Background

Introduction

I'm a Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship, joining NUBS in January 2014 and completing my PhD the same year. My research and teaching focuses on issues related to entrepreneurship, international development and poverty. In particular, I conduct research on social entrepreneurship and microfinance. Similarly, I have researched social impact bonds and I'm more broadly interested in aspects of social investment and entrepreneurial finance. I teach entrepreneurship courses with an international and social dimension.

I am the (Joint) Director of Impact at NUBS and the PhD convenor for the Marketing, Operations & Systems subject group. 

Qualification(s)

PhD Innovation & Entrepreneurship

MEd with Distinction (International Development & Education)

BA (Hons) Politics 

Research

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Research Interests

• International Development & Entrepreneurship
• Social Entrepreneurship
• Microfinance
• Entrepreneurial Process
• Social impact Bonds

Projects

• Co-Investigator: The Structure and Dynamics of Social entrepreneurship in Chile. Funded by Production Development Corporation. CORFO Chile. 
• Co-Investigator: Evaluation of the Ways to Wellness Social Impact Bond. Funded by Cabinet Office. 

Conference Presentations

• 2019. Social Outcomes Conference. A diagnostic framework for Social Impact Bonds in Emerging Economies
• 2018. Global Innovation and Knowledge Academy. Social Mission as Competitive Advantage
• 2017. International Social Innovation Research Conference. The Institutional Change of Social Impact Bonds. 
• 2017. ANZAM. Building Hopes for the Future. Inter-generational Well-Being in Rural Kenya
• 2016. International Social Innovation Research Conference. Inclusive Innovation Through the Lens of Instrumental Freedoms
• 2016.  Babson College of Entrepreneurship Research Conference. Towards An Institutional Geography of Entrepreneurial Resource Mobilisation
• 2015. International Social Innovation Research Conference. Re-Thinking the ethics of Inclusive Innovation
• 2014. Fifth Subsistence Marketplace Conference. Social Network Dynamics in a Microfinance Context: Evidence from Ghana.
• 2013. Oxford Colloqium of Social Entrepreneurship Research. Social Entrepreneurs as Institutional Entrepreneurs. When Do they Fulfil a Social Mission?
• 2013. Babson College of Entrepreneurship Research Conference. Social Entrepreneurs as Institutional Entrepreneurs. When Do They Fulfil a Social Mission?
• 2012. NYU-Stern Conference on Social Entrepreneurship. Microfinance and Scaling Education Services for the Poor. 
• 2011. NYU-Stern Conference on Social Entrepreneurship. Microfinance, Entrepreneurship & Poverty Alleviation. 

Other Achievements

• 2018. Best Paper Award. Global Innovation and Knowledge Academy. Social Mission as Competitive Advantage
• 2013. Best Paper in Social Entrepreneurship at the Babson College for Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
• 2010-2013. PhD Scholarship. Newcastle University Business School. 

Teaching

BUS3060 - International Entrepreneurship (Module Leader)

NBS8111 - International Entrepreneurship (Module leader)

Publications

• Kimmitt J, Mandakovic V, Muñoz P. Social problem scale, public investment and social entrepreneurship action. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research 2022, 28(6), 1391-1413.
• Kimmitt J. Microfinance and entrepreneurial finance: A review and future research agenda. In: Lingelbach, D, C, ed. De Gruyter Handbook of Entrepreneurial Finance. De Gruyter, 2022. In Press.
• French M, Kimmitt J, Wilson R, Jamieson D, Lowe T. Social impact bonds and public service reform: back to the future of New Public Management?. International Public Management Journal 2023, 26(3), 376-395.
• Devine A, Jabbar A, Kimmitt J, Apostolidis C. Conceptualising a social business blockchain: the co-existence of social and economic logics. Technological Forecasting & Social Change 2021, 172, 120997.
• Barki E, de Campos J, Lenz A, Kimmitt J, Stephan U, Naigeborin V. Support for social entrepreneurs from disadvantaged areas navigating crisis: Insights from Brazil. Journal of Business Venturing Insights 2020, 14, e00205.
• Siwale J, Kimmitt J, Amankwah-Amoah J. The Failure of Hybrid Organizations: A Legitimation Perspective. Management and Organization Review 2021, 17(3), 452-485.
• Kimmitt J, Dimov D. The Recursive Interplay of Capabilities and Constraints Amongst Microfinance Entrepreneurs. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research 2021, 27(3), 600-628.
• Wilson R, Fraser A, Kimmitt J, Tan S, McHugh N, Lowe T, Warner M, Baines S, Carter E. Whither Social Impact Bonds (SIBs): the future of social investment?. Public Money and Management 2020, 40(3), 179-182.
• Jamieson D, Wilson R, Martin M, Kimmitt J, Lowe T, Gibbon J, French M. Data for outcome payments or information for care? A sociotechnical analysis of the management information system in the implementation of a social impact bond. Public Money and Management 2020, 40(3), 213-224.
• FitzGerald C, Fraser A, Kimmitt J. Tackling the Big Questions in Social Impact Bond Research through Comparative Approaches. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis 2019, 22(2), 85-99.
• Muñoz P, Kimmitt J, Dimov D. Packs, Troops and Herds: Prosocial Cooperatives and Innovation in the New Normal. Journal of Management Studies 2020, 57(3), 470-504.
• Muñoz P, Kimmitt J. Balloon Latam: Initiating Sustainable Development in Rural Communities. SAGE Business Cases 2020.
• Muñoz P, Kimmitt J. A diagnostic framework for social impact bonds in emerging economies. Journal of Business Venturing Insights 2019, 12, e00141.
• Kimmitt J, Muñoz P, Newbery R. Poverty and the varieties of entrepreneurship in the pursuit of prosperity. Journal of Business Venturing 2020, 35(4), 105939.
• Muñoz P, Kimmitt J. Rural entrepreneurship in place: an integrated framework. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 2019, 31(9-10), 842-873.
• Kimmitt J, Muñoz P. The Potential for Social Impact Bonds in Chile? Exploring New Avenues for the Social Enterprise Sector. Newcastle University Business School; University of Liverpool Management School, 2019.
• Siwale J, Kimmitt J. The discourse of institutional change in the Zambian microfinance sector. Africa Journal of Management 2019, 5(1), 47-78.
• Muñoz P, Kimmitt J. Social mission as competitive advantage: A configurational analysis of the strategic conditions of social entrepreneurship. Journal of Business Research 2019, 101, 854-861.
• Lowe T, Kimmitt J, Wilson R, Martin M, Gibbon J. The Institutional Work of creating and implementing Social Impact Bonds. Policy and Politics 2019, 47(2), 353-370.
• Kimmitt J, Muñoz P. Sensemaking the 'social' in social entrepreneurship. International Small Business Journal 2018, 36(8), 859-886.
• Muñoz P, Kimmitt J, Farny S, Kibler E. Living on the Slopes: Entrepreneurial Preparedness in a Context under Continuous Threat. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 2019, 31(5-6), 413-434.
• Muñoz P, Kimmitt J. Entrepreneurship and the rest: the missing debate. Journal of Business Venturing Insights 2018, 9, 100-106.
• Kimmitt J, Munoz P. Entrepreneurship and financial inclusion through the lens of instrumental freedoms. International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship 2017, 35(7), 803-828.
• Kimmitt J. Educational Entrepreneurship Today, Edited by Frederick Hess & Michael McShane. Journal of School Choice 2017, 11(2), 326-328.
• Kimmitt J, Scarlata M, Dimov D. An empirical investigation of the interplay between microcredit, institutional context and entrepreneurial capabilities. Venture Capital: An International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance 2016, 18(3), 257-276.
• Munoz P, Kimmitt J, Serey T, Velazquez L. The Structure and Dynamics of Social Entrepreneurship in Chile [Estructura y dinámica del emprendimiento social en Chile]. Santiago de Chile: Universidad del Desarrollo, Instituto de Innovación Social, 2016.
• Kimmitt J. Examining the Role of the Entrepreneur in Development and Education. In: Dixon, P; Counihan, C; Humble, S, ed. Handbook of International Development and Education. Elgar, 2015. In Press.