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Dear Colleague,

Please find below an advert for three researchers on innovation in creative industries at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, and the University of Amsterdam. Please feel free to circulate it other people who may be interested.

Best wishes

Jan van den Ende

Rotterdam School of Management

Postdoc and two PhD Positions on Innovation in Creative Industries

Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) / University of Amsterdam (UvA)

Rotterdam School of Management and the University of Amsterdam offer three research positions on innovation in the creative industries:

-        Postdoc (4 years/2 years)

-        2 PhD positions.

The researchers work on the project 'The battle of the souls: cultural and business orientations of creative firms and their effects on business models, growth and internationalisation.'

1: Postdoc on 'Collaboration between creative enterprises and firms from other sectors' (4 years / 2 years)

The postdoc will investigate the effects of the cultural and business orientation of creative enterprises in the context of their networks of relations, and particularly in their relations with firms from other sectors. The question is how the cultural and business orientations of creative enterprises affect their networks, how these networks contribute to the cultural and business performance of the creative enterprise, and how the existing network contributes to a newly formed relationship with a firm from another sector. The research methodology will consist of case studies and a survey.

The position is for 4 years, but candidates interested in a postdoc position for 2 years can also apply.

If you are interested in this position, please email your cv and letter of interest to Prof. Jan van den Ende, RSM, jende@rsm.nl.

2: PhD on 'Innovative capabilities of creative enterprises'

The PhD student will investigate the effects of the cultural and business orientations of creative enterprises in relation to their innovative capabilities. Innovative capabilities refer to internal and external collaborative capabilities, idea generation routines, knowledge development routines, decision procedures, etc. The question is to which extent the cultural and business orientations of creative enterprises are related to their innovative capabilities, and how each of these (cultural orientation, business orientation, innovative capabilities) separately and in combination contribute to cultural and business performance. The research methodology will consist of a few preparatory case studies and a survey. Use can be made of the existing Erasmus Competition and Innovation Monitor and the yearly survey of the Dutch Association of Dutch Designers (one of the members of the advisory board).

For a detailed description of the project and the application procedure please visit:  http://www.erim.eur.nl/doctoral-programme/phd-in-management/phd-projects/detail/1059-innovative-capabilities-of-creative-enterprises/

3: PhD on Orientations and business models of creative enterprises

The PhD student will investigate how the two orientations of creative enterprises affect the business models that they apply, also over time, and how these business models affect performance. For instance, a creative enterprise may first create cultural recognition by giving away design, to be able to take advantage of the reputation in selling clothes to specific consumer segments later on. So, business models are particularly useful to balance and convert the two types of orientations into performance outcomes. The project takes a longitudinal perspective, studying the relation between the two orientations of creative enterprises and their effects over time. The research methodology consists of collecting a wide variety of at least 40 cases of creative enterprises and more quantitative data based on the yearly survey of the Association of Dutch Designers.

For a detailed description of the project and the application procedure please visit:  http://www.uva.nl/over-de-uva/werken-bij-de-uva/vacatures/item/13-152.html

Positions 1 and 2 are at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM). Supervision for Position 1 will  be provided by Prof. Jan van den Ende (jende@rsm.nl) and Prof. Justin Jansen, and for Position 2 by  Prof. Jan van den Ende and Prof. Henk Volberda. For more information about research at RSM please visit www.erim.eur.nl.

Position 3 is at the University of Amsterdam. Project supervision at the Amsterdam School of Economics, University of Amsterdam will be provided by Prof. Dany Jacobs and Prof. Jan van den Ende. For more information visit

http://www.uva.nl/en/about-the-uva/organisation/faculties/content/faculteit-economie-en-bedrijfskunde/feb-landing-page.html.

The positions will be open until filled.