The Department of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Venture Innovation in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas seeks applications from interested candidates for an Assistant Professor position with a specialization in strategic management, entrepreneurship, innovation, and/or organizational research methods. The expected start date for the position is August 2025. Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience. The job duties for the position include research, teaching, and service. Conducting and publishing research in the top academic journals in the field is the primary job duty. Teaching expectations include teaching in person classes at the undergraduate, masters, or doctoral level and holding in person office hours. Finally, the position requires service to the profession, university, college, and department commensurate with rank. 

Required Qualifications:

• Candidates must have a Ph.D. (or expect to complete their Ph.D. by August 15, 2025) in management or a related discipline from an AACSB (or equivalent) accredited university.
• Candidates must have a strategy, entrepreneurship, or innovation focus.
• Candidates must have demonstrated the potential to publish in top-tier journals.
• Candidates must meet standards to be classified as a Scholarly Academic for AACSB purposes.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Preference will be given to candidates who possess strong research records and who have demonstrated leadership roles in research projects that result in top-tier journal publications.
• Preference will be given to individuals who possess a strong pipeline of research.
• Preference will be given to individuals with a strategic management scholarly background or the ability to teach strategic management.
• Preference will be given to individuals who have demonstrated the ability to provide an excellent learning environment in the classroom and value collegiality.
• Preference will be given to individuals who desire to contribute to the doctoral program by mentoring doctoral students, chairing dissertation committees, and developing and teaching doctoral courses.
• Preference will be given to individuals who possess cutting edge methodological training and who have a desire to teach advanced methods courses at the doctoral level.
• Preference will be given to individuals who desire to become a member of an active in-person campus environment, including engaging in on campus activities.

The Department of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Venture Innovation (SEVI) is comprised of faculty focusing their research in the broad areas of strategic management, entrepreneurship, and innovation. The tenured and tenure-track faculty include: Nur Ahmed, Alan Ellstrand, Jake Grandy, Jon Johnson, Scott Kuban, Jason Ridge, Dan Worrell, and Shannon Younger. Our faculty have consistently published in top journals including Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Administrative Science Quarterly, Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, and Journal of Management, in addition to several other top outlets. Further, the department, in conjunction with the Management Department, placed 10^th in department productivity per faculty in the 2023 TAMUGA rankings. We also have a historically strong doctoral program with a record of placing our students in Research I universities. The Walton College offers faculty a competitive teaching load and a very supportive environment for conducting research targeted at top tier journals. Information about the department is available at: https://walton.uark.edu/departments/sevi/.

The Sam M. Walton College of Business, founded at the University of Arkansas in 1926 and accredited by AACSB International since 1931, has been ranked as a top 30 public business school for 15 years in a row by U.S. News & World Report. U.S. News currently ranks Walton College 28^th. Four Walton College graduates serve as CEOs of Fortune 500 companies and nearly 30 Walton alumni occupy executive offices at Fortune 500 companies. In 1998, the Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation gave the Walton College an endowment of $50 million, at that time the single largest up-front cash gift to a business school. The college has experienced extremely strong growth in enrollment over the past several years (over 23% increase since fall 2021). Fall 2023 enrollment included over 8200 undergraduate and 580 graduate students.

The college is located on a four-building business campus including the Business Building, housing most undergraduate and Ph.D. education, Willard J. Walker Hall, home of our graduate programs, the Donald W. Reynolds Center for Enterprise Development and the J.B. Hunt Transport Center for Academic Excellence, site of our state-of-the-art behavioral research lab.

Fayetteville is located in Northwest Arkansas, a region with unmatched natural beauty, culture, business and community. In addition to being home to the Sam M. Walton College of Business and the University of Arkansas, it is teeming with Fortune 500 companies and dynamic new startups. The region has ranked in the Top 10 in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Places to Live in the U.S. for several years. The Fayetteville region boasts an outstanding public school system, alow unemployment rate, and a low crime rate. Growth in the region has been propelled by the presence of large corporations such as Walmart, J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., and Tyson Foods. In addition, the area has emerged as a major hub of Walmart retail vendors – more than 300 of the Fortune 500 companies have a physical presence in the area – which have created a thriving business environment and many job opportunities in the region. The Northwest Arkansas National Airport offers daily non-stop flights to 22 major U.S. cities. The area features a variety of outdoor recreational activities with excellent hiking, canoeing, and mountain biking opportunities. The area also features many cultural amenities including two symphony orchestras, an outstanding regional theater group, a comprehensive trail system, a botanical garden, and the world-class Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. For more see https://walton.uark.edu/about/fayetteville.php.

Where to apply? Applicants should submit a letter of application and a curriculum vita by August 15, 2024, to receive full consideration, but applications will be accepted until the positions are filled. The search committee may conduct remote interviews with select candidates prior to the application deadline, so early applications are encouraged. Applicants who have not yet completed their Ph.D. but who expect to complete their Ph.D. by August 2025 should send a brief description of their dissertation and the expected timeline for completion. Completion of the doctoral degree is expected prior to employment for the positions offered. Initial inquiries should be sent to Professor Jason Ridge (jridge@walton.uark.edu), Head, Department of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Venture Innovation. All application materials must be submitted via our recruitment site:  [website link]  Finalists will be asked to submit three letters of reference.

For search related questions, please contact the head of our search committee:

Professor Jason Ridge (jridge@walton.uark.edu)

Head, Department of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Venture Innovation

Sam M. Walton College of Business

1 University of Arkansas, WCOB 402

Fayetteville, AR 72701

The University of Arkansas is an equal opportunity institution committed to achieving diversity in its faculty. Therefore, the University is especially interested in applications from qualified candidates who would contribute to the diversity of our academic departments. The University welcomes applications without regard to age, race, gender (including pregnancy), national origin, disability, religion, marital or parental status, protected veteran status, military service, genetic information, sexual orientation or gender identity. All applicant information is subject to public disclosure under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act and persons must have proof of legal authority to work in the United States on the first day of employment.