Assistant or Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Assistant or Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Position reference ESI25-ENT-AKA

Audencia (www.audencia.com) invites applications for a position as Assistant/Associate professor in Entrepreneurship/Innovation. The position is for a full-time, permanent contract and is effective from now.

The position will be based in Nantes.

Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

Deadline for applications: January 1st, 2025.

Position requirements

Applicants shall hold a Ph.D. or a Doctorate. They shall be able to demonstrate their ability to teach effectively across all levels (from undergraduate to EMBA) and using different modes of delivery. Their research interests should be aligned with the axes of the Department of Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Audencia’s ECOS strategic plan.
They shall have developed or have the ability to develop a track record in publishing in top-tier ABS/Fnege ranked international journals. The teaching associated with the position will be in English and possibly in French.
The applicant should also demonstrate the ability to coordinate pedagogical activities.
The applicant will have the opportunity to get involved in the management of program such as MSc or Bachelor specialisation.
We invite candidates with the following expertise to mention it in their application: Entrepreneurial Finance, Family Entrepreneurship, Family Business, Design Thinking, Innovation Management, Strategic Entrepreneurship, Strategic Management and Strategic Consulting.

Position overview

The new faculty member will join our Department of Entrepreneurship, Strategy & Innovation. The research and pedagogy axes of the department are: Entrepreneuring & Strategizing, Futures & Foresight for Innovation, Diversity & Plurality - Context & Identity; and Supporting, Financing & Growing.
The department counts 26 members of permanent faculty. The faculty’s recent publications include articles in Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, British Journal of Management, Human Relations, Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, Journal of World Business, Technovation, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, International Business Review, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior Research. Faculty members are involved in Editorial boards of top tier International and French Journals and International and
French Academic Associations. Our department is also home to two research chairs – Chair in Family Entrepreneurship and Society, and Chair in Finance for Innovation. Research active members of our department are supported by our International Affiliate Faculty: Prof. Sarah Jack from Lancaster University, Prof. William B. Gartner from Babson College, Prof Dimo Dimov from University of Bath, Prof. Gideon Markman from Colorado State University.

Opportunities will be offered to teach in our different campuses (Paris, La Roche-sur-Yon, Shenzhen - China) and in our partner campus in Algeria, Maroc or Senegal.

Salary is negotiable and commensurate with potential and experience. There are several benefits attached to the contract including an individual research or pedagogical budget, the possibility to apply for additional internal funding opportunities, performance-based bonuses, and family medical coverage.

The School

Audencia is triple accredited (AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA) and one of the leading European and French business schools. The school offers a wide range of programs including Bachelors, BBAs, the MS Grande Ecole, MScs, MBA, Executive MBA, European Master in Management, Doctorate and Executive Education Programmes, with 172 core faculty members from 39 countries. The school is very dynamic, has grown significantly in the most recent years and will continue to do so with new positions opening in the future. Audencia fosters both high-level research and high-level pedagogy and has a workload model that allows faculty to place emphasis on either of the two.

Environment

The school has campuses in France and abroad. This position is for the Nantes campus.

Nantes is just 2 hours away from Paris by train, serviced by an international airport. The eclecticism of its landscapes and architecture, its dynamism, and the diversity of its cultural events, along with the quality of the environment which won it the label of European Green Capital, have regularly placed Nantes at the top of the best cities to live in. In addition to its pleasant environment (vineyards, royal castles, rivers, the sandy Atlantic coast…), the city also boasts a rich economic and industrial identity. As the 6th largest city in France, the metropolitan region of Nantes is amongst the most dynamic (number three in terms of economic attractivity around energy shift). In 2024, more than 70 300 companies are housed in the city.

Discover Nantes area attractiveness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8OvnohnWpo

Application

Candidates should send a cover letter, a recent curriculum vitae including a detailed list of publications, recent teaching evaluations, and contact information of three referees exclusively by e-mail to: Prof. Thibaut BARDON, Associate Dean for Faculty & Research: faculty-recruitment@audencia.com.

Please quote reference ESI25-ENT-AKA in the subject line of your email.

Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

For more information:

Entrepreneurship, Strategy & Innovation Head of Department: Prof. Vincent Lefebvre, vlefebvre@audencia.com
Entrepreneurship, Strategy & Innovation Head of Research: Prof. Alex Wright, awright@audencia.com
Audencia Entrepreneurship, Strategy & Innovation department: https://www.audencia.com/en/facultyresearch/departments/entrepreneurship-strategy-innovation