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Dear AOM (Entrepreneurship Division) Colleague:

To meet the ambitious objectives of its Family Business Center, EDHEC Business School (Lille or Paris campus) is recruiting an Associate Professor or Full Professor in Family Business.  Please see announcement below for full details and kindly share with your colleagues.

Apologies for cross postings.  

Best regards,

Lorraine Uhlaner
Professor of Management
EDHEC Business School (Lille campus)

-------------------------------ANNOUNCEMENT----------------------------------------

EDHEC Business School

Lille (Roubaix/Croix) or Paris Campus

Full-time Academic Position

Associate Professor / Full Professor in Family Business

Position

To meet the ambitious objectives of its Family Business Center, EDHEC Business School is recruiting an Associate Professor or Full Professor in Family Business. The successful candidate is expected to provide both teaching and research leadership for the Family Business Center. She/he will be involved in developing and delivering teaching for both academic (Bachelors, MSc and MBA) and nonacademic programs. In this position, special emphasis will be placed on development and delivery of executive education, directed towards family and non-family executives. 

EDHEC Business School has several faculty members active in publishing research related to the family business field.  The successful candidate would be encouraged to work together and/or foster further research initiatives with current faculty members active in such research.

He/she is also expected to work closely with the director to further overall goals to seek funds for specific projects.  Such activity may include preparation of grants, as well as joint meetings with current and prospective donors to the Family Business Center.  

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Management or Economics, or related fields at an accredited academic institution.
• A distinguished record in research scholarship, especially in the field of family business.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and deliver executive programs, ideally to include experience in delivery of family business programs.
• Demonstrated ability to teach in academic programs at the Master's level (especially MBA programs).
• Excellent communication skills. 
• High level of fluency in English.
• (Desirable but not compulsory) Previous consulting assignments with family businesses.
• (Desirable but not compulsory) Knowledge of the French language.

We strongly encourage people of all backgrounds (gender, ethnic background, nationality)

The Family Business Center

With a mission of sustaining family business growth, the EDHEC Family Business Center was created in 2012 with the support of well-known business families and family-owned businesses. The EDHEC Family Business Center undertakes research and training to foster innovation and quality in the governance and management of family businesses, with special focus on analyzing conditions of sustained growth in family firms.

The Center provides management training that responds to the specific needs of family businesses as well as themed events at its 5 campuses (Lille, Nice, Paris, London, and Singapore) to disseminate the Center's research and allow participants to share their experiences.  The Center benefits from EDHEC Business School's high quality faculty (134 world-class professors and researchers) and from the expertise of a dedicated team, composed of real-world experts and business leaders.

The Center's Founding Members include families such as the Mulliez family (Auchan Group), the Michelin family (Mage-Invest) and leading family businesses such as BIC Group, Clinitex, Roquette, Somfy, Oddo, Deloitte and Caisse d'Epargne Nord-France-Europe.

EDHEC Business School

EDHEC Business School is a leading business school in Europe.

Full accreditation by AACSB, EQUIS and EMBA.

Ranked in the Top 20 in Europe for its Master in Management Programme, by Financial Times, and in the Top 50 for its Full Time MBA by The Economist.

Among the top five grandes écoles in France.

5 campuses: Lille, Nice, Paris, London and Singapore.

6,200 students and 10,000 participants in executive education, conferences and seminars organised in 28 capitals around the globe.

20 degree programs: Bachelor, Master in Management, Master of Science, MBA, PhD in Finance.

More than 25 000 graduates from 120 countries.

134 permanent professors (49 % international) and 810 visiting lecturers.

13 research and teaching chairs.

35% are foreign students in academic programs from outside of France.

Salary and benefits

By European standards, salary and benefits are competitive, augmented by bonuses based on academic publications and contribution to fundraising. Experience and background are considered in final pay. EDHEC Business School offers substantial benefits, including full health insurance, assistance with moving expenses, supplemental pension benefits...

Starting date

Review of applications will begin immediately and will be ongoing until the position is filled.

The Application

Candidates interested in applying for this position are invited to send a cover letter, a resume, a list of publications, a list of classes taught and the names and contact information of three referees to Christine Chaissou, HR Director of EDHEC. Electronic applications can be sent to christine.chaissou@edhec.edu.

For more information about the position, prospective candidates may contact Sylvain Daudel, Director of EDHEC Family Business Center (sylvain.daudel@edhec.edu).

EDHEC Business School

24, avenue Gustave Delory

59057 Roubaix Cedex

Phone: + 33 (0)3 20 15 45 00

Fax: + 33 (0)3 20 15 45 01

Email: christine.chaissou@edhec.edu

Internet: http://www.edhec.com/recruitment