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Tenure-Track Position in Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship
The strategic management area at Georgia Tech's <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">College</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Management</st1:placename></st1:place> seeks qualified applicants for a tenure-track or tenured appointment for fall 2008 in strategic management or entrepreneurship. 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. Expertise in industrial organization and game theory is also desirable. Primary criteria for selecting candidates will be: outstanding research, teaching capability, and excellent recommendations. For full consideration, please e-mail the following to recruit-strategy@mgt.gatech.edu by November 15, 2007:
- A cover letter and vita indicating your education, relevant experience, research publications and research interests
- Two (2) samples of your research; either research papers and/or your dissertation proposal; with your name in the file name (e.g., "Smith, John – Research Sample 1.pdf"). Please make sure that your name also appears on the title page of the research sample.
- Three letters of recommendation with your name in the filename (e.g., "Smith, John – Letter of Recommendation 1.pdf"). Please make sure that your name also appears in the body of the letter of recommendation.
*Packages sent by mail will not be accepted. All documents must be in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format.
As part of the recruiting process, we seek to obtain statistical information on our applicants. Participation in this process is strictly voluntary. If you wish to participate, please complete the form found at: http://mgt.gatech.edu/downloads/ga_tech_disclosure.doc, and e-mail it to vdf_email@mgt.gatech.edu.
About Georgia Tech: Georgia Tech's College of Management is, when considering all business schools, ranked 25th by U.S. News and top 50 by Business Week, and top 25 in Forbes among public schools. The College of Management (COM) 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 (including 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 (ATDC), 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 US 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:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Atlanta</st1:city></st1:place>, 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:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region></st1:place>. 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:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region></st1:place>, and one of the fastest growing cities. It serves as cultural and economic hub of the southeastern <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place>, with world-class shopping, outstanding restaurants, and five professional sports teams. Compared to other large cities, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Atlanta</st1:city></st1:place> offers a lower cost of living and excellent weather. About 120,000 companies have operations here, and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Atlanta</st1:city></st1:place> is 3rd in the list of cities with the most Fortune 500 Headquarters. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Atlanta</st1:city></st1:place> 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 25 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place> 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:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place> population is within a two-hour flight. <st1:city w:st="on">Atlanta</st1:city> is also one of the top 5 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place> 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
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">College</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Management</st1:placename></st1:place>
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
frank.rothaermel@mgt.gatech.edu
SSRN Author's Site: http://ssrn.com/author=391625
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