Professor Robert Newbery

Robert is conducting research looking at the intersection of entrepreneurship and poverty. He also monitors and evaluates the impact of entrepreneurship and innovation programmes, with a current involvement with research commercialisation programmes and the impact of serious games upon entrepreneurial outcomes.

Geographies of interest

- UK and Europe (particularly as regards farming entrepreneurship and rural business models; business associations)

- East Africa (entrepreneurship and poverty, business models and innovative supply chains; networks of support)

- West Africa (business models and development)

- South America (social entrepreneurship)

Ph.D students

I am pleased to talk to potential Ph.D students with interesting proposals that link into my research interests and / or geographies of interest.

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• Decoding value exchange in entrepreneurial ecosystems through a service-dominant lens, Donaldson, C., Newbery, R., Berbegal Mirabent, J., Kallmuenzer, A. 1 Mar 2025, In: Small Business Economics
• Imagination and emancipation: a study of entrepreneurs operating in slums, Igwe, P., Newbery, R., Nkanta, I., Amaugo, A. 8 Oct 2025, In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development
• Reconceptualizing Franchisee Performance: A Configurational Approach in a Base‐of‐the‐Pyramid Context, Newbery, R., Kimmitt, J., McKague, K., Muñoz, P. 1 Jan 2025, In: British Journal of Management
• Reducing digital poverty in Kenya? An innovative credit service in a base-of-pyramid market, Elly, D., Oredo, J., Pearce, A., Newbery, R. 10 Sep 2025, Cases on Startups and Enterprise, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar
• Rural Entrepreneurship and International Development, Newbery, R., Igwe, P. 19 Feb 2025, Rural Entrepreneurship: Harvesting Ideas and Sowing New Seeds, Emerald
• Rural Entrepreneurship: Harvesting Ideas and Sowing New Seeds, Bosworth, G., Chapman, P., Newbery, R., Steiner, A., Webber, D. 19 Feb 2025, Rural Entrepreneurship: Harvesting Ideas and Sowing New Seeds, Leeds, Emerald
• The role of hybrid healthcare enterprises in marginal communities: exploring Greek community pharmacies, Apostolopoulos, N., Apostolopoulos , S., Newbery, R., Steiner, A. 16 Sep 2025, In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research
• Developing future managers through business simulation gaming in the UK and Hong Kong: exploring the interplay between cognitive realism, decision-making and performance, Lean, J., Newbery, R., Moizer, J., Hoddoud, M., Lim, W. 19 Jul 2024, In: Internet Research
• Entrepreneurial Finance and Institutional Logics in an Emerging Economy, Worakantak, J., Newbery, R., Kimmitt, J. 1 Oct 2024, In: International Small Business Journal
• Guest editorial: Emerging issues in digital entrepreneurship – challenges and opportunities, Olan, F., Troise, C., Damij, N., Newbery, R. 11 Mar 2024, In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research

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• Visiting an external academic institution: Kenyatta University 2022
• Visiting an external academic institution: University of Nairobi 2022

• Anneke Edmonds How do women entrepreneurs experience a campus tech-incubator and how does this impact on women’s entrepreneurial intentions, and on their entrepreneurial practice? Start Date: 06/01/2021
• Geoffrey Bwireh Entrepreneurship and Work among Congolese Refugees in Uganda: A Grounded Theory Approach Start Date: 01/10/2022
• Geoffrey Bwireh Entrepreneurship and Work among Congolese Refugees in Uganda: A Grounded Theory Approach Start Date: 01/10/2022 End Date: 17/10/2025
• Anneke Edmonds How do women entrepreneurs experience a campus tech-incubator and how does this impact on women’s entrepreneurial intentions, and on their entrepreneurial practice? Start Date: 06/01/2021 End Date: 17/10/2025

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OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5762-7117 

• Business andManagement Studies PhD February 15 2011
• MSc July 31 2007
• MBA July 31 2003