[AISWorld] Tenure Track Position in Entrepreneurship

[Andrew Hardin]

The Department of Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology in the Lee
Business School at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas invites applications
for a full-time, 9-month, tenure-track faculty position in Entrepreneurship
at the Assistant or Associate Professor rank to begin Fall 2013, subject to
funding. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in entrepreneurship or closely related
field from an AACSB accredited university, a strong research portfolio, and
demonstrated teaching ability. Job duties include teaching in undergraduate
and graduate Entrepreneurship programs and conducting research that leads to
publication in premier journal outlets.

 

The Department of Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology was recently
formed through the merger of the Management and Management Information
Systems departments. The new department offers undergraduate degrees in
Management, Entrepreneurship, and Management Information Systems, as well as
a Master of Science in MIS. Current plans are to launch a Master of Science
in Entrepreneurship. Researchers from the MET department have published in
high quality journal outlets such as Management Science, Strategic
Management Journal, MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Journal of
MIS, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and Journal of
Applied Psychology, among others. 

 

In conjunction with the UNLV Center for Entrepreneurship, the Lee Business
School has recently partnered with the College of Engineering in a
cross-disciplinary collaboration. In just two years, teams from this
collaboration have won five of the six possible graduate division awards in
the Nevada's Governor's Cup, and a first and second place in the annual
Tri-State Competition in which Nevada competes against the winners of the
respective Arkansas and Oklahoma Governor's Cup competitions. More
importantly, and as direct outcome of this process, three product driven
businesses have been created in the last year. Other recent initiatives
include restructuring the undergraduate entrepreneurship curriculum,
receiving a $115,000 naming sponsorship for the Southern Nevada Business
Plan Competition run by the CFE, implementing a $500,000 student venture
fund, and the development of an entrepreneurship certificate program. 

 

Las Vegas has a vibrant entrepreneurship community including the recent
downtown revitalization project led by Tony Hsieh of Zappos.com. In
conjunction with the downtown project, Vegas Tech holds weekly "Jelly"
events designed to bring together software developers and designers. These
events now regularly host over 250 attendees. Switch communications, which
runs the world's largest and most powerful data center and technology
ecosystem, has recently opened the Innevation Center to help foster
innovation in Nevada. Las Vegas also has an active angel investment
community, including the newly created vegastechfund.com. Given these and
many other recent initiatives, Las Vegas provides an exciting environment
for individuals interested in entrepreneurship research and practice. 

 

UNLV is a comprehensive research university of approximately 27,000 students
and 2,800 faculty and staff dedicated to teaching, research, and service.
The university has internationally recognized programs in hotel
administration and creative writing; professional degrees in law,
architecture, and dental medicine; and leading programs in fine arts,
sciences and education. UNLV is located on a 332-acre main campus and two
satellite campuses in dynamic Southern Nevada.  For more information, visit
us on-line at:   http://www.unlv.edu.

 

Persons interested in the position should send a cover letter and curriculum
vitae to andrew.hardin at unlv.edu. Representatives from the MET Department
will be scheduling preliminary interviews at the AOM Conference in Boston,
and the AMCIS Conference in Seattle. Once funding has been approved,
selected applicants will be asked to formally apply through the university
employment system. 

 

 

Andrew Hardin, PhD

Director, UNLV Center for Entrepreneurship

Associate Professor of MIS

Lee Business School, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Phone (702) 895-0447 Fax (702) 895-0802

Email: andrew.hardin at unlv.edu   

Website: http://andrewhardinresearch.com

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