Georgia Institute of Technology
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">College</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Management</st1:placename></st1:place>
Tenure-Track Positions in Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship, and International Business
The strategic management area at Georgia Tech's College of Management (COM) seeks qualified applicants for several tenure-track or tenured appointments for fall 2007 in three areas (1) strategic management; (2) entrepreneurship; and (3) international business. Faculty rank is open. We seek research-active individuals who address interesting and important real-world phenomena using a theoretical lens grounded in economics or sociology, and rigorous empirical methods. The ability to teach econometrics and/or game theory is also desirable. Primary criteria for selecting candidates will be: outstanding research, teaching capability, and excellent recommendations. For full consideration please send the following documents in hardcopy: curriculum vitae, current research paper(s), and three letters of recommendation no later than Tuesday, October 31, 2006 to:
Denise Sharif
Attn: Strategy Area Recruiting
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Georgia Institute of Technology
800 West Peachtree, NW
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Atlanta</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Georgia</st1:country-region></st1:place> 30308-1149
denise.sharif@mgt.gatech.edu
Tel 404-894-4375
Fax 404-894-6030
About Georgia Tech: Georgia Tech's College of Management is, when considering all business schools, ranked 34th by U.S. News and top 50 by Business Week, and top 25 in Forbes among public schools. The College of Management is housed in a new, state of the art $55million facility, which is part of the $260 million building complex of Technology Square in midtown Atlanta, in addition to Georgia Tech's Business School, the GT Conference Center and Hotel, the Global Learning Center, the Economic Development Institute, and the Advanced Technology and Development Center (ADTC), one of the leading incubators in the United States. COM is the home of an NSF Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training program, Technological Innovation: Generating Economic Results (TI:GER), as well as a U.S. Department of Education funded Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER). Additional information about Georgia Tech's COM and its faculty is available at: http://mgt.gatech.edu/. The Strategic Management area represents a strong community of active researchers pursuing a diversity of interests (See http://mgt.gatech.edu/fac_research/acad_areas/stg_mgt.html for more information).
The Georgia Institute of Technology (http://www.gatech.edu) is one of the nation's top research universities, distinguished by its commitment to improving the human condition through advanced science and technology. Georgia Tech's campus occupies 400 acres in the heart of the city of <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Atlanta</st1:place></st1:city>, where more than 16,000 undergraduate and graduate students receive a focused, technologically based education. Georgia Tech consistently ranks among U.S. News & World Report's top ten public universities in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>. In a world that increasingly turns to technology for solutions, Georgia Tech is using innovative teaching and advanced research to define the technological university of the 21st century.
About <st1:city w:st="on">Atlanta</st1:city>: <st1:city w:st="on">Atlanta</st1:city>, home to over 4 million people, is the 9th largest metropolitan area in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region>, and one of the fastest growing cities. It serves as cultural and economic hub of the southeastern <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region>, with world-class shopping, outstanding restaurants, and five professional sports teams. Compared to other large cities, <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Atlanta</st1:place></st1:city> offers a lower cost of living and excellent weather. About 120,000 companies have operations here, and <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Atlanta</st1:place></st1:city> is 3rd in the list of cities with the most Fortune 500 Headquarters. <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Atlanta</st1:place></st1:city> is home to corporate giants like Home Depot, Coca-Cola, CNN, Newell Rubbermaid, UPS, Georgia-Pacific, Equifax, and Delta Air Lines. <st1:city w:st="on">Atlanta</st1:city> is one of the top 10 places for business and careers (by Forbes) and one of the top 3 <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> cities for entrepreneurs (Entrepreneur magazine and Dun & Bradstreet). <st1:city w:st="on">Atlanta</st1:city>'s international airport, the world's busiest, makes Georgia Tech readily accessible to any part of the world – 80% of the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> population is within a two-hour flight. <st1:city w:st="on">Atlanta</st1:city> is also one of the top 5 <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> cities for singles (by Forbes), one of the top 40 cities for families (by Child.com), and the #1 city for African-Americans (by Black Enterprise magazine). For more information, see www.atlanta.net/movinghere/index.asp.
Georgia Tech is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, which values diversity.
Frank T. Rothaermel [http://mgt.gatech.edu/rothaermel]
Sloan Industry Studies Fellow
Associate Professor of Strategy
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Georgia Institute of Technology
<st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">800 West Peachtree St, NW</st1:address></st1:street>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Atlanta</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">GA</st1:state> <st1:postalcode w:st="on">30308-1149</st1:postalcode></st1:place>
Tel. 404-385-5108
FAX 404-894-6030
<st1:personname w:st="on">frank.rothaermel@mgt.gatech.edu</st1:personname>
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