Entrepreneurship
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
Media Appearences
- 2021 Speaker at Entrepreneurs’networks: Team Enter
- 2020 Interview about networks of entrepreneurs: https://magazine.hva.nl/bewogen-stad-leren-in-crisistijd/netwerken-van-zzpers-scherpen-focus-aan-in-coronatijd/
- 2019 Speaker at Gala of Science, with Wakee, I. & Martens, J.
Contact details
E-mail: j.f.alvarado.valenzuela@hva.nl
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juanfra-alvarado/