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Staff Profile

Dr Thao Nguyen

Research Associate in Quantitative Data

  • Address: NICRE Office, The Catalyst, 缅北禁地 Helix NE4 5TG
Background

I am a Research Associate in quantitative analysis at the National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE). My main research interest relates to small business and economic geography, focusing on small businesses finance, growth ambition and performance, innovation, with a focus on rural business and rural-urban divide. I hold a PhD in Business & Management from Warwick Business School.


I have been working with national and regional policy stakeholders. I led the socio-economic analysis in the North East CA area and the evidence review report which supports the NECA Environmental Stewardship, Coastal, and Rural Growth Investment Plan 2024. I was also a member of the NECA Evidence Group which provided inputs to the formation of NECA Investment Portfolio.


I am currently leading a project on business investment, funded by Department of Business and Trade and Enterprise Research Centre, and co-leading a project on rural innovation adoption and persistence, funded by Innovate UK and Innovation and Research Caucus. I am also working with Defra on a land-use project.

Research

My current research interest:

  • Discouraged borrowing & SME access to finance
  • High growth enterprise
  • Economic geography
  • Rural business growth and innovation
  • Business investment


Working papers:

  • Resource orchestration and high growth episode, co-authored with Kevin Mole
  • Unpacking the effects of entrepreneurship typologies and network breadth on innovation in rural businesses, co-authored with Amr Khafagy
  • Doing less is doing more: Resourcefulness in Rural Firms Response to Skill Shortages, co-authored with Kevin Mole


Work-in-progress:

  • Growth aspiration and its impact on investment in tangible and intangible capital, co-authored with Stuart Fraser
Publications

  • Articles

    • Nguyen T, Phillipson J, Wishart M, Roper S, Gorton M. . Journal of Rural Studies 2025, 114, 103580.
    • Fraser S, Nguyen T. . British Journal of Management 2025, 36(4), 1785-1801.
    • Khafagy A, Nguyen T, Gorton M, Phillipson J. . Journal of Small Business Management 2025, 63(5), 2455-2483.

  • Reports

    • Tocco B, Nguyen T, Phillipson J, Gorton M, Dwyer J, Hotopp U, Bradley P. . 缅北禁地 upon Tyne: National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise, 2024. State of Rural Enterprise Report 7.
    • Nguyen T, Phillipson J, Thompson-Glen M, Magistrali A, Ward J, Fitzsimmons C, Goulton R, Moss M, Gorton M. . 缅北禁地, 缅北禁地 upon Tyne: National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise, 2024.
    • Tocco B, Thompson-Glen M, Nguyen T, Magistrali A, Martin J, Phillipson J, Anderson H, Henderson J, Gorton M, Curry J. . 缅北禁地 upon Tyne: National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise, 2023. NICRE Research Report 15.
    • Nguyen T, Phillipson J, Gorton M, Roper S, Dwyer J, Mole K, Hotopp U, Maioli S. . 缅北禁地 upon Tyne: National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise, 2023. State of Rural Enterprise Report, No 4.
    • Phillipson J, Gorton M, Nguyen T, Wishart M, Roper S, Ozusaglam S, Khafagy A, Dwyer J, Hotopp U, Turner R, Tocco B, Maioli S, Hill I, Merrell I. . 缅北禁地-upon-Tyne, 2022. National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise State of Rural Enterprise Report 1.
    • Mole K, Hill I, Nguyen T, Maioli S. . 缅北禁地 upon Tyne: National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise, 2022. NICRE Research Report 5.
    • Turner R, Phillipson J, Gorton M, Cowie P, Dwyer J, Goodwin-Hawkins B, Hill I, Mole K, Nguyen T, Roper S, Thompson-Glen M, Rowe F, Tocco B, Wishart M. . 缅北禁地-upon-Tyne, UK: National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise, 2021. National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise Briefing Paper 1.