Full Time Researchers
Nikolay A. Dentchev
Chairholder
PhD
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nikolay.dentchev@vub.be
Nikolay is a Professor of Entrepreneurship and Corporate Social Responsibility at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium. He is the chair holder of the Solvay Business School (VUB), Chair for Social Entrepreneurship (founded in 2015 by Wolters Kluwer, Close The Gap and Euroclear) at the VUB and coordinator of NV Actief (KBC, Trividend, and Unizo) at KU Leuven. These two initiatives focus on encouraging social and student entrepreneurship.
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Drs.
Philippe Eiselein
Ph.D. student (2015-2021)
Social Entrepreneurship Business Models
philippe.eiselein@vub.be
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Philippe has been working on the business models of social entrepreneurs and their scaling capabilities.
Implementing both qualitative and quantitative research, he's looking at how social entrepreneurs manage their growth strategies, conflicting objectives, stakeholders and financial performance.
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His research has been presented over a dozen of international conferences, and is currently in the submission and review phase of the PhD.
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Drs.
Abel Diaz Gonzalez
Ph.D. student (2016-2021)
Social Entrepreneurship Ecosystems and Networks
adiazgon@vub.be
Abel has been working on the social entrepreneurship ecosystems and their support networks.
His research focuses on how to develop/build supportive ecosystems in support of social entrepreneurs. He wants to study different types of ecosystems and levels, including research on exemplary supportive ecosystems already operating.
His research will cover several places in Latin America (Ecuador, Bolivia, Columbia), which are ideal settings to see evidence of the most pressing social challenges and where a lot of work is needed for supporting social entrepreneurs.
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Claudia Alba Ortuño
Ph.D. student (2018-2022)
International support for enterprises in the BOP
claudia.alba.ortuno@vub.be
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Claudia has been working on the international support for enterprises at the Bottom of the Pyramid (BOP). She is working on vulnerable entrepreneurs from an ecosystem/international point of view.
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Jason Roncancio
Ph.D. student (2017-2021)
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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Jason seeks to position the university in the scientific literature on entrepreneurship and innovation, as an agent of positive sustainable development, considering its various theoretical and practical aspects.
He has been studying individual factors that determine entrepreneurial behavior, non-commercial entrepreneurship ,technology transfer issues, and business aspects of innovation in knowledge transfer.
Interns
Patricia Fernandez Mateos
Cristina Manso MartÃn
Part-time
Researchers abroad
Drs.
Romel Brun
Joint PhD student on "Sustainable business models at the Bottom of the Pyramid " between UCB, Bolivia and VUB, Belgium.
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Jorge Salas Vargas
Joint Ph.D. student on "Developing entrepreneurial competencies at Bottom of the Pyramid " between UCB, Bolivia and VUB, Belgium. His previous research had a focus on Economic growth and economic development models using DSGE and SVAR. He is also interested in research are related to quantitative methods in Business and Big Data in business applications.
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Andrea Gabriela Samaniego Diaz
Joint PhD student on "Frugile Innovation at the Bottom of the Pyramid" between ESPOL, Ecuador and VUB, Belgium
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Neda Muzho
Joint PhD student on "Green Energy" between UNWE,Bulgaria and VUB, Belgium
Founding Partners
Olivier Vanden Eynde
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Founder & Managing Director
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Close The Gap
Charlotte Shaw
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CSR Manager
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Euroclear
Martine Hendrickx
CSR
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BNP Paribas Fortis
