PhD Candidate

Jönköping International Business School and the Department of Entrepreneurship, Marketing and Management are looking for PhD Candidates Jönköping International Business School (JIBS) in Sweden is a pioneering, globally renowned business school, with genuine international activities, which focuses on entrepreneurship and renewal in industry and commerce.JIBS has about 200 employees and 2000 students and it is one of four academic schools within Jönköping University.The Department of Entrepreneurship, Marketing and Management (EMM) is the largest department at JIBS.It is known for excellence in research and teaching and for our its strong international profile.As part of our growth strategy, we are now looking for a number of PhD Candidates within Business Administration.While Business Administration is a broad discipline, we especially focus on entrepreneurship, marketing, strategic management, leadership, and supply chain management.If you have a background and research and teaching interest in any of these areas, we encourage you to apply.For more information about the research at JIBS please visit www.jibs.se, where you can also read more about our PhD-program.As a PhD Candidate, EMM and JIBS offer you a full-time employment, where at least 70 per cent of your time is devoted to your research.The remaining time is allocated to teaching and administrative tasks.JIBS courses are mostly taught in English, so to be considered for a position, the applicant needs to be fluent in both written and spoken English.As an international business school, we also highly value skills in other languages, and it is considered an additional qualification for candidates to have an international outlook as well as prior teaching and/or industry experience. Your application should include: . A letter-of-intent explaining why you want to apply, what you expect from the doctoral program, what your preliminary research interests are and why you are interested in JIBS and the EMM department. . CV and attested documents (transcript, diploma, evidence of prior teaching and or industry experience).. Copy of your Bachelor and Master theses and other publications.. A personal description of yourself.. Deadline for the application as PhD candidate is May 15, 2008. Applications should be sent by postal mail by: Jönköping International Business School, Att.Registrar, P.O.Box 1026, SE-551 11 Jönköping, Sweden.Please indicate clearly the reference number 08/039-7.2.9.on your application.Please note that we do not accept applications sent by e-mail.