Associate Professorship Strategy and Digital Transformation

Copenhagen Business School invites applications for a vacant part time (20%) associate professor position at the Department of Strategy and Innovation (SI).

SI’s research is focused on strategy, innovation, entrepreneurship and international business. The department’s ambition is to host an internationally leading environment for research and teaching within the broad area of strategy. The department’s research is generally cross-disciplinary. Faculty members have backgrounds in management, economics, sociology and economic geography. The theoretical foundation for research in these areas is eclectic, combining strategy, innovation, and/or internationalization theory with insights from economics, sociology, psychology, and economic geography.  

The department puts substantial emphasis on the solid application of scientific research method. The department has a pluralistic approach to research methods that includes, for example, formal theoretical models, quantitative empirical methods such as (lab and field) experiments, econometric applications to register data or survey data, as well as qualitative research methods.

Core research areas of the Department include topics such as knowledge transfer, absorptive capacity, open innovation, university-industry interaction, outsourcing, internationalization, international management, patenting and licensing, high-tech entrepreneurship, firm founder characteristics, strategic human resource management, top management teams, social networks, labor mobility, innovation, team formation etc.   

The number of staff at the department is approximately 80. This includes about 45 faculty members (professors, associate professors, and tenure track assistant professors), 7 administrative staff, and 30 members of staff who are hired on temporary contracts as research assistants, post docs or PhD students.

The teaching of the department is very diverse across programs and areas and largely falls within the four research areas of the department; strategy, innovation, entrepreneurship and international business. Moreover, the department is also involved in teaching the foundations of business studies i.e.: statistics, microeconomics and industrial economics. Hence, the staff of the department is involved in teaching of bachelor programs, master programs, part time study programs as well as MBA and PhD programs. Among those, the department is home to the two most sought-after master programs at CBS, namely Management of Innovation and Business Development, and Finance and Strategic Management. The department is heavily involved in the different programs in shipping management and logistics on bachelor, master and MBA level, as well as master programs within biotech business and healthcare innovation.

The position as associate professor is a part time (20%) 3-year research position. The main responsibilities will focus on research and development tasks that are related to the externally funded research project “Beyond Experimentation: AI-Driven Business Model Innovations in the Maritime Industry”.

Responsibilities

• Driving research on digital transformation meeting high international standards, including responsibility for publishing, scientific communication and research-based dissemination.
• Academic development of the relevant discipline.
• Research management, initiation of research projects, supervision of PhD students, international research co-operation, reviewing for academic journals.
• Research education and further training of researchers, supervision of assistant professors and assessment committee work.
• Promoting CBS’s academic reputation.
• Initiating, fund raising and coordinating research projects.
• Promoting the research capabilities of Copenhagen Business School and other relevant assignments at Copenhagen Business School.
• Contributing to the administrative responsibilities of the research project.
• Communicating findings to the public in general and to CBS’s stakeholders in particular.
• Active participation in the regular research activities, such as research seminars, workshops and conferences.

Qualification

We are looking for candidates who can demonstrate a well-established research profile within the digital transformation area. Special emphasis will be put on a strong record of research publications at a high international level based on collaborative research projects involving industry partners. Candidates must be capable of providing dynamic leadership in the development of research and in establishing strong ties with industry, in particular in conducting research in collaboration with industry partners.

To fulfil the research requirements of the position, the applicant chosen is expected to be physically present on a regular basis and actively participate in the research activities of the department as well as maintaining and establishing broad links across CBS and with the maritime industry.

Applicants must be able to document relevant, significant, original, and current research at an international level relevant to digital transformation.

The applicant must have professional proficiency in English and Danish (written and spoken).

For further information please contact: Professor Thomas Ritter, tel.: +45 3140 0062, e-mail [email protected].

Information about the department may be found at www.cbs.dk/si. 

Appointment and salary will be in accordance with the Ministry of Finance’s agreement with the Central Academic association plus an allowance.

Application

Application must be sent via the electronic recruitment system, using the link below.

The application must include:

1. Motivation letter.
2. Full CV.
3. Documentation of degrees.
4. Documentation of relevant, significant, original research at an international level, including publications in the field’s internationally recognized journals and citations in the Social Science Citation Index and/or Google Scholar. This includes a complete, numbered list of publications (indicating titles, co-authors, page numbers and year) with an * marking of the academic productions to be considered during the review. A maximum of 10 publications for review are allowed. Applicants are requested to prioritize their publications in relation to the field of this job advertisement. Copies of the publications marked with an *. Only publications written in English (or another specified principal language, according to research tradition) or one of the Scandinavian languages will be taken into consideration.
5. Documentation of teaching qualifications or other material for the evaluation of their pedagogical level. Please see guidelines for teaching portfolios.
6. Information indicating experience in research management, industry co-operation and international co-operation.

Recruitment procedure

The Recruitment Committee will shortlist minimum two applicants; when possible five or more applicants will be shortlisted. The shortlisted applicants will be assessed by the Assessment Committee. All applicants will be notified of their status in the recruitment process shortly after the application deadline. 

The applicants selected for assessment will be notified about the composition of the Assessment Committee and later in the process about the result of the assessment. Once the recruitment process is completed each applicant will be notified of the outcome of their application.

Copenhagen Business School must receive all application material, including all appendices (see items above), by the application deadline.

Details about Copenhagen Business School and the department are available at www.cbs.dk. 

Application due: 25 February 2025