Sonoco Distinguished Visiting Professorship in International Business
The Sonoco Distinguished Visiting Professorship in International Business brings to the University of South Carolina a renowned senior scholar, or other suitably qualified individual, who has achieved prominence and recognition in the area of international business. Qualified candidates would include: professors of international business or related field, senior executives in business, senior executives in an international institution (e.g. World Bank, OECD), and high ranking government officials. Applicants from outside the U.S. are encouraged.
The Sonoco Distinguished Visiting Professorship is supported by an endowment fund created by Sonoco Products Company, a global leader in the manufacture of consumer and industrial packaging products and provider of packaging services, with approximately 300 operations in 35 countries, serving customers in 85 nations. The endowment will support a professorial stipend, housing, travel, and/or a research budget based on the nature and duration of the proposed activities. The scheduling horizon is 2010-2015 and the appointment time period is flexible but is normally for one semester. The activities and responsibilities of the individual during the visiting professorship appointment may include developing joint international research activities with USC faculty, giving research seminars, teaching or guest lecturing on selected international topics, participating in executive education activities, and advising local business executives.
The professorship resides within the Sonoco International Business Department of the Darla Moore School of Business. The current faculty in the department are: Nancy Buchan (Wharton), Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra (MIT), Randy Folks (Harvard), Omrane Guedhami (Laval), Tatiana Kostova (Minn.), Chuck Kwok (UT-Austin), Gerald McDermott (MIT), Robert Rolfe (OU), Kendall Roth (USC), Martin Roth (Pitt), Andrew Spicer (Wharton), and Annique Un (MIT). The department is recognized for its contributions in innovative international business programs at USC, including an undergraduate international business major, joint undergraduate international business program with the Chinese University of Hong Kong, international master in business administration, master of international business, a global executive program in Guadalajara, Mexico, and an international business major at the doctoral level. For the past 20 years the graduate program in international business has been ranked No. 1 or No. 2. The undergraduate international business program has been ranked No. 1 for twelve consecutive years.
The University of South Carolina does not discriminate in educational or employment opportunities or decisions for qualified persons on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation or veteran status. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. See Work@Moore website: http://www.moore.sc.edu/about/workmoore.aspx for information regarding this and other positions.
Please send/e-mail a CV, statement of interest and proposed activities, and the names of three references to: Kendall Roth, Sonoco International Business Department, Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208 (kroth@moore.sc.edu).