Dr. Juanfra Alvarado Valenzuela

Researcher

JuanFra Alvarado Valenzuela, sociologist, is a researcher in the topic of entrepreneurial failure and recovery. This project, called Fenix, is creating the largest database of entrepreneurial stories of failure and recovery and integrating the topic of resilience in educational programs. The findings are also transformed to tools and reports for municipalities and organizations that help entrepreneurs in hard times.

In his doctoral research, he investigated the role of innovation and social networks of migrant entrepreneurs in Italy and the Netherlands. Alongside research activities, Dr. Alvarado Valenzuela is involved in the dissemination of academic knowledge to policymakers through projects with the Municipality of Amsterdam, the Metropolis Project, and the IMISCOE Network.

Themes

Failure & Recovery

Entrepreneurship Education

Projects

Fenix

Education

Honours Societal Entrepreneurship - Faculty Health

Publications

Scientific Publications

2021. Business connections of Migrant Entrepreneurs: finding a niche in the diverse city of Amsterdam; in Immigrant Entrepreneurship in Cities: Global Perspectives. Liu, C. Y. (ed.). Cham: Springer Publishing Company, p. 175-193 (The Urban Book Series).
2020. Lessons from entrepreneurial failure through vicarious learning, with Wakkee, I., Martens, J. & Grijsbach, P.
2019. Hulp voor ondernemers in nood with Martens, J. in Maandblad voor accountancy en bedrijfseconomie. 93, 3/4.
2018. Ideas, Context and Connections: Conceptual Framing of the Opportunity to Innovate for Migrant Entrepreneurs, in Sociologica. 12, 2

Professional Publications

2020. Het vizier op scherp: Regieorgaan SIA op weg naar een volwaardige positie van het praktijkgericht onderzoek, as part of Evaluation Commission of Nationaal Regieorgaan Praktijkgericht Onderzoek SIA commissioned by NWO.
2020. Intervention Framework SmartUp: Early Stage Business Failure, with Wakkee, I. & Grijsbach, P.

Conferences

2019-21 3E Conference – ECSB Entrepreneurship Education Conference: Entrepreneurship Education in the 2020ies
CAREM-CEDIS Research Conference
2020 Higher Education Conference
2019 RENT Conference