OPEN POSITION at SKEMA BUSINESS SCHOOL
The Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Economics Department of SKEMA Business School is seeking applicants for an Associate or Full Professor position in Digital Business and Big Data, specializing in New Technologies and Strategy-focused Data-driven Business Models beginning on September 1, 2017. The position is based in Paris (France), on SKEMA's campus at La Défense (Business district).
The successful candidate must have demonstrated excellence in research through publications in top-tier journals. He/she must possess a good track record in teaching. The position requires teaching in topics related to the management of new digital technologies for digital business and implementation of strategy-focused data-driven business models.
Funding for conference attendance, research support, and access to many attractive databases (such as WRDS, ThomsonOne, and Bureau van Dijk) is provided.
Members of SKEMA's faculty have published papers in Academy of Management Journal, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Harvard Business Review, Industrial and Corporate Change, Journal of International Business Studies, Organization Science, Organization Studies, Research Policy, Strategic Management Journal and others.
This opening position is in relation with the development of a Joint Academic Program in Digital Business and Big Data established between Microsoft and SKEMA (to open in September 2017). The salary and working conditions are highly competitive.
About the Joint Academic Program between Microsoft and SKEMA
This partnership aims to create innovative educational content with the development of a joint Big Data Program, and to understand future careers in relation with new technologies.
In this context, the successful candidate will have a leading role to play in developing (and increasing visibility) of a Research Center dedicated to Digitalization and Big Data. More specifically, this Research Center will take the form of a careers laboratory whose purpose is to understand the jobs of tomorrow in connection with the emergence of new technologies. In order to allocate effectively his/her time at developing the Research Center and publishing at a high level, the successful candidate will benefit from strong academic and administrative support.
Requirements:
§ PhD in Strategy or a related field.
§ Publications in top-tier journals.
§ A proven ability to deliver excellent teaching.
§ Ability to teach in English.
ABOUT SKEMA
SKEMA Business School is an EQUIS and AACSB-accredited academic institution. SKEMA is one of Europe's fastest growing business schools. It currently operates on three continents with campuses in France (Sophia Antipolis, Lille and Paris), China (Suzhou) and the Americas (USA, Raleigh – NC State campus; Brazil, Belo Horizonte). The school offers a wide range of management programs, taught in English and in French, at Bachelor, Master and Doctoral levels, as well as Executive Education. More than 7,000 students are currently enrolled in the school's programs worldwide.
The faculty at SKEMA comprises more than 150 professors. The expertise of our faculty enables us to provide educational programs which reflect the opportunities and challenges of the global economic environment.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
Applicants who are interested in the job description, and would like to meet at the Academy of Management Meeting (2016) in Anaheim are encouraged to send their academic CV to:
Stefano BORZILLO:
stefano.borzillo@skema.edu
Stefano BORZILLO is Associate Professor at SKEMA (Paris campus, France) & Director of the Strategy, Entrepreneurship & Economics Department at SKEMA.
The deadline for submitting applications is August 4, 2016, but candidates are strongly encouraged to submit as soon as possible.
Dr. Stefano BORZILLO
Associate Professor
Director of the Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Economics Department
SKEMA Business School
Paris campus
Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci
92400 Courbevoie Paris La Défense
Tél. +33 1 41 16 71 38
www.skema-bs.fr - www.skema.edu