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Northeastern University New Position 2010: Associate Professor in Strategy, Environmental Sustainability emphasis

  • 1.  Northeastern University New Position 2010: Associate Professor in Strategy, Environmental Sustainability emphasis

    Posted 06-09-2009 17:41

    Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    College of Business Administration
    International Business and Strategy Group

    Associate Professor in Strategic Management (September 2010 Start)

    Qualifications and Responsibilities

    The College of Business Administration at Northeastern University invites applications for an Associate Professor in Strategic Management. This position will be effective September 2010. Approval of the position is expected by August 2009.

    Candidates should possess the doctoral degree in Strategic Management or a closely related business field. A research record and interest in (a) environmental sustainability or (b) innovation is desirable. The successful candidate will have demonstrated a strong commitment to excellence in scholarly research, teaching, and working with a diverse student population. Support for research is available.

    The International Business and Strategy faculty have responsibility for a broad array of core courses. At the undergraduate level these include Introduction to Business that is designed as an introductory strategy course, the capstone Strategy in Action course, and the required International Business and Corporate Social Responsibility course. At the graduate level the courses include Strategic Management and Global Management.

    The College of Business has typically not hired an Associate Professor with tenure. Lateral credit toward tenure is negotiable. Employment terms are competitive and negotiable depending on career progress and track record.

    Additional Information

    Research Opportunities: Faculty members are expected to actively engage in high quality research and publishing. Support for faculty members' intellectual activities is broad and can be in the form of summer funding, teaching release time, data base acquisition, research travel funds, graduate research assistants, or travel stipends for presentations at academic conferences. Research fellowships for tenure-track assistant professors and senior faculty are available on a competitive basis.

    The International Business and Strategy Group: There are eighteen tenured and tenure track members of the International Business and Strategy Group: Henry Lane, Edward F. McDonough III, Sheila Puffer, Ravi Ramamurti, Ravi Sarathy, Allan Bird, William Crittenden, James Dana, Nicholas Athanassiou, Ray Kinnunen, Carl Nelson, Christopher Robertson, Bert Spector, Todd Alessandri, Elitsa Banalieva, Irem Demirkan, Denise Dunlap-Hinkler, and Anna Lamin. The group also has two Academic Specialists and two full-time Lecturers. In addition, there are several faculty members in other functional groups with primary research interests in international business and strategy. The International Business and Strategy Group operates the college's Center for Emerging Markets Research (led by Ravi Ramamurti) and the Institute of Global Innovation Management (led by Harry Lane).

    The University: Northeastern (www.northeastern.edu) is located in the historic and culturally rich Fenway section of Boston. It is a national research university enrolling nearly 20,000 students. The university prides itself for being student-centered and is a global leader in the integration of classroom learning with work experience (cooperative education). Northeastern University embraces the wealth of diversity represented in our community and seeks to enhance it at all levels.

    The College of Business Administration is one of nine colleges within the University. The college offers the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Bachelor of Science in International Business, Full-Time MBA, Part-Time MBA, Executive MBA, HiTech MBA, on line MBA, MS/MBA in Professional Accounting, MS Accounting, MS Tax, and MS in International Business Programs. Its undergraduate programs are ranked 26th in the country (BusinessWeek, 2009) and its Bachelor of Science in International Business program is ranked 13th in the country (U.S. News and World Report, 2008).

    How To Apply

    Interested faculty should send their Curriculum Vitae to: Professor Harry Lane, Search Committee Chair, International Business and Strategy Group, 313 Hayden Hall, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, (617) 373-4647. Please send your CV as an email attachment to: ha.lane@neu.edu. Faculty members from the International Business and Strategy group will be conducting initial interviews at the 2009 meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

    Equal Employment Opportunity

    Northeastern University particularly welcomes applications from minorities, women and persons with disabilities.

    Nicholas Athanassiou, Ph. D.
    Associate Professor, International Business and Strategy
    International Business and Strategy Group Coordinator
    Academic Program Director,  Bachelor of Science in International Business
    313 Hayden Hall
    College of Business Administration
    Northeastern University
    Boston, MA 02115
    (617)373-5759
    n.athanassiou@neu.edu
    http://www.cba.neu.edu/