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Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Innovation and Technology Entrepreneurship

Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, Strathclyde Business School, Scotland

The Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship at the University of Strathclyde invites applications from qualified candidates for the post of Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Innovation and Technology Entrepreneurship. The post is designed to strengthen the Department's research base, extend its research focus to the area of innovation and technology entrepreneurship and contribute to the University's strategic ambition, to be recognized as a leading technological university. The appointee is expected to be an experienced researcher within the area of innovation and technology entrepreneurship, capable of leading a research agenda within the Department around these themes and contributing to Strathclyde Business School's cross-departmental research cluster around the theme of innovation and technology management. The post-holder is expected to contribute to the Department, Faculty and University strategy for excellence in research and knowledge exchange activities, and assist in harnessing cross-Faculty synergies for inter-disciplinary research collaboration and successful external grant applications around the themes of innovation and technology entrepreneurship and management.

Strathclyde Business School (SBS) was ranked no. 1 in Scotland and was in the top 10 UK Business Schools in the recent Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). It is part of an elite group of business schools worldwide that have been "triple accredited" (AACSB International, AMBA and Equis).  SBS is by far the biggest and broadest Business School in Scotland, and one of the largest in the UK. It enjoys excellent links with Business through its Strategic Advisory Board and numerous industrial and public organizations who work with staff and students or research, projects and placements. With a growing international profile in terms of Faculty and Students and Centers in Switzerland, Greece, the Middle and Far East, SBS is at the forefront of business and management research and education on a global scale. SBS focuses on the relationship between theory and practice, and delivers high quality research and teaching of significance to policy makers, management practitioners and fellow scholars.  As part of its research strategy, SBS is seeking to develop a broad cross-departmental research cluster around the theme of Innovation and Technology Management. This cluster will look at the question of when and how businesses are successful in gaining commercial advantage through technological advantage. It will enable SBS to build up multi-disciplinary collaborations across the University by synergizing with important initiatives taking place in other faculties and to build up its strategic relationships with Scottish Enterprise and key business sectors.

The Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship is the University's newest academic department, endowed by Sir Tom Hunter for the study, research and encouragement of entrepreneurship within Scotland. Its mission is to provide Strathclyde people with the knowledge, skills and confidence to practice entrepreneurship; undertake research in entrepreneurship that combines excellence and relevance and promote entrepreneurship as a socially desirable career option to students, staff and the Strathclyde community. The Department runs an undergraduate degree pathway, the BA Business Enterprise, and also offers teaching programmes at postgraduate level. The Department has a growing postgraduate research community, with 15 PhD candidates currently registered within the Hunter Centre. There are 9 members of academic staff, including: Professor Sara Carter (Head of Department), Professor Colin Mason (Director of Research), Dr Jason Cope (Director of Teaching) and Dr Jonathan Levie (Director of Knowledge Exchange); 3 Lecturers; 1 Teaching Fellow; and 1 Research Fellow.  Further information about the Department can be obtained from the University website http://www.strath.ac.uk/huntercentre/

Applications should be lodged with Human Resources, University of Strathclyde, McCance Building, 16 Richmond Street, Glasgow, G1 1XQ by 14 December 2009 and formal interviews will be held on Wednesday 17 February 2010.

Informal enquiries regarding the post can be directed to Professor Sara Carter, Head of Department, Email: sara.carter@strath.ac.uk

Further details of the post are available at  http://www.flashesofinspiration.com/

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Marina G. Biniari, PhD
Lecturer of Corporate Entrepreneurship
Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship I Strathclyde Business School I University of Strathclyde
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