2017) pp.228-237 ISSN: 0040-1625 eISSN: 1873-5509
Williams N, Vorley T, Fostering productive entrepreneurship in post-conflict economies: The importance of institutional alignment
Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 29 (5/6) (2017) pp.444-466 ISSN: 0898-5626
Vorley T, Williams N, Between petty corruption and criminal extortion: How entrepreneurs in Bulgaria and Romania operate within a devil’s circle
International Small Business Journal 34 (6) (2015) pp.797-817 ISSN: 0266-2426 eISSN: 1741-2870
Nelles J, Vorley T, Entrepreneurial Architecture: A Blueprint for Entrepreneurial Universities
Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences 28 (3) (2011) pp.341-353 ISSN: 0825-0383 eISSN: 1936-4490

Vorley T, Abdul Rahman S, Tuckerman L, Wallace P, (ed.), How to Engage Policy Makers with Your Research ,
Edward Elgar Publishing (2022) ISBN: 9781800378957 eISBN: 9781800378964
Owalla B, Vorley T, Smith HL, (ed.), Gender, Diversity and Innovation: Concepts, Policies and Practice ,
Edward Elgar (2022) ISBN: 9781800377455 eISBN: 9781800377462
McCann P, Vorley T, (ed.), Productivity and the pandemic: Challenges and insights from Covid-19 ,
Edward Elgar (2021) ISBN: 9781800374591 eISBN: 9781800374607
Kimbell L, Carlebach E, Smyth-Allen H, Gherhes C, Lewis M, Vorley T, AI Readiness Toolkit ,
Practice Management International LLP (2021) ISBN: 9781800494992 AI Readiness Toolkit Open Access version on RADAR
McCann P, Vorley T, (ed.), Productivity Perspectives ,
Edward Elgar (2020) ISBN: 9781788978798 eISBN: 9781788978804
Williams N, Vorley T, (ed.), Creating Resilient Economies ,
Edward Elgar (2017) ISBN: 9781785367632
Vorley T, Williams N, Williams C, Entrepreneurship and Institutions: The Causes and Consequences of Institutional Asymmetry,
Rowman & Littlefield International (2017) ISBN: 9781783486908 eISBN: 9781783486922

Nelles J, Vorley T, Brown A, From Systems Change to Systems Changed: Assuming a systems-based approach in response to crisis
in Productivity and the Pandemic: Challenges and Insights form COVID-19, Edward Elgar (2021) ISBN: 9781800374591 eISBN: 9781800374607 From Systems Change to Systems Changed: Assuming a systems-based approach in response to crisis Open Access version on RADAR
Henley A, Vorley T, Gherhes C, Implications and impacts of the crisis on micro businesses and their future resilience
in Philip McCann, Tim Vorley (ed.), Productivity and the Pandemic: Challenges and Insights from Covid-19, Edward Elgar (2021) ISBN: 9781800374591 eISBN: 9781800374607 Implications and impacts of the crisis on micro businesses and their future resilience Open Access version on RADAR
Cook J, Vorley T, Recovery and resilience: how can innovation policy support the response
in Productivity and the Pandemic: Challenges and Insights form COVID-19, Edward Elgar (2021) ISBN: 9781800374591 eISBN: 9781800374607 Recovery and resilience: how can innovation policy support the response Open Access version on RADAR
Vorley T, Nelles J, From Silos to Systems: Insights and Implications for Productivity Policy
in McCann P, Vorley T (ed.), Productivity Perspectives, Edward Elgar (2020) ISBN: 9781788978798 eISBN: 9781788978804
Penney K, Bibikas D, Vorley T, Wapshott R, When Pedagogic Worlds Collide: Reflections on a Pan European Entrepreneurship Education Project
in Hymas-Sskasi D and Caldwell E (ed.), Experential Learning for Entrepreneurship, Palgrave Macmillan (2018) ISBN: 9783319900049 eISBN: 9783319900056

Owalla B, Nyanzu E, Vorley T, Examining the Effects of Founders’ Social Identities on Access to Innovation Funding
1 (2024) Examining the Effects of Founders’ Social Identities on Access to Innovation Funding Open Access version on RADAR
Owalla B, Gherhes C, Vorley T, Brooks C, Factors Affecting SME Productivity: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda
(2019)

Owalla B, Brodnock E, Vorley T, Nyanzu E, Who are the Innovators? An Analysis Of Innovate UK Applicants and Beneficiaries ,
(2024)
Nelles J, Brown A, Nyanzu E, Vorley T, Geographies, Geometries, and Economies of Spatial Productivity in the UK ,
(2021) Geographies, Geometries, and Economies of Spatial Productivity in the UK Open Access version on RADAR
Brown A, Nelles J, Nyanzu E, Vorley T, Rethinking Place to Understand Spatial Productivity Patterns ,
(2020) Rethinking Place to Understand Spatial Productivity Patterns Open Access version on RADAR
Brooks C, Vorley T, Gherhes C, Capener J, Innovation in the professional services sector ,
(2018)
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Professor Tim Vorley

Research

Centres and institutes

Projects

Projects as Principal Investigator, or Lead Academic if project is led by another Institution

Projects as Co-investigator

Publications

Journal articles