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  • 1.  Vacancy University of Amsterdam Business School

    Posted 05-10-2007 13:56
    Vacancy at the University of Amsterdam Business School, The Netherlands






    PhD position in strategy and economics
    full time
    job reference number 07-5026
    open to both internal and external candidates



    The aim of this project is to investigate the link between strategy and
    performance. In addition to assessing purely financial measures of a firm’s
    position and performance, investors are increasingly interested in assessing
    firms on the basis of their strategic positions. This research project
    intends to contribute to bridging the gap between academic research into the
    causes of differential firm performance and the day-to-day practice of
    analysts assessing the competitive positions of firms. Economic theory and
    previous research in finance, strategy and industrial organization point to
    three aspects of a firm’s strategic position that should be correlated with
    firm performance. These are the degree of unrelated diversification, which
    has been found to be negatively correlated to performance, and market
    dominance and relative efficiency, which have been found to be positively
    correlated to performance. This research project will study (1) these
    relationships, (2) the interactions between them, and (3) the way in which
    they are, and can be, used to assess investment opportunities in firms. The
    core of the research will consist of quantitative studies of firm
    performance, complemented by one or more detailed case studies of the
    interactions between the different causes of differential firm performance
    over time.


    Requirements
    • Master’s (MA, MSc or drs) or M.Phil in the area of economics,
    econometrics, business administration, or business economics
    • Excellent quantitative-statistical analysis skills

    • An interest in strategy; previous training in strategic management,
    although an advantage, is not required
    • Good mastery of both written and spoken English.



    Further information
    The supervisors of this project will be Prof.dr. Bill Rees and Dr.
    Jan-Willem Stoelhorst. Applicants who require further information should
    contact Dr. Stoelhorst (email j.w.stoelhorst@uva.nl; tel. +31 20 525 5689).
    The UvA is located in the centre of Amsterdam. For more information on the
    Business School, including its research and staff members, please visit
    www.abs.uva.nl.



    Appointment
    The appointment will initially be for 1 year, to be extended to a total of 4
    years (or 3 years, in case the appointee already has an M.Phil) upon
    excellent performance (an evaluation will be held after 8 months). The
    salary will be in accordance with the University regulations for academic
    personnel, and will range from € 1,933 (first year) up to a maximum of €
    2,472 (final year) gross per month. The collective employment agreement of
    the Dutch universities will be applicable. The PhD thesis should be
    finalized within this period. The candidate will also be expected to do some
    teaching (around 20% of the time).



    Applications
    Applicants should send their CV and a covering letter to: Universiteit van
    Amsterdam, Personnel Department, Ms. B. Clemens, Roetersstraat 11, 1018 WB
    Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Applications may also be emailed to
    applications-feb@uva.nl. Please include the job reference number. The
    closing date for applications is 15 June 2007.


  • 2.  vacancy University of Amsterdam Business School

    Posted 02-01-2008 11:57

    Vacancy at the University of <st1:placename w:st="on">Amsterdam</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Business</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype>, The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Netherlands</st1:country-region></st1:place>

    Strategy & Marketing Section

     

     

    PhD position in Strategy, Innovation and Cimate Change

    Vacancy number 08-5003

     

    The candidate will be supervised by Prof. Ans Kolk and Dr Jonatan Pinkse and will thus be able to profit from the experience built up on business responses to climate change in the past decade at ABS. This project will focus on business and climate change, with specific attention to how companies draw on their strategic and innovative capabilities in developing solutions to climate change. In recent years, interest in cleaner, more climate-friendly technologies - such as solar energy and low-emission cars - has grown very rapidly, and new products and markets are emerging. However, there is not much research that systematically investigates the drivers and implications for companies to move in such directions. The research will combine multiple methods of investigation, qualitative as well as quantitative, and also calls for skills in research liaison with host organizations and good external presentation skills.

     

    Requirements
    • Master’s (MA, MSc) in the area of business (business administration, marketing, management, business economics, and with demonstrable interest in the area of strategy)
    • Interest (and preferably experience) in field research, including studies focusing on organisations

    • Mastery of both written and spoken English

    Further information

    Applicants who require further information should contact Dr. Pinkse (e-mail  j.m.pinkse@uva.nl; tel. +31 20 525 4106). Before getting in touch, those who are interested in this PhD position are advised to take a look at a recent publication ‘A Perspective on Multinational Enterprises and Climate Change: Learning from 'An Inconvenient Truth'?’ (see http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1021793), since the project will build on this work.

    The UvA is located in the centre of <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Amsterdam</st1:place></st1:city>. For more information on the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Amsterdam</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Business</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place> and its strategy & marketing section, please visit http://www.abs.uva.nl and www.abs.uva.nl/strategyandmarketing.

     

    Appointment
    The person appointed on this position will, in line with the collective agreement of Dutch universities, be considered employee of the university and therefore no tuition fee is charged. He/she will receive a monthly salary in accordance with University regulations for academic personnel, which will range from €2,000 (first year) up to a maximum of €2,558 (final year) gross per month.

    The appointment will initially be for 1 year, to be extended to a total of 4 years upon excellent performance (an evaluation will be held after 8 months). The PhD thesis should be finalized within four years. In this period, the candidate will also be expected to do some teaching (20% of the time).

     

    Applications
    Applicants should send their CV and a covering letter to: Universiteit van Amsterdam, Personnel Department, attn. Bernadette Clemens, Roetersstraat 11, 1018 WB Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Applications may also be emailed to     applications-feb@uva.nl    . Please include the job reference number. The closing date for applications is 28 March 2008.