POSITIONS: Professor of Innovation/Enterprise (Newcastle University)

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Newcastle University
Goldman Professor of Innovation/Enterprise
Ref 	G435
Faculty/Services 	Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences
Department 	Newcastle University Business School
Job Type 	Professorial
Hours of Work 	Full time
Closing Date: 24 July 2009 

Newcastle University is continuing its substantial investment in the Business School to further enhance its teaching, research and programme development expertise. As a result of a recent strategic review within the School, we are appointing a number of new Chairs across fields that include Marketing, Strategy, Innovation, and International Business. Appointees will play a strategic leadership role in the development of these subject areas within the School. In particular, we are seeking to appoint a Chair of Innovation and or Enterprise to strengthen our existing research expertise in the area of innovation and entrepreneurship. The chair will be expected to play a role in research leadership in the area, including helping to guide the development of the School's existing centre for Knowledge, Innovation, Technology and Enterprise (KITE), and to play a central role in the management of the relationship between the school and Science City, linking the school to other parts of the University through a variety of mechanisms.

The post requires an experienced researcher with an established record of research income and research management, publication at international levels of quality, and experience of interdisciplinary collaboration and linkage with business. The potholder will be expected to contribute to teaching through the development of new programmes at masters and executive level.

Applicants may have expertise in any area of management and business studies with relevance for innovation, knowledge transfer and exploitation, or entrepreneurship. It is essential that applicants have experience of working in a business school or related environment and can play a lead role in the design of business school research and teaching. The Chair is supported by a grant from the Goldman Foundation.

The post is available from 1st September 2009, or as soon as possible thereafter.

Informal enquiries concerning the School can be made to the Director, Professor Ian Clarke, email i.clarke at ncl.ac.uk +44 (0) 191 243 0880, or to the Deputy Director, Professor John Leopold, email john.leopold at ncl.ac.uk, + 44 (0) 191 243 0851.

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