Dr Nicholas Wong

Assistant Professor

Department: Newcastle Business School

Dr Nicholas Wong is Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship at Newcastle Business School. He is currently acting Programme Leader for the BA Entrepreneurial Business Management and Module Leader for the Work Based Research Project and Family Business Studies modules. Nick's research is focused on Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Family Business Studies and Historical Organisation Studies. He has published in, amongst others, Business History, Journal of Management Inquiry, International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management and Entreprises et Histoire. He has recently published a co-authored book titled, Business History: A Research Overview (Routledge, 2022) He also co-edited five books which feature in the Routledge Series of Industrial History. He is the co-leader (with Prof John Wilson) of the Business History Group at Newcastle Business School. Nick is currently an active member of the Northumbria Centre of Innovation, Regional Transformation and Entrepreneurship (iNCITE centre). Nick is also on the editorial board of the Business History Collective. In 2018, Nick was part of the team that won the John F. Mee Award at the Academy of Management for Best Paper in Management History.

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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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. 18 Dec 2022, In: Business History
Historical Narratives and the Defense of Stigmatized Industries, Smith, A., Wong, N., Sørensen, A., Jones, I., Coraiola, D. Oct 2022, In: Journal of Management Inquiry
Commerce with a bit of Ethics, or Ethics with a bit of Commerce? The Conundrum of British Consumer Co-operation 1863-1990, Webster, T., Wilson, J., Wong, N. 7 Jul 2021, In: Journal of Management History
Introduction: Volume five: Contribution and key findings, Wilson, J., Toms, S., Wong, N. 12 Feb 2021, The Cotton and Textiles Industry, London, Taylor & Francis
The Cotton and Textile Industry: Managing decline: Case studies in industrial history, Wilson, J., Toms, S., Wong, N. 12 Feb 2021
The Cotton and Textile Industry: Innovation and Maturity: Case Studies in Industrial History, Wilson, J., Toms, S., Wong, N. 29 Jan 2021
Banking and Finance: Case studies in the development of the UK financial sector, Wilson, J., Wong, N., Toms, S. 17 Mar 2020
Entrepreneurial strategies in a family business: growth and capital conversions in historical perspective, Wong, N., McGovern, T. 3 Sep 2020, In: Businesss History
Growth and Decline of American Industry: Case studies in the Industrial History of the USA, Wilson, J., Wong, N., Toms, S. 10 Mar 2020

PGR Supervision

Samuel Clegg Business Incubators and Accelerators as a tool for Regional Development - Exploring different objectives and initiative effectiveness within the North East of England 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