John Dobson
Professor of Practice, School of Business
Scholarly Interests
Effectiveness of Entrepreneurship Education
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John’s mantra is to ‘help students make a living around their passion’.
He is the founder of the DYME institute, which uses problem-based learning approaches to help students develop their entrepreneurial skills. Prior to joining academia, John was a successful entrepreneur. He started his own venture as an undergraduate student, so he understands the challenges of launching a successful business. The business focused on connecting indigenous producers to global markets to improve livelihoods and markets. After selling his business, he transitioned into academia help develop the next generation of entrepreneurs. He has a master’s degree in Development Management from the London School of Economics and a Doctorate from the University of Manchester (UK).
He is currently associate professor at Clark University and teaches courses on the Entrepreneurship & Innovation minor. He teaches and travels widely and has taught at various global settings such as Canada, China, Colombia, France, Honduras, Mexico, Malaysia, Nepal, Spain, The Philippines, Uganda, & the UK.
Through his DYME institute, he has worked with many universities to help develop their entrepreneurship program. He hosts an annual faculty development workshop at Clark, where he brings faculty from around the world to learn about the DYME methodology of Teaching and Learning entrepreneurship.
He conducts multiple service-learning missions every year in developing countries to help to help marginalized communities use entrepreneurial skills to improve their lot in life. He is currently developing a prison entrepreneurship program to help returning citizens become productive members of society.
He has published numerous articles and books designed to help nascent entrepreneurs develop their ideas into entrepreneurial opportunities. His current project involves developing online teaching and learning material to give small scale producers in developing countries access to world class entrepreneurial education through the development of online learning materials, which can be found at dymeinstitute.com
His doctoral research focuses on the adoption of Information Systems by small and micro enterprises in developing countries. His most recent publication focuses on the dialectics impacting institutionalization of Information systems by micro and small enterprises published in the Journal of the Association of Information Systems.
Degrees
- D.B.A. in Business Administration, University of Manchester, 2014
- M.S. in Development Management, London School of Economics, 2007
- B.A. in Modern Languages, St. Francis Xavier University, 1988
Affiliated Department(s)
- School of Business
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Scholarly and Creative Works
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The Annals of Entrepreneurship Education
Chapter: The Virtuous Cycle of Entrepreneurship: Developing a student-centric approach to teaching and learning entrepreneurshipPublished by Edward Elgar
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2023
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Theorising Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Education.
Chapter: Success Through Failure: Towards a Problem-Based Approach to Entrepreneurship EducPublished by Springer,
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2022
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Develop Your Model of Entrepreneurship (Spanish Edition)
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2020
ADP
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How to Become and Entrepreneurship Educator
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2020
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Develop Your Model of Entrepreneurship
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2019
ADP
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Develop Your Model of Entrepreneurship
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2019
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ISBN #9781675131077
Kindle Direct Publishing
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Success Through Failure: Towards a Problem-Based Approach to Entrepreneurship
Published in Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy
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2019
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How to Start Your Entrepreneurial (Ad)venture with Just $1.00
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2018
Kindle Direct Publishing
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Exploring the dialectics underlying institutionalization of IT artifacts
Published in Journal of the Association for Information Systems
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2017
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Toward an experiential approach to entrepreneurship education
Published in Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice
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2017
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Institutional influences on the adoption and non-adoption of information systems innovations: case evidence from the Taxco Silver Handicraft Sector
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2014
University of Manchester
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Manchester
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What Kind of Information Society? Governance, Virtuality, Surveillance, Sustainability, Resilience
Chapter: Utilising the Internet to improve peasant artisan incomes: Evidence from MexicoPublished by Springer
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2010
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Awards & Grants
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Entrepreneurship Training - ARPA Funding
City of Worcester
Sep. 18, 2023 - Oct. 30, 2023
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Towards Financial Empowerment 2023
Mass Department of Economic Development
Feb. 1, 2023 - Jun. 30, 2023
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Liberal Arts for Returning Citizens (LARC)
Clark University
Dec. 15, 2021 - Dec. 31, 2022
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Towards Financial Empowerment
Urban Agenda: Massachusetts State
Feb. 15, 2022 - Jun. 17, 2022
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Urban Agriculture: Botanical Garden
CESA/ Javeriana
May. 10, 2022 - May. 16, 2022
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Re-Entry Entrepreneurship
Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Mar. 22, 2021 - Jun. 30, 2021
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Commencement Speech
Universidad Internacional
2021
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