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Assistant/Associate Professor (tenure track) Small Business & Entrepreneurship

  • 1.  Assistant/Associate Professor (tenure track) Small Business & Entrepreneurship

    Posted 10-12-2017 19:15
    The department of Innovation Management & Strategy (IM&S) at the
    Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen, seeks
    candidates to fill one full-time, tenure-track position, starting in
    Winter 2017/Spring 2018. We are seeking highly motivated candidates
    who demonstrate excellent research and teaching abilities and
    willingness to collaborate with colleagues and PhD students of the
    Faculty. All applicants should have completed their PhD, or be close
    to completion, and are preferably specialized in the field of Small
    Business and/or Entrepreneurship. Applicants with higher
    qualifications can be eligible for a position at the Associate
    Professor level, and a short path to becoming a Full Professor is
    negotiable as well.

    The department is part of the Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB),
    which is ranked among the top performers in Europe in terms of
    research. FEB belongs to the 1% of business schools worldwide with
    both EQUIS and AACSB accreditations. FEB members have published in top
    Entrepreneurship journals such as Entrepreneurship, Theory & Practice,
    Journal of Business Venturing and Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal,
    as well as in top General Management journals such as the
    Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal,
    Academy of Management Review, Journal of International Business
    Studies, Journal of Management, Management Science, Organization
    Science, MIS Quarterly, and Strategic Management Journal. Our faculty
    is actively involved in many scholarly associations (AOM, Babson,
    EGOS, SMS) and serves in editor and editorial board roles at leading
    journals.

    Based in the Northern Netherlands, the University of Groningen is one
    of the oldest and largest in the country and is ranked within the
    global top 100. It is a truly global institution with close
    collaborations with renowned international universities, including
    Uppsala, Göttingen, Ghent, Tsinghua University, Osaka University,
    UCLA, and the University of Pennsylvania. The American journal The
    Scientist ranked the University of Groningen among the top 25
    institutions in the global ranking of Best Places to Work in Academia
    2012.

    Job description

    Responsibilities for this position include conducting and publishing
    academic research as well as teaching, along with contributing to the
    service mission of the IM&S department. Teaching responsibilities
    include courses and thesis supervision at the undergraduate, master,
    and doctoral level. Teaching can comprise a broad range of topics in
    small business & entrepreneurship at different levels of analysis
    (e.g. entrepreneurial finance; policies for small business and
    entrepreneurship; family firms, corporate entrepreneurship, small
    business strategy and management, franchising). We are open to
    candidates with different methodological approaches. Some experience
    with data handling and programming skills (e.g. Python) are a plus.

    The position is situated in the department of Innovation Management &
    Strategy which comprises six Full Professors, eight Associate
    Professors, and 20 Assistant Professors in addition to PhD students.
    We have a diverse department with more than 40% international staff
    and 37% female staff members. The department contributes to programmes
    at the (honours) bachelor’s, master’s, research master’s levels and to
    the PhD programme of the SOM research school. The department is
    responsible for three Master of Science tracks: Change Management,
    Small Business & Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Innovation
    Management. A Healthcare Management & Economics track will soon be
    added to the department’s portfolio, which will be offered in close
    collaboration with other departments and faculties. The department
    covers a variety of interests and backgrounds, and embraces several
    different research approaches with a keen focus on academic quality in
    research and teaching. We focus on applied as well as fundamental
    research questions. Areas of research at the department include
    innovation, strategy, entrepreneurship, organization theory, &
    information systems (see:
    http://www.rug.nl/(...)fic-departments/ims/).

    Qualifications

    We are looking for candidates who would (soon be able to) meet the
    following requirements:

    1. a PhD in Economics or Management (potentially with a focus on
    entrepreneurship and/or small business), or in a closely related field
    2. a demonstrated potential for conducting high quality research and
    publishing in top management journals
    3. proven interest and ability in developing courses and teaching at
    the undergraduate and graduate levels and in mentoring students
    4. a relevant international network
    5. a team player with good communication skills.

    Conditions of employment

    The University of Groningen offers a salary depending on
    qualifications and work experience starting from a minimum of € 3,475
    (salary scale 11 Dutch Universities) to a maximum of € 5,405 gross
    (salary scale 12) for a full-time position, excluding 8% holiday
    allowance and 8.3% end-of-year bonus and participation in a pension
    scheme for employees. A fiscal facility pertaining to extraterritorial
    costs (the 30% facility) may be applicable if the rules of Dutch tax
    law permit this.

    Tenure track positions at the FEB are temporary positions subject to a
    tenure decision at the end. The candidate will be appointed for a
    period of six years, on the condition of a positive mid-term
    evaluation in the third year of employment. On the basis of a positive
    final evaluation in the sixth year of employment, the candidate will
    be granted tenure and promotion to Associate Professor. The tenure
    track path can be rounded off with promotion to Full Professor, under
    the condition that criteria are met.
    Formal tenure track requirements primarily include criteria with
    respect to research prominence, teaching, and service. During the
    tenure track period 50% of the position is reserved for research and
    50% is devoted to teaching activities.

    Apply
    You may apply for this position until 9 November 23:59 h / before 10
    November 2017 Dutch local time at the following link:
    http://www.rug.nl/about-us/work-with-us/job-opportunities/overview?details=00347-02S0005W8P

    You are requested to submit:
    1. a cover letter containing your motivation for the position
    2. an up-to-date curriculum vitae
    3. two letters of reference
    4. examples of publications
    5. evidence of teaching ability (e.g., summarized teaching evaluations).

    Application screening will begin immediately and will continue until
    the position is filled. We hope to conclude initial application
    screening by 1 December 2017.

    Promising candidates will be invited for a campus visit shortly after
    the deadline.

    We assume candidates to start by January 2018 or at another date after
    mutual consultation.

    Unsolicited marketing is not appreciated.

    Information

    For information you can contact:

    Dr. Samuele Murtinu, Recruitment Committee Coordinator, s.murtinu@rug.nl
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    Samuele Murtinu, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor

    University of Groningen
    Department of Innovation, Management & Strategy

    Email: S.Murtinu@rug.nl
    Ph.: +31 50 363 3453
    Mailing address: Nettelbosje 2 - 9747 AE Groningen (The Netherlands)

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