Ph.D. Candidates in Family Business

Jönköping International Business School and CeFEO, its Center for Family Enterprise and Ownership, search for 1-2 Ph.D.Candidates in Family Business, Ownership and Governance.As a doctoral candidate you are offered a full-time employment, where at least 70 per cent of your time is devoted to your 4 year doctoral studies and the remaining concerns teaching and administrative tasks.Professional command of the English language is a requirement.We are open to applicants with various disciplinary backgrounds, such as business administration, economics, and commercial law.An international outlook as well as prior teaching and/or professional experience are considered advantageous.Starting date is September 2007.For more information about qualification requirements please visit http://www.ihh.hj.se/doc/1823.Your application for the PhD candidate should include: (1) 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 CeFEO; (2) a CV and attested documents (transcript, diploma); (3) copies of your Bachelor and Master theses and other publications; and (4) a personal description of yourself.We do not accept electronic applications.For more information on the position, please contact Professor Leif Melin, Director of CeFEO or Dr.Mattias Nordqvist, Co-director of CeFEO.For more information about CeFEO please visit www.cefeo.se.Applications should be sent to to Jönköping International Business School, Att.Registrar, P.O.Box 1026, SE-551 11 Jönköping, Sweden.Please indicate reference number 07/97-729 clearly on your application.Jönköping International Business School (JIBS) is a leading school for innovative and international research and education within entrepreneurship and business renewal.The strategic intent of JIBS is to be recognized as the most entrepreneurial, pioneering and bold business school.At JIBS the Center for Family Enterprise and Ownership (CeFEO) accomplish both research and education about family business, entrepreneurship and ownership issues with the aim to combine academic excellence and practical relevance.Established in 2005, CeFEO is today a multidisciplinary center with 24 senior researchers and doctoral candidates representing business administration, economics and business law.CeFEO aims at disseminating knowledge to and interacting with a broad group of stakeholders, including family business owners, managers, advisors and policy makers interested in the areas.