​CV Cecilia Alvarez 

Research

- Alvarez-Vargas, C., Capelleras, J.-L. and Martin-Sanchez, V. (2026), Entrepreneurial Experience and Growth Aspirations: The Moderating Role of National Research & Development Expenditure. R&D Management, 56: 278-306.

-  A Global Analysis of Female Innovative Entrepreneurship and Financial Development. (in progress).  

- Informal investors and new venture internationalization: The roles of the rule of law and household income. (in progress). 

- Socio-cognitive traits and high-impact entrepreneurship: An experimental approach (in progress).

Visiting researcher

Centre for Entrepreneurship and Spatial Economics (CEnSE) -  Jönköping International Business School -  Sweden 2022                                                                                       

Conference Participation

2026  ACEDE 2026 “Informal investors and new venture internationalization: The roles of the rule of law and household income”. (To present in june 2026)

2025  Paper accepted at 45th BABSON College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC). “Informal investors, rule of law, and household income in new venture internationalization”.

2024 Paper presented: "Inclusive or Exclusive? Diversity and Inclusion in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Research"  at DTU.

2021 Paper presented,  IV Workshop online sobre investigación en emprendimiento Campus Iberus. "Gender and innovative entrepreneurship: the moderating role of financial depth development"

2021 Speaker "Congreso Internacional de la Comunidad Andina - Reactivación Económica Post Pandemia", based on the paper "Gender and innovative entrepreneurship"

2021 Paper presented - ACEDE. "Individual human capital, national R&D investment and entrepreneurial growth aspirations".

2020 Paper accepted to the 3rd edition of the Paper Development Seminar (3PDS) - University of Seville.  (Seminar cancelled, but received feedback) 

Education

PhD Entrepreneurship and Management (iDEM),  Cum Laude distinction - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2023

MAREB  Master in Applied Research in Economics and Business - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2019              

Post-Graduate  International Business Practice - St Mary's University Twickenham London (SMUC), 2012 

Master´s Degree in Corporate Finance MFE -  Maestrías para el Desarrollo (MpD), 2009

Bachelor´s Degree in Business Administration -  Bolivian Private University (UPB), 2007             

Professional experience

2025 - present Assistant Professor -  Polytechnic University of Catalonia

2016-2021  Assistant Professor -  Universidad Católica Boliviana “San Pablo”  - Escuela de la Producción y la Competitividad (ePC)     

2013-2015  Chief Investment Officer - La Vitalicia Seguros y Reaseguros de Vida S.A.          

2011-2012  Business Analyst IB Controlling Reporting -  UBS Investment Bank    

2009-2010 Trader and Consultant - I.I.D.E.E.(International Institution for Economics and Business)              

2007-2009  Market Analyst -  Bolsa Boliviana de Valores S.A.                                                                                                 

Teaching certification

Postgraduate degree in Higher Education -  Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, 2013                                                                                        

Awards and distinctions

2023  Cum Laude PhD thesis presentation, with the International doctoral research component. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

2020  Best paper award V Workshop o SMEs, Entrepreneurship and Family Business 

2009  Best thesis award for the 2009 MFE class, Tittle “Fundación Jorge Muñoz-Reyes”                                    

Other studies

2015 Contemporary art studies at Metàfora - Barcelona