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The Department of Organization and Strategy of Tilburg University invites applications for multiple tenure track positions. These positions are to be filled at the rank of Assistant Professor. We are able to hire applicants starting in any month during 2010.
The Department of Organization and Strategy of Tilburg University is part of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration. It currently consists of 21 tenured or tenure track faculty members and 8 lecturers. Full time full professors of the Department include Jean-Francois Hennart, Xavier Martin, Niels Noorderhaven, Tal Simons and Bart Vos. Part time full professors include Geert Duysters, Bart Nooteboom and Hans Pennings (also of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Wharton</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place>). The Department also employs a vibrant group of junior faculty. The department faculty work in the following research areas: strategic management, international management, operations management, management and organization theory, innovation management and entrepreneurship. They are drawn from leading universities in the <st1:country-region w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region>, Asia and <st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place>. The Department has a very strong research orientation. The Department is involved with several research institutes, including the Center for Innovation Research that it recently co-founded.
The Department is involved in three bachelor programs, three MSc programs, an MPhil program and a PhD-program. All programs except one of the bachelor programs are taught in English. Non-Dutch-speaking candidates will be asked to teach in English only. The standard working language of the Department is English.
Further information about the Department is available on http://www.tilburguniversity.nl/faculties/feb/organisation/dept/os/
We aim to maximize the research time available to active faculty, and working conditions are otherwise comparable to major research universities in the United States and Europe. The standard teaching load is two courses plus guidance of five master thesis projects. Compensation is competitive with comparable schools, and we provide support for conferences and other research related expenses.
<st1:placename w:st="on">Tilburg</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> is one of Europe's leading universities in the fields of economics and business administration – indeed it regularly ranks among <st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place>'s top 3 by research productivity. <st1:city w:st="on">Tilburg</st1:city> is a pleasant city located in the Southern Netherlands, in the middle of one of Europe's foremost high-tech regions and equidistant from <st1:city w:st="on">Amsterdam</st1:city> (<st1:country-region w:st="on">Netherlands</st1:country-region>), <st1:city w:st="on">Brussels</st1:city> (<st1:country-region w:st="on">Belgium</st1:country-region>) and the Dusseldorf/Cologne area (<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Germany</st1:place></st1:country-region>).
The application deadline is October 1, 2009. Applicants should submit (1) a curriculum vitae, (2) a research statement and (as relevant) a dissertation summary, (3) examples of research, and (4) evidence of teaching ability (which may include a teaching statement). In addition they should ask three referees to send a letter of reference. Applications and letters of reference should be sent to n.h.boelhouwer@uvt.nl. Applications after the deadline will be considered if the positions are not filled. Applicants are expected to have completed the doctoral thesis prior to taking up employment. Any further questions relating to the positions can be directed to Sytse Douma, Head of the Department Organization and Strategy of Tilburg University at s.w.douma@uvt.nl.