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
• Entrepreneurial Universities and Their Engagement with Rural Enterprise, Bosworth, G., Chapman, P., Newbery, R., Steiner, A., Webber, D., Tocco, B., Cunningham, J., Magistrali, A., Phillipson, J., Gorton, M. 19 Feb 2025, Rural Entrepreneurship: Harvesting Ideas and Sowing New Seeds, Emerald
• Imagination and Emancipation: A Study of Entrepreneurs Operating in Slums, Igwe, P., Newbery, R., Nkanta, I., Amaugo, A. 12 Aug 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 and Location: Does Rurality Matter for Small Firms?, Bosworth, G., Chapman, P., Newbery, R., Steiner, A., Webber, D., Deakins, D., Bensemann, J., Mukherjee, A., Scott, J. 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, 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
• Understanding and Supporting Farm Development Strategies, Bosworth, G., Chapman, P., Newbery, R., Steiner, A., Webber, D., Gittins, P., Methorst, R. 19 Feb 2025, Rural Entrepreneurship: Harvesting Ideas and Sowing New Seeds, Emerald

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

• Geoffrey Bwireh Volunteerism, Mixed Embeddedness and Work of Congolese Refugees in Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Southwestern Uganda Start Date: 01/10/2022
• 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

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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