Dr Nicholas Wong

Assistant Professor

School: Newcastle Business School

Dr Nicholas Wong joined Northumbria Universtiy in 2017 and is currently Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship at Newcastle Business School and Deputy Convenor of the Responsible Business Research Group. Nick is Associate Editor of Business History (CABS4), Editorial Board Member at Academy of Management Perspectives (CABS4) and Editor of SAGE Business Cases in Business History. He is also Co-Chair of the Management and Business History Division at the British Academy of Management and Treasurer of the Association of Business Historians. He is currently Module Leader of 'Entrepreneurship, Theory and Practice', 'Family Business Studies' and 'Entrepreneurial Leadership'. Nick's research is focused on Entrepreneurship, Strategy, Business History and Historical Organisation Studies with numerous studies published on social entrepreneuship, ethcial business practices, modern slavery and family business studies. He has published in, amongst others, Journal of Management Studies, Academy of Management Perspectives, Business History, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Journal of Management Inquiry, and International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management. Nick is the co-leader (with Prof John Wilson) of the Business History Group at Newcastle Business School.

Campus Address

Northumbria University, Faculty of Business and Law
CCE-1, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
NE1 8ST

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Key Publications

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Firms as quasi-traditions: the moral backbone of social legacy, Burton, N., Sinnicks, M., Hedley, C., Discua-Cruz, A., Wong, N., Smith, A. 1 Feb 2026, In: Academy of Management Perspectives
Network‐Enabled Responses to Deglobalization: Examining How Firms Strategize During Eras of Global Disruption, Buchnea, E., Wong, N. 5 Feb 2026, In: Journal of Management Studies
How do firms manage ethically-contested organisational paradoxes? Insights from two historical case studies of modern slavery, Wong, N., Smith, A., Discua Cruz, A., Burton, N., Charalambous, E. 17 Feb 2025, In: Business History
Participatory grant making as a social innovation: Examining relational processes in social finance, Price, M., Wong, N., Russell, M. 1 Oct 2025, In: Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
Understanding the Relationship Between Managers’ Belief in Big Gods and Firm Reputation, Burton, N., Smith, A., Wong, N., Cruz, A. 1 Jul 2025, In: Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings
Bourdieusian capital conversion during crises of socio-political legitimacy: Sponsorship of the arts by Barclays Bank, 1972 to 1987, Jones, I., Wong, N., Herrero, M., Smith, A. 17 Aug 2024, In: Business History
Exploring the Importance of Place in Family Businesses: Evidence from the UK, Mackenzie, N., Wong, N. 23 Dec 2024, Global Family Capitalism, London, Taylor & Francis
Entrepreneurial strategies in a family business: growth and capital conversions in historical perspective, Wong, N., McGovern, T. 3 Apr 2023, In: Businesss History
Strategic sensemaking by social entrepreneurs: creating strategies for social innovation, Price, M., Wong, N., Harvey, C., Maclean, M. 12 Sep 2023, In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research
The Social Economy in the North of Tyne Combined Authority, Price, M., Wong, N., Sarin, B. Dec 2023

PGR Supervision

Samuel Clegg 'Inside the Magic Box' - Exploring entrepreneurial development and perceived benefits for startup founders through venture creation programs Start Date: 18/10/2022 End Date: 17/10/2025
Zakary Edmonds Examining How Regulations Impact Entrepreneurship: The Emerging Industry of Recreational Cannabis in Canada Start Date: 01/10/2022
Samuel Clegg 'Inside the Magic Box' - Exploring entrepreneurial development and perceived benefits for startup founders through venture creation programs Start Date: 18/10/2022
Zakary Edmonds Provisional Title: Trust a Process: Identifying entrepreneurial processes in the highly regulated new industry of Canadian cannabis Start Date: 01/10/2022 End Date: 17/10/2025