PhD candidate / Research Associate in corporate pivoting (m/w/d)
Your tasks
Your tasks:
- Conduct high-quality research on corporate pivoting
- Proactively acquire organizations and interview partners and manage data collection end-to-end
- Work with a high degree of autonomy, ownership, and responsibility
- Translate empirical findings into working papers and publication-oriented outputs at an early stage
- Contribute to applied research and knowledge transfer projects with corporate partners
- Support the GCEI in workshops, seminars, and research-related events
- Help building a benchmark study on corporate pivoting in the DACH region
Your profile
- Strong intrinsic motivation, high work ethic, and a clear output orientation
- Proven ability to work independently, proactively, and at a fast pace
- Strong interest in conducting rigorous research and publishing in top-tier management journals
- Excellent academic performance in a Master's degree in business administration, business informatics, computer science, or a related field
- Solid understanding of entrepreneurship, innovation, or dynamic capabilities in corporations
- Ability to collect high-quality qualitative or quantitative data efficiently and systematically
- Excellent written and spoken English
- Ambition to complete a PhD in a focused, structured, and time-efficient manner
Please email a single PDF file including your CV, a short motivation letter, a transcript of your Bachelor's and Master's grades, and an exemplary piece of academic writing (your Master's thesis or a term paper) to Dr. Janine Crivelli. In addition, please provide contacts of at least two references.
Review of applications will begin immediately. We are looking forward to your application.
Send your application to: janine.crivelli@unisg.ch
(Tel. +41 71 224 73 11), gcei.unisg.ch
Inspirational Work Environment
Executive Education
Network
Family & Career
Equal Opportunities
Fit and Healthy
Inspirational Work Environment
At the HSG, as Europe's leading business university, we operate in an entrepreneurial environment where you will meet highly qualified, ambitious experts - both regionally and internationally. For example, you benefit from a modern IT infrastructure and, in our library via HSGswisscovery, from nationwide access to the wealth of scientific information available.
Executive Education
We support internal and external executive education opportunities. Our internal executive education programme offers you a practical, dedicated and didactically mature transfer of knowledge in the form of seminars, e-learning, coaching and collegial advice. We support task-specific external training and executive education financially as well as with regard to the time required.
Network
We promote our culture of cross-functional collaboration and create space for forging valuable relationships - also with external partners. Regular exchanges and internal events help to strengthen these relationships and make them long-lasting.
Family & Career
We provide our employees with flexible work time models with a variable number of hours per week. As a family-friendly employer, we offer part-time positions, 16 weeks of maternity leave and a subsidised crèche, as well as support with childcare during the vacations.
Equal Opportunities
The University enables equal opportunities for all employees and students. This applies to degree courses and work, as well as academic careers, university management positions and the reconciliation of studies, work and private commitments. We are committed to this with various measures in the areas of teaching, research, administration and the Presidency.
Fit and Healthy
We help you stay fit and healthy. In addition to our diverse range of sports activities at the university, most of which are free of charge, and campaign weeks for corporate health management, we also offer you fruit in the workplace. In our canteen you will find a wide selection of freshly prepared meals - from vegetarian to fish dishes - at discounted prices.
Further information on working at the HSG can be found here.
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University of St.Gallen
«A place where knowledge is created» - As one of Europe's leading universities of economics and business administration, the University of St.Gallen (HSG), Switzerland, is committed to the education of over 10'000 students. The HSG is one of the largest employers in the region and provides an attractive and innovative environment for more than 3'500 researchers, educators and professional staff.
