Chair in International Business
RSM Erasmus University, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
Chair in International Business
The area of this professorship will be the management of multinational enterprises from a strategic perspective, with a focus on topics such as the development and implementation of internationalization strategies of firms, and international strategic alliances.
We are inviting candidates with a broad knowledge of the Strategy and International Business field, that have already published in top international scientific journals (e.g. AMJ, AMR, JIBS, MS, Org. Science, SMJ), have excellent teaching evaluations, possess proven administrative and managerial skills, and are willing and able to work in a cooperative environment in which joint research and teaching are highly valued.
The Department
The Department of Strategic Management and Business Environment of the RSM Erasmus University plays a leading role in the School's programs by providing several core courses in which an integrated approach to management is the distinguishing focus. These core courses deal with main areas such as International Business, Strategic Management, Managing Interorganizational Relations, Corporate Entrepreneurship and Business Plans. The Department's education and research activities are highly integrated. The chaired professors of the Department are jointly responsible for offering research driven and coherent education programs and for contributing to and managing of the Department research program that meets the highest scientific criteria in terms of quality of the publications, focus and novelty. In cooperation with Duke University, The Fuqua School of Business, the Department facilitates the editorial office of JIBS, see www.jibs.net. The Department also holds the office of the Erasmus Strategic Renewal Center (see www.erasmusstrategicrenewal.nl)
Personnel
At present, the Department consists of two chaired professors, one in Strategic Management and Business Policy (Prof. Dr Henk W. Volberda; chairman of the Department) and one in Managing the Relationships between Firms and their Business Environments (Prof. Dr Frans A.J. Van Den Bosch). Recent visiting professors and research collaborators have included Charles Baden-Fuller, Arie Lewin, Mike Wright and Edward Zajac. Furthermore, the Department has six associate professors and eighteen assistant professors, each active in the broad area of the Department. Six PhD candidates are working on their PhD-thesis. Faculty are from countries like Belgium, Germany, India, Ireland, Israel, Pakistan, Poland, UK and the USA. The working language of the Department is English.
Ranking of Erasmus Strategy Research
The research output of the Strategy Department is consistently ranked high regarding both the number and the impact of publications. Department members have published in the major scientific top journals in the field and have received several awards. See our website for further details (www.strategyaterasmus.nl).
The Research Program
The Departments' research program focuses on a variety of management topics, including managing strategic renewal, strategic innovations, knowledge absorption and corporate entrepreneurship, strategic analysis and implementation, International Business and corporate governance. Further information about the program and papers published can be found on our websites (www.strategyaterasmus.nl and www.erasmusstrategicrenewal.nl). Members of the Department have published in leading journals like AMJ, JMS, Org. Science, Org. Studies, MS, SMJ, JIBS and LRP. The Department cooperates with scholars in the Economic Faculty working in related research areas. This cooperation has resulted in a joint ERIM-Research Program on Strategy.
The School and Research Institute
The RSM Erasmus University is expanding its research and teaching programs and the research institute (ERIM) is growing rapidly. New programs and new executive development activities are being launched by the School and its partners. Within these programs a number of Masters are offered. One of the leading Masters is the Strategic Management and International Business Master offered by the Department. The Department also participates in the School's PhD - and MBA program and the full-time and part-time post-graduate programs. In the latest Financial Times ranking, the MBA program is ranked number 24 in the world and 9th in Europe and 6th in the category of research.
The Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM) is the officially accredited research school of the university (see the website www.erim.nl) and provides the Department members the opportunity to reduce teaching load depending on the realized research output. The coordinators of this joint research program are Professors Van den Bosch and Professor Volberda and Professor Sleuwaegen of the Economic Faculty.
The University
The Erasmus University Rotterdam consists of 8 Faculties with more than 2200 staff members and about 15.000 students of which the RSM Erasmus University is the largest Faculty with about 400 staff members and about 6000 students.
The city of Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second largest city of the Netherlands with it's own airport ("Zestienhoven") and about 40 minutes by train from the capital Amsterdam and the national airport Schiphol.
Further information
For further information please contact the chairman of the appointment committee Prof. Dr Henk W. Volberda (+31.10.4082761; e-mail: hvolberda@rsm.nl) or Prof. Dr Frans A.J. Van Den Bosch (+31.10.408 1955; e-mail: fbosch@rsm.nl) member of the appointment committee, or Ms. Carolien Heintjes, Secretary of the Department (+31.10.4082005; e-mail: cheintjes@rsm.nl).
The Department's Websites (www.strategyaterasmus.nl and www.erasmusstrategicrenewal.nl) contains information about the research etc. Information about the School and the Erasmus University Rotterdam is provided by the websites www.rsm.nl and www.eur.nl. For information about the ERIM-Research Institute see www.erim.eur.nl
Applications
Please send your application letter including your CV before May 15, 2006 by e-mail. Please send your application to: cheintjes@rsm.nl.