Practice: 

• Since 01/2012: Entrepreneurship Education & Qualification, Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship (SCE), Munich
• Since 04/2010: Research Associate & Entrepreneurship Consultant, Institute for SME Research (ifm), University of Mannheim
  
• 2008-2010: Start-up Counselor & Project Manager "Entrepreneurship Education", City of Munich
• 2006-2008: Marketing Strategy Consultant, Computershare AG, Munich
• 2006: Internship, BMW AG, Munich
• 2003-2005: Marketing-Freelancer, SAP Competence Centre, Walldorf
• 2001-2002: Research Assistant, ZEW - Centre for European Economic Research, Mannheim

Theory:

• Since 2009: PhD-Student, University of Mannheim
• 2000-2006: Studies of Business Administration (Dipl.), University of Mannheim
• 2004: Università degli Studi (Palermo, Italy)

Research Interest:

• Entrepreneurial success, sustainability & resilience (PhD-thesis)
• Ethnic entrepreneurship & start-up counselling 
• Entrepreneurship education & action-learning
• Current research methods: case study research, psychological quantitative instruments

Dear students - please select one of my research fields for inquiries on theses.

Publications:

Di Bella, J. (2011). Starting, Surviving and Flourishing: Resilience as a Key to Entrepreneurial Success – Evidence from an Entrepreneurial Family (work in progress)

Leicht, R., Di Bella, J., Berwing, S., Langhauser, M., Leiß, M., Philipp, R., Volkert, M. und Werner, L. (2012). Bedeutung, Triebkräfte und Leistungen von Migrantenunternehmen in Baden-Württemberg (und Deutschland). Institut für Mittelstandsforschung Mannheim, Studie im Auftrag des Ministeriums für Finanzen und Wirtschaft des Landes Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart.

Di Bella, J. und Leicht, R. (2011). Zielgruppenorientierte Gründungsförderung: Migrantinnen und Migranten in der Gründungsberatung, in: N. Irsch und P. Witt, Gründungsförderung in Theorie und Praxis, herausgegeben von KfW Bankengruppe und Förderkreis Gründungs-Forschung e.V., Frankfurt am Main, 223–240.

Speeches:
(available on request: dibella@ifm.uni-mannheim.de)

Di Bella, J. (2012). "Same, same - but different": Neue Impulse für die Förderung von Gründungen durch Migrantinnen und Migranten. Vortrag im Rahmen der 3. Integrationskonferenz der Stadt Brühl, 8. Mai 2012, Brühl.

Di Bella, J. (2011). Starting, Surviving and Flourishing: Resilience as a Key to Entrepreneurial Success – Evidence from an Entrepreneurial Family. G-Forum 2011, Zurich.

Di Bella, J. (2011). Starting, surviving and flourishing in challenging environments: Entrepreneurial success through resilience? A positive approach. ICSB World Conference 2011, Stockholm.

Di Bella, J. (2010). Start-up support and the challenge of target-group specific offerings. Ethnic Entrepreneurship Conference 2010, Hannover.

Di Bella, J. (2010). Cultural Differences in Entrepreneurship. Podium Discussion, Frankfurt/Main.