Expression of interest – fixed-term researcher (tenure track)
Job Description
The Department of Management of Ca’ Foscari University, awarded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research as a “department of excellence” (Dipartimento di Eccellenza), is looking for a scholar that will contribute to its scientific production related to the evolution of regional economic, industrial and entrepreneurial systems in medium-tech sectors, with a particular attention to entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystems.
The Department is organized in Research Laboratories and Centers. The scholar will be asked to contribute substantially to the research activities of the Agrifood Management & Innovation Lab (https://www.agrifoodlab.it/).
The Department of Management and the Agrifood Management & Innovation Lab would benefit from the contribution of a scholar focused on the following topics applied to the Agri-food sector:
● the forces shaping value chains on the local and global scale;
● the analysis of the role of regional contexts wherein firms are located for their transformation and competitiveness;
● the interplay between firms and industrial clusters dynamics;
● the interdependencies between firms’ strategies and value chains dynamics;
● the interactions between firms, entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystems;
● the interplay between firm-level innovation and the innovation and development of the surrounding regions.
Closing date: January 31st 2021
The complete text of the call and the instructions for applicants are available here: Expression of interest