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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