MMTC Researcher Awarded Scholarship for International Research Visit
MMTC is proud to announce that Daniel Alejandro de los Rios Pérez, an MMTC Doctoral Candidate, has been awarded one of the 2025 scholarships from the Jönköping County Chamber of Commerce. The scholarship will support Daniel’s upcoming research visits to Cuba, where he will further his work on entrepreneurial ecosystems.
The scholarships were presented in connection with the Chamber of Commerce’s annual meeting, where ten students from Jönköping University were recognised for their academic achievements and international ambitions. The selected students will carry out studies and research visits across a range of global destinations, including Vietnam, Cuba, Australia, Italy, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and Germany.
The initiative is made possible through the Swedish Business Donation Fund in Jönköping, which awards both the Swedish Chamber of Commerce Scholarship and the Gunnar Randholm Scholarship. These scholarships are intended to reward and enable students who plan to study abroad in fields that are relevant to the development of the business community in Sweden and beyond.
The scholarships were awarded by Mathias Bransmo, CEO of Kvadrat in Jönköping, outgoing board member of the Jönköping County Chamber of Commerce, and chairman of the donation fund.
“It is always fun to meet motivated students who want to spend part of their studies abroad,” said Bransmo. “Through these scholarships, every year students who have demonstrated excellent academic results are given the opportunity to pursue higher studies at universities all over the world.”
Daniel’s research in Cuba will contribute to MMTC’s growing body of work on globalisation, innovation, and societal transformation. His international fieldwork will also help foster academic collaboration and knowledge exchange between Sweden and Cuba — a goal well aligned with MMTC’s mission to support research with societal relevance and global reach.
We warmly congratulate Daniel on this achievement and look forward with interest to the outcome of the visits.
My current research explores entrepreneurial ecosystems in developing countries. Entrepreneurial ecosystems are complex networks of individuals, organizations, and processes collaborating to nurture and support new businesses in specific regions. However, understanding the formation of ecosystems in developing countries is still a phenomenon largely unexplored. This knowledge gap poses practical challenges for Swedish companies looking to expand into these markets, as they often lack familiarity with how these unique ecosystems operate. Relying on my background, I have the opportunity to address this gap by having granted access to several entrepreneurial ecosystems in Cuba, which are mostly inaccessible to international researchers and businesses due to cultural and language barriers and complex socio-political factors.
- Doctoral Candidate
- Jönköping International Business School
- daniel.delosriosperez@ju.se
