The Maastricht Center for Entrepreneurship, in combination with the Department of Organisation & Strategy, has a vacancy for assistant professor in the field of Entrepreneurship. It is a tenure track position implying a 10 year temporary contract with a decision after 5 years for tenure (permanent contract). Standard Dutch university regulations imply and the salary scale is 11. After a positive tenure decision, the position will be promoted to assistant professor, job level 1 and salary scale 12. As an assistant professor you contribute to teaching and research in the broad field of entrepreneurship. The position is business studies oriented and examples of fields where the assistant professor specializes in may include commercializing science and technology, venture capital, opportunity recognition and exploitation, business models, social entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial teams, born globals and hi-tech entrepreneurship.

The Maastricht Center for Entrepreneurship has a collection of teaching activities, using the Maastricht Problem Based Learning approach. It organizes the Maastricht Entrepreneurship Weeks and it offers students pre-incubation support. Research activities in the field of entrepreneurship take place in the connected department of Organisation & Strategy. The department has, next to entrepreneurship, strong faculty in the area of organizational behavior, innovation and strategy and industrial organization. It promotes multi-disciplinary research. There is collaboration with various European universities and Maastricht University stands out as an excellent place for applied economics and business research. Maastricht University is an internationally orientated university and the language of teaching and communication inside the entire School of Business and Economics is English.

Qualifications for a candidate for the position at hand are: a recently obtained PhD degree and evidence of high level teaching and research experiences. Teaching experiences include course work and master thesis supervision. Research experiences include conferences and submitted, accepted or published work in international academic journals. Examples of the level of journals that are typically expected from and aimed for by staff are Journal of Business Venturing, Research Policy, Journal of Product and Innovation Management, Small Business Economics, Journal of Technology Transfer, and Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice.  Practical experience related to venture creation is welcome. The tenure track criteria are ambitious but set so as to be attainable.

Full time tenure track assistant professor position according to VSNU CAO scale 11. For more information on conditions of labor see: https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/support/um-emlopyees/you-and-your-work/employment-conditions/general-terms-employment

Initially, candidates are employed on a temporary contract as assistant professor (level 2) and agree to specific development goals. Five years into the appointment, candidates will be evaluated and if the development goals have been met, promoted to assistant professor (level 1) on a permanent contract. The evaluation can be brought forward if criteria are met earlier. On the candidate’s request the evaluation can be deferred in case of special personal circumstances, such as pregnancy leave, parental leave or chronic illness.

Maastricht University has attractive employment conditions, which include a pension scheme, holidays, holiday allowence and an end of year bonus. For researchers from outside the Netherlands there is a possibility of applying for tax free allowence which amounts to 30% of the taxable salary. More information can be found via www.maastrichtuniversity.nl > Support > UM employees.

Maastricht University

Maastricht University
Maastricht University is renowned for its unique, innovative, problem-based learning system, which is characterized by a small-scale and student-oriented approach. Research at UM is characterized by a multidisciplinary and thematic approach, and is concentrated in research institutes and schools. Maastricht University has around 16,300 students and 4,300 employees. Reflecting the university's strong international profile, a fair amount of both students and staff are from abroad. The university hosts 6 faculties: Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Faculty of Law, School of Business and Economics, Faculty of Humanities and Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience.

School of Business and Economics (SBE)
SBE is the youngest economics and business faculty in the Netherlands with a distinctively international profile. It belongs to the 1% of business schools worldwide to be triple-crown accredited (EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA). SBE strongly believes in close connections with its academic partners and societal stakeholders, with its students and alumni, and with businesses and organisations in the Limburg Euregion, the Netherlands, Europe and the rest of the world. SBE is committed to increasing the gender diversity of its academic community and wants to stimulate the creation of a more diverse and inclusive community. See also: http://www.mysbe.nl/elinor-ostrom-research-grant-programme/.

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Organization and Strategy

The Department of Organization and Strategy of the Maastricht University School of Business and Economics was founded in the year 2002. In the relatively short period of its existence, the department has gained a strong reputation in both research and education. Our department is pursuing high quality research and publishes regularly in renowned international journals. Research is multidisciplinary and spans the fields of Industrial Organization and Entrepreneurship, International Business and Strategic Management, Organizational Theory and Behavior as well as the interrelationships between these disciplines. The variety of expertise available allows us to provide excellent education at the Bachelor’s, Master’s and Ph.D. level in the broad area of organization and strategy. Business education at Maastricht University has an international reputation for quality and excellence and our department continuously strives to maintain and improve this high standard of teaching business.

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