Job Description

The Carl Schrøder chair in Strategic Management at IESE Business School invites applications for a three-year Post-Doctoral position. The primary criterion for acceptance is research excellence in management, and an interest in studying topics related to Strategy and Business Models. Ideally the candidate will have some publications in top academic journals and a strong pipeline. The position will start in September 2022; candidates should have finished their Ph.D. degree by the start date. This position will be responsible for conducting original research with the Chairholder Prof. Joan E. Ricart, who will supervise the candidate’s work. There is also time and room to continue research in your own pipeline. This position is also expected to become actively involved in the IESE Business School intellectual communities by regularly participating in research seminars, brown bag presentations, etc. Teaching is not required.

Research Topics

• Governance in Sustainable Cities
• Business Models and Ecosystems
• Public-Private Collaborations in Cities

IESE Business School

IESE Business School (www.iese.edu) is the Graduate School of Management of the University of Navarra, with main campuses in Barcelona, Madrid, Munich, New York and Sao Paulo. It offers master-level (Master in Business Administration), graduate (Ph.D. in management), and executive education programs. Founded in 1958, recent rankings of the Financial Times, the Economist, and Business Week consistently situate IESE among the top-5 business schools in Europe. With full-time professors from 25 countries and professors with PhDs from the world’s leading universities, the faculty’s teaching and research efforts are global in outlook and content. IESE has about 32.000 alumni working more than 100 countries around the world.

Carl Schrøder Chair: Mission and objectives

The mission of the chair is the development and dissemination of knowledge in the field of strategic management. With this wide scope, the chair has focused on specific areas.

• Business models
• The phenomenon of relocation of services
• The new government of cities and Public-Private partnerships
• The deployment of the sustainable development goals

Qualifications

Requirements

1. Ph.D. degree in strategic management or related fields
2. Demonstrated research ability excellence in the field of strategy and business models; ideally, the selected candidate will have some publications in top academic journals and a strong pipeline
3. Profound knowledge of rigorous research methods

Application Instructions

Recruitment procedure

Interested candidates are to send: 1) a research statement, 2) a curriculum vitae, 3) 2 letters of recommendations and 4) copies of 2-3 research papers

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

IESE’s programs, research and activities, and our organizational practices, are informed by a humanistic and ethical vision of management. As such, IESE is an equal employment opportunity organization, and does not discriminate against any person on any legally protected basis.