Dear all,
We have a position available at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, for a postdoc to study innovation management in a logistics setting. You find the details below. Please notify potential interested candidates.
Thanks, best wishes,
Jan van den Ende
Postdoc position in Logistics Innovation Management
The Department of Technology and Operations Management at Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), Erasmus University, invites outstanding candidates to fill a postdoc position in Logistics Innovation Management. The postdoc is invited to join the unit as of April 1, 2016, or later upon availability.
The postdoc will study innovation processes in the logistics sector. The question is which models or theories in the field of innovation management can be applied to logistics innovation processes, which are usually characterized by high stakeholder complexity as a consequence of the need to innovate different parts of a larger system at the same time. Theories related to innovation networks, orchestrating multi-partner innovation and innovation in alliances will fit the situation, but also literature on team structures and project control and new trends in innovation management such as lean innovation may be very well applicable. The postdoc can build upon research done in the innovation management group on innovation alliances, system innovation, standardisation for innovation and multi-partner collaboration in innovation, and on research in the supply chain management group on global supply chain management, container logistics, and port logistics.
The postdoc will be part of a larger programme in which PhD students study logistic innovation projects from a logistics perspective (user cases). The postdoc will have access to these cases as empirical material. The advisory board with company representatives and several full professors involved in the programme can provide further access to the logistics sector.
The position is for 1.5 years but an extension to 3 years may be possible.
Applicants should have:
- Completed (or expect to complete by spring 2016) a Ph.D. from a leading business school in Innovation Management, Supply Chain Management or in related fields with a focus on innovation (for instance, Operations Management, Economics, Strategy);
- Demonstrated a potential for excellence in research and teaching, amongst others by having papers published in, or submitted to, highly ranked journals.
To improve the diversity in our group we especially invite women to apply for this vacancy.
What we offer:
- A strong research environment; a young, enthusiastic and prolific research group;
- Research budget that covers conference participations, data collection and research assistance;
- Competitive salary with attractive benefits (scale 11.2 in the Dutch university salary system; €50,900,- per year). Substantial tax benefits apply to non-Dutch citizens, conditional on permission granted by the Dutch Tax Office.
Supervisors: Prof. Jan van den Ende (Innovation Management) and Prof. Rob Zuidwijk (Supply Chain Management).
The Technology and Operations Management Department consists of over 40 faculty and the same number of PhD students and postdocs. The Department has three units: supply chain management, innovation management and business information management. The current project is a collaboration between the supply chain and innovation management units. The department ranks internationally amongst the top in Europe in supply chain and innovation management in terms of its research productivity and impact. Faculty members publish in journals such as Organization Science, Management Science, Journal of Operations Management, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management Studies, Research Policy, and Harvard Business Review. The department offers three master programs as well as a portfolio of post-experience executive courses. In addition, the department contributes to the Rotterdam School of Management's MPhil and PhD programs.
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) is a top-tier European business school and ranked among the top three for research. RSM provides ground-breaking research and education furthering excellence in all aspects of management and is based in the international port city of Rotterdam – a vital nexus of business, logistics and trade. RSM's primary focus is on developing business leaders with international careers who carry their innovative mindset into a sustainable future thanks to a first-class range of bachelor, master, MBA, PhD and executive programmes. RSM also has offices in the Amsterdam Zuid as business district and in Taipei, Taiwan.
For further information regarding,
- The Innovation Management section at RSM: http://www.rsm.nl/research/departments/technology-and-operations-management/innovation-management/
- The Supply Chain Management section at RSM:
http://www.rsm.nl/research/departments/technology-and-operations-management/supply-chain-management/
- The research environment at RSM: www.erim.nl
- Salary and benefits: http://www.eur.nl/english/staff/portal/
Interested candidates should send an electronic copy of their letter of interest and curriculum vitae to postdoc@rsm.nl. For information you can approach Jan van den Ende, email: jende@rsm.nl, or Rob Zuidwijk, email: rzuidwijk@rsm.nl. Screening will start immediately and continue until the position is filled.