Prof Robert Newbery

Head of Department

Department: Newcastle Business School

Robert is a Professor of Entrepreneurship and has worked extensively in Asia, Africa, Europe and North America. He has founded and run a number of entrepreneurial businesses having a PhD, MSc, MBA and BSc. He is particularly interested in how entrepreneurship is being used for development in both the 'Global North' and 'Global South' and is actively supporting the Entrepreneurship Educator Foundation for East Africa (EEFEA).

Robert is Head of Entrepreneurship and Innovation within the EIS Department at Northumbria University. Prior to this he led the Marketing, Operations and Systems Department at Newcastle University.

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

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.

Key Publications

Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
Exploring EO strategic performance measures: value-added versus efficiency outcomes, Newbery, R., Roderick, S., Sauer, J., Gorton, M., Robbins, K. 10 Mar 2023, In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research
Entrepreneurial Place Leadership: Negotiating the Entrepreneurial Landscape, Newbery, R., Baranchenko, Y., Bell, C. 21 Jul 2022
Entrepreneurial Place Leadership, Newbery, R., Baranchenko, Y., Bell, C. 21 Jul 2022, Entrepreneurial Place Leadership, Bingley, Emerald
Exploring Refugees Entrepreneurial Support Organisations in Uganda, Tibaingana, A., Smith, M., Newbery, R. 21 Jul 2022, Entrepreneurial Place Leadership, Bingley, Emerald
The Entrepreneurial Imaginary: the hyper-real case of the Zombiepreneur, Newbery, R., Jinman, A. 1 Feb 2022, In: International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Export Intention in Developing Countries: A Configuration Approach to Managerial Success Factors, Haddoud, M., Jones, P., Newbery, R. 2 Jan 2021, In: Journal of Small Business Management
Making a living through and for visual arts in East Africa, Burton, A., Nabulime, L., Newbery, R., Richter, P., Tibaingana, A., Wilkinson, A. 5 Aug 2021, Developing Creative Economies in Africa, London, Taylor & Francis
Poverty and the varieties of entrepreneurship in the pursuit of prosperity, Kimmitt, J., Muñoz, P., Newbery, R. 1 Jul 2020, In: Journal of Business Venturing
The COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Implications for Rural Economies, Phillipson, J., Gorton, M., Turner, R., Shucksmith, M., Aiken-McDermott, K., Areal, F., Cowie, P., Hubbard, C., Maioli, S., McAreavey, R., Souza Monteiro, D., Newbery, R., Panzone, L., Rowe, F., Shortall, S. 12 May 2020, In: Sustainability
The role of the expert knowledge broker in rural development: Renewable energy funding decisions in Greece, Apostolopoulos, N., Chalvatzis, K., Liargovas, P., Newbery, R., Rokou, E. 1 Aug 2020, In: Journal of Rural Studies

PGR Supervision

Geoffrey Bwireh Volunteerism, Mixed Embeddedness and Entrepreneurial Behavior of Congolese Youth 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