Staff profile

I am an entrepreneurship scholar looking to better understand the role of entrepreneurship and small businesses in society and the economy. I am primarily interested in social entrepreneurship, poverty, social investment, microfinance and rural entrepreneurship regionally, nationally and internationally. In addition, I am the academic lead for Durham University Business School's Smart & Scale initiative which aims to support SMEs in the North East of England through rigorous research and new knowledge.

I am motivated by academic research that asks interesting questions but is also of practical value to businesses, policy-makers and students. I have published in journals such as Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship & Regional Development and International Small Business Journal among others. In addition, I have produced several policy reports on outcomes-based finance (Social Impact Bonds), social entrepreneurship and impact investing. 

Journal Article

• Kimmitt, J., & Muñoz, P. (in press). OUTCOMES-BASED CONTRACTS AND THE HIDDEN TURN TO PUBLIC VALUE MANAGEMENT. Organization,
• Newbery, R., McKague, K., Muñoz, P., & Kimmitt, J. (in press). Reconceptualising Franchisee Performance: A configurational approach in a base-of-the-pyramid context. British Journal of Management,
• Worakantak, J., Newbery, R., & Kimmitt, J. (in press). Entrepreneurial Finance and Institutional Logics in an Emerging Economy. International Small Business Journal,
• Kimmitt, J., Kibler, E., Schildt, H., & Oinas, P. (2023). Place in entrepreneurial storytelling: A study of cultural entrepreneurship in a deprived context. Journal of Management Studies, https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12912
• FitzGerald, C., Fraser, A., Kimmitt, J., Knoll, L., & Williams, J. (2023). Outcomes-based Contracting and Public Management Reform: Lessons from a Decade of Experimentation. International Public Management Journal, 26(3), 329-338. https://doi.org/10.1080/10967494.2023.2170504
• Muñoz, P., Kimmitt, J., & Spigel, B. (2023). Trans-contextual work: doing entrepreneurial contexts in the periphery. Small Business Economics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-023-00772-4
• Kimmitt, J., Mandakovic, V., & Muñoz, P. (2022). Social problem scale, public investment and social entrepreneurship action. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 28(6), 1391-1413. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijebr-07-2021-0556
• French, M., Kimmitt, J., Wilson, R., Jamieson, D., & Lowe, T. (2022). Social impact bonds and public service reform: back to the future of New Public Management?. International Public Management Journal, https://doi.org/10.1080/10967494.2022.2050859
• Devine, A., Jabbar, A., Kimmitt, J., & Apostolidis, C. (2021). Conceptualising a social business blockchain: The coexistence of social and economic logics. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Article 120997. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.120997
• Kimmitt, J., & Dimov, D. (2021). The recursive interplay of capabilities and constraints amongst microfinance entrepreneurs. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 27(3), https://doi.org/10.1108/ijebr-10-2018-0642
• Siwale, J., Kimmitt, J., & Amankwah-Amoah, J. (2021). The Failure of Hybrid Organizations: A Legitimation Perspective. Management and Organization Review, 17(3), https://doi.org/10.1017/mor.2020.70
• Kimmitt, J., Munoz, P., & Newbery, R. (2020). Poverty and the varieties of entrepreneurship in the pursuit of prosperity. Journal of Business Venturing, 35(4), Article 105939. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2019.05.003
• Muñoz, P., & Kimmitt, J. (2020). Balloon Latam: Initiating Sustainable Development in Rural Communities. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781529726732
• FitzGerald, C., Fraser, A., & Kimmitt, J. (2020). Tackling the Big Questions in Social Impact Bond Research through Comparative Approaches. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice, 22(2), https://doi.org/10.1080/13876988.2020.1726177
• Wilson, R., Fraser, A., Kimmitt, J., Tan, S., McHugh, N., Lowe, T., …Carter, E. (2020). Theme: Futures in social investment? Learning from the emerging policy and practice of Social Impact Bonds (SIBs). Public Money & Management, 40(3), https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2020.1714287
• Muñoz, P., Kimmitt, J., & Dimov, D. (2020). Packs, Troops and Herds: Prosocial Cooperatives and Innovation in the New Normal. Journal of Management Studies, 57(3), https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12542
• Jamieson, D., Wilson, R., Martin, M., Lowe, T., Kimmitt, J., Gibbon, J., & French, M. (2020). 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 & Management, 40(3), https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2020.1714306
• Barki, E., de Campos, J., Lenz, A., Kimmitt, J., Stephan, U., & Naigeborin, V. (2020). Support for social entrepreneurs from disadvantaged areas navigating crisis: Insights from Brazil. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 14, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2020.e00205
• Munoz, P., & Kimmitt, J. (2019). Social mission as competitive advantage: A configurational analysis of the strategic conditions of social entrepreneurship. Journal of Business Research, 101, 854-861. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2018.11.044
• Siwale, J., & Kimmitt, J. (2019). The discourse of institutional change in the Zambian microfinance sector. Africa Journal of Management, 5(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/23322373.2018.1563463
• Munoz, P., & Kimmitt, J. (2019). Rural entrepreneurship in place: an integrated framework. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 31(9-10), 842-873. https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2019.1609593
• Munoz, P., Kimmitt, J., Kibler, E., & Farny, S. (2019). Living on the slopes: entrepreneurial preparedness in a context under continuous threat. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 31(5-6), 413-434. https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2018.1541591
• Lowe, T., Kimmitt, J., Wilson, R., Martin, M., & Gibbon, J. (2019). The institutional work of creating and implementing Social Impact Bonds. Policy and Politics, 47(2), https://doi.org/10.1332/030557318x15333032765154
• Muñoz, P., & Kimmitt, J. (2019). A diagnostic framework for social impact bonds in emerging economies. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 12, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2019.e00141
• Kimmitt, J., & Munoz, P. (2018). Sensemaking the `social' in social entrepreneurship. https://doi.org/10.1177/0266242618789230
• Muñoz, P., & Kimmitt, J. (2018). Entrepreneurship and the rest: The missing debate. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 9, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2018.03.003
• Kimmitt, J., & Munoz, P. (2017). Entrepreneurship and financial inclusion through the lens of instrumental freedoms. https://doi.org/10.1177/0266242617700699
• Kimmitt, J., Scarlata, M., & Dimov, D. (2016). An empirical investigation of the interplay between microcredit, institutional context, and entrepreneurial capabilities. Venture Capital, 18(3), https://doi.org/10.1080/13691066.2016.1191127