Robert Newbery

Dr Robert Newbery

Job title: Lecturer in Entrepreneurship, School of Management (Plymouth Business School (Faculty))

Qualifications & background

I started out after University working in software engineering, after a couple of years this evolved into systems integration (robotics) and I left to work abroad (in Asia, Europe and North America). After working my way up to senior technology manager, I returned to the UK to study for an MBA, with the intention of upgrading my corporate skills. Instead I found a new interest in small business, and after graduating started a small regional consulting company with a couple of my colleagues.

After 3 years of experiencing the highs and lows of the entrepreneurial lifestyle, I decided that I would like to take a deeper look at research into micro-business and read for a PhD at the Centre for Rural Economy at Newcastle University. I am currently a Lecturer in Entrepreneurship at Plymouth University.

Qualifications

PhD The role and performance of local business associations in rural service centres
Master of Rural Social Science
Master of Business Administration
Bachelor Applied Software Engineering

Professional membership
Associate of the Centre for Rural Economy (CRE)
Member of the British Academy of Management (BAM)
Member of the Institute of Small Business and Enterprise (ISBE)
Member of the Regional Studies Association (MRSA)

Teaching interests
BSO210: Entrepreneurship (Module leader)
BMG303: Strategic Management - Theory and Practice (Module leader)
BSO202: Enterprise and Innovation
MBA: Strategy and Innovation

Research interests
I am interested specifically in micro-business, local business associations and rural small towns, and more broadly in the areas of rural business communities, home-based business, entrepreneurship and collective action.

Publications

Atterton, J, Newbery, R, Bosworth, G, Affleck, A (2011) ‘Rural Enterprise and Neo-endogenous development’ in G. Alsos, S. Carter, E. Ljunggren, F. Welter, The handbook of research on entrepreneurship in agriculture and rural development, Edward Elgar

Newbery, R and Bosworth G (2010) ‘Home based business sectors in the rural economy’, Society and Business Review, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/17465681011055596

Cowie, P, Newbery, R and Atterton, J, (2010) ‘Rural Economies’ in ‘Rural Prospects’ Eds. N, Thompson and J, Atterton, Centre for Rural Economy, http://www.ncl.ac.uk/cre/publish/otherpublications/Prospects%20final.pdf

Conference papers

Newbery, R, (2011) 'Challenging assumptions in entrepreneurship and rural tourism businesses', Tourism and Rural Identidy symposium, Lincoln University

Newbery, R, Sauer, J, Gorton, M, Phillipson, J. and Atterton J. (2011) 'Do rural businesses cooperate to generate local impact?' 9th Rural Entrepreneurship Conference, Nottingham

Newbery, R, Bosworth, G, Ruto, E. and Hubbard, C, (2011) ‘The effect of in-migrant origin on commercial activity: intra and extra-regional variation’ Regional Studies Association Conference, Newcastle

Bosworth, G, Farrell, H, and Newbery, R (July 2010) ‘Networking amongst rural tourism entrepreneurs’, Fourth International Conference on Sustainable Tourism, New Forest, England

Newbery, R, (May 2010) ‘Neo-endogenous facilitation: are local business associations significant sites for the processes of local development’ Regional Studies Association Conference, Pecs, Hungary.
http://www.regional-studies-assoc.ac.uk/events/2010/may-pecs/papers/Newbery.pdf

Newbery, R and License, A, 'Assessing Employment in service sectors within the rural town & fringe.' Paper presented to the Regional Studies Association, Winter Conference 2008, London.

Newbery, R and Bosworth, G, 'Revisiting the radar: Home-based businesses.', Paper presented to the Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, International Entrepreneurship Conference 2008, Belfast.

Newbery, R, 'Entrepreneurial leadership in rural business associations.', Paper presented at the 6th Rural Entrepreneurship Conference 2008, Dumfries.

Graves, A., Gallagher, C., Newbery, R., 2004, ‘The Rehabilitation of the Owner-managers of Failed Businesses.’, Paper presented at ISBA Conference 2004, Newcastle-Gateshead.

Links

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Robert/Newbery/
http://newcastle.academia.edu/RobertNewbery