2013-2014 Academic Seminars June 25 June 4 May.27 May.16 May.16 May.14 May.07 May.05 May.05 May.05 April 30 April 11 April 9 April 9 March 28 March 26 March 21

March 19 March 18 March 12 Feb. 19 Dec. 25 Dec. 18

Özge Türüt,Sabancı University Anticipated Regret and Product Innovation Özgecan Koçak,Sabancı University Competitive Interaction During Form Evolution: Islamic Banks in Turkey 1984-2012 Massimo Warglien (Research Seminar) Organizational architecture and the quality of decisions: experimental evidence Darren Kisgen,Carroll School of Management, Boston University) (Finance Seminar) Did Government Regulations Lower Credit Rating Quality? Maria Farkas,Imperial College London A Relational Model of Field Formation (Organization&Strategy Seminar) Sendil Ethiraj,London Business School Do fund managers appropriate all the returns from their skills: A study of actively managed mutual funds?(Organization&Strategy Seminar) Füsun Ülengin,Sabancı University Is Business Analytics A Real Challenge for Turkey? Tony Cui,Minnesota University Is It Really Dumb To Be A Dumber? Competitive Analysis of Hierarchically Strategic Firms Woo Chang Kim , KAIST, Visiting Fellow at Princeton University (Finance Seminar) Understanding Robust Portfolios Korcan Kavuşan,Tilburg University Performance Feedback and Alliance Portfolio Reconfiguration Erhan Erkut,MEF University (IE-OPIM Seminar) Insights on Academic Publishing Wilfred Amaldoss,Duke University (Marketing Seminar) Cognitive Dissonance and Selling Strategy Alper Şen,Bilkent University (IE-OPIM Seminar) Dynamic Pricing versus Fixed Prices in Revenue Management Behlül Üsdiken,Sabancı University Centers and Peripheries: Research Styles and Publication Patterns in Top US Journals and their European Alternatives 1960-2010 Dirk Matten,Schulich School of Business- York University (Research Seminar) Contesting the Value of Creating Shared Value Tevhide Altekin,Sabancı University (IE-OPIM Seminar) Profit-Oriented Stochastic Disassembly Line Balancing Kemal Kılıç Sabancı University (OPIM Working Seminar) McKinsey Global Institute's Report on Big Data: The next frontier for innovation, competition, and productivity with an application in health care insurance Phanish Puranam,INSEAD (Organization & Strategy Research Seminar) The Role of integrators in Organizational adapration to interdependence shocks:Evidence from fertility clinics Tamer Boyaci,McGill University (IE-OPIM Seminar) Product Design and Reuse in Innovative Industries Soheil Davari, Sabanci University (IE-OPIM Seminar) The preventive health care network design problem H. Emre YILDIZ Stockholm School of Economics (Organizational Studies Seminar) The Extent and Effect of Psychic Distance Perceptions in Cross-border M&As Vedat Verter McGill University (IE-OPIM Joint Graduate) An analytical approach for (re)designing the primary care system network in Ontario Elvin Çoban,Özyeğin University (IE-OPIM Joint Graduate) Scheduling by logic-based Benders decomposition Mustafa Karakul ,York University (IE-OPIM Joint Graduate)

Dec. 11 Dec. 4

Multiple period procurement and sales decisions for substitutable products with random demands Mustafa Baydoğan ,Boğaziçi University (IE-OPIM Joint Graduate) Ensemble Learning Strategies for Large-scale Time Series Analysis and Data Mining

Nov 27 Nov. 22 Nov. 13 Nov. 12 Nov. 6 Oct. 30 Oct. 23 Oct. 2

Gülçin Ermiş ,Koç University (IE-OPIM Joint Graduate) Scheduling with Timelags Ezgi Akpınar,Vrije University (Marketing Research Seminar) Valuable Virality Şebnem Düzgün,Middle East Technical University (IE-OPIM Joint Graduate) Route Optimization for solid waste transportation using parallel hybrid genetic algorithms Tuğkan Tüzün,Federal Reserve Board (Finance Seminar) Are Leveraged and Inverse ETFs the New Portfolio Insurers? Abdullah Daşçı,Sabancı University (IE-OPIM Joint Graduate) Linear location-inventory models for service parts logistics network design Barış Selçuk,Bahçeşehir University (IE-OPIM Joint Graduate) An adaptive base stock policy for repairable item inventory control Konstantinos Katsikopoulos,Max Planck Institute for Human Development (IE-OPIM Joint Graduate) Fast and Frugal Heuristics and Operations Management? Burçin Bozkaya,Sabancı University (IE-OPIM Joint Graduate) Vehicle Routing Problem with Vendor Selection, Intermediate Pick-ups and Deliveries

2012-2013 Academic Seminars June 3 May.21 March 28 March 25 March 19 March 14 February 11 December 12 December 4 November 28 November 23 November 14 October 17 October 16 October 3

Hasan Onur Bodur,Concordia University The Ethical Attribute Stigma Understanding When Ethical attributes Improve Consumer Responses to Prof. Peter Senge , Sloan School of Management MIT (MIT Sloan Seminar Series) Sustainability Beyond Lip Service: Leadership as if the Future Mattered Prof. Stephen Graves , Sloan School of Management MIT (MIT Sloan Seminar Series) Joys and Challenges of Practice-Based Research Vivek Velamuri,HHL Leipzig University Tools of Open Innovation:An Introduction to How Open Innovation Works James P. Walsh,University of Michigan Self-Dealing CEOs, and the People Who Study Them Susan J. Ashford,University of Michigan Leadership Construction in Organizations Ali Beba,Hong Kong University Entrepreneurship in Eastern Vs Western Mind-Sets Ekrem Duman,Ozyegin University (IE-CS-MAT-OPIM Joint Graduate) Migrating Birds Optimization: A New Metaheuristic Approach and Its Application on QAP and Credit Douglas A.Ready,Kenan-Flagler Business School Implementing Your Company's Collective Ambition linking purpose,strategy,values and people Andrew Schaefer,Pittsburgh University (IE-BIO-OPIM Joint Graduate) Optimizing the Societal Benefits of the Annual Influenza Vaccine: A Stochastic Programming George Aragon,Arizona State University (Finance Seminar) Strategic delays and clustering in hedge fund reported returns Can Akkan ,Sabancı University (IE-OPIM Joint Graduate) Improving Schedule Stability in Single-Machine Rescheduling due to New Operation Insertion Prof. Robert Freund - Sloan School of Management MIT (IE-CS-OPIM Joint Graduate) Implementation-Robust Design:Modeling, Theory, and Application to Photonic Crystal Design with Prof. Robert Freund - Sloan School of Management MIT (MIT Sloan Seminar Series) Illustrations of Business Analytics and the 21st Century Industrial Revolution Ş.İlker Birbil,Sabancı University (IE-OPIM Joint Graduate) A Robust Crew Pairing Model for Managing Extra Flights

2011-2012 Academic Seminars July 3

Dirk Matten,Schulich School of Business- York University Ethics in Finance;Still an Oxymoron

June 18

Dov Cohen,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Within-and Between-culture Variation:Individual Differences and the Cultural Logics of Honor,Face and Dignity Cultures Brian W. Hagen,Decision Empowerment Institute

June 14 May.29 May.16 May.09 May.09 May.04 May.03 May.02 April 19 April 18 March 29 March 8 February 16

PRO Enterprise Management: Resolving Problems,Mitigating Risks and Capturing Opportunities Oded Shenkar.The Oshio State University (Research Seminar) Copycats and the Myth of the Innovation Advantage Alper Barut, ESARJ Electric Vehicle Charging System (IE-ME-OPIM Joint Seminar) The future of Sustainable Mobility: Electric Vehicles H.Onur Bodur,Concordia University (Research Seminar) Shining in the Center: Central Gaze Cascade Effect on Product Choice Barış Sarıalioğlu,Yapı Kredi Bank (IE-CS-OPIM Joint Seminar) Testing Financial Software for Better Quality and Reliability Yener Coşkun, SPK (Finance Seminar) Real Estate and Financial Markets in Turkey Prof. Roberto Fernandez,Sloan School of Management MIT (MIT Sloan Seminar Series) Reflectio​ns on the Glass Ceiling Çağrı Haksöz,Sabancı University (IE-OPIM Joint Seminar) Strategic Value of Bundled Options for Managing Breach of Contract Risk Ram Rao, The University of Texas at Dallas Rationed Promotions, Revenue Management and Competition Burçin Bozkaya,Sabancı University (IE-OPIM Joint Seminar) Designing Electoral Districts for the City of Edmonton Prof. Stuart Madnick,Sloan School of Management MIT (MIT Sloan Seminar Series) Application of System Dynamics to Analyzing Challenges to Interoperable Systems and Impact of Budget Fluctuation on Complex Software Development Tolga Cenesizoglu, HEC Montreal (Finance Seminar) Time-Varying Return Decomposition Murat Tarakçı, Erasmus University Rotterdam Power Structures and Adaptation: How to Distribute Power within a Group Bünyamin Önal, Georgia State University (Finance Seminar)

February 6 To Delegate or Not to Delegate to Stock Markets The Case of Boards with Related Industry Expertise Mehmet Erçek, İstanbul Technical University,Department of Management Engineering (Research Seminar) December 28 How Fashionable are Recent Management Innovations The Case of Total Quality Management Six Sigma Balanced Scorecard and Lean Management in Turkey Oktay Urcan, LBS (Finance Seminar) December 22 The Value of Corporate Diversification: A Debt Market Perspective December 21 Fatma Tevhide Altekin,Sabancı University,School of Management (IE-OPIM Joint Seminar) Hybrid Simulation/Analytical Models for Reverse Logistics Network Design of a 3PL Mustafa Caglayan, Ozyegin University (Finance Seminar) December 19 Systematic risk and the cross-section of hedge fund returns Prof. JoAnne Yates,Sloan School of Management MIT (MIT Sloan Seminar Series) December 13 CrackBerrys:Exploring the Social Implications of Wireless Email Devices Abdullah Daşçı, York University,School of Administrative Studies (IE-OPIM Joint Research November 30 Seminar) Managing Supplier Competition under Limited Capacities November 25

October 31 October 28

Ahmet C. Kurt,Katz Graduate School of Business-University of Pittsburgh (Finance Seminar) Conflicting Managerial Incentives and Financial Reporting:The case of Accelerated Share Repurchases John Goodwin,The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Office-Level Partner Rotation And Going Concern Opinion Issuance Denise Buhrau,Kogod School of Business The Importance Planning Abilities in Considering the future

Özge Yücel Aybat,Baruch College - The City University of New York Progress Pit-Stops on Consumers' Journey:The Effects of Progress Indicators on Attitudes and Behaviors Prof. Pierre Azoulay,Sloan School of Management MIT (MIT Sloan Seminar Series) October 13 Incentives for Creativity & Innovation Taylan Yalçın,Harvard Business School September 30 Competing for cunsumers Online: The Advertising Strategies of Vertically Differentiated Firms October 26

September 29

Prof. Michael A. Cusumano,Sloan School of Management MIT (MIT Sloan Seminar Series)

Staying Power: Six Enduring Principles for Managing Strategy & Innovation in an Uncertain World Didem Kurt,Katz Graduate School of Business University of Pittsburg Semtember 22 The Influence of Friends on Consumer Spending: The Role of Agency-Communion Orientation and Self-Monitoring Hüseyin S. Karaca, Kellogs School of Management-Northwestern University Semptember 21 State Dependence in Frequency Reward Programs: A Dynamic Structural Examination Cem Öztürk,Emory University Goizueta Business School Semtember 15 How Does Bankruptcu-Induces Distribution-Channel Pruning Aggect Consumers' When-Where- and What-to-Buy Decisions

2010-2011 Academic Seminars August 24 August 3 August 3 June 15 June 8 June 3 May.31 May.25 May.13 May.11 May.02 April 26 April 13 March 24 March 14

Lale Güler, Baruch College City University of New York Economic Determinants of the Voluntary Adoption of Clawback Provisions in Executive Compensation Contracts Dursun Delen, Oklahoma City University Real-world Knowledge Discovery with Data and Text Mining Handan Vicdan,Eastern Kentucky University Consumers’ Desire to Experience the ‘Other’: Insights from the High Society Bazaar Gonul Colak, Florida State University (Finance Seminar) Comovements in Corporate Waves Hakan Ozcelik, Sigal Barsade Not Alone but Lonely: Work Loneliness and Employee Performance Harold Mulherin, University of Georgia (Finance Seminar) Conflicts of Interest in Corporate Control Transactions: The Role of the Disinterested Special Committee Annika Rickne University of Gothenburg Transfer of academic research:uncovering the grey zone Nagihan Çömez,Bilkent University (IE-OPIM Joint Research Seminar) Do Merged Firms Benefit from Inventory Pooling Berna Devezer Buzbas Assistant Professor of MichiganState University Can a Firm Get Away with a Double Deviation? The Role of Firm Motives in Consumer Revenge and Reconciliation Burcu Özsoy Çiçek,University of Delaware USAy (IE-OPIM-MAT-PHYSICS Joint Seminar) Antarctic Sea Ice in Climate Change from In-situ Measurements and Satellite Imageries Prof. Dr. Robert S. Pindyck,Sloan School of Management MIT Business Strategy in a world of uncertainty Prof. Dr. Robert S. Pindyck,Sloan School of Management MIT Uncertain Outcomes and climate change policy Henri Servaes, London Business School (Finance Seminar) Have Rating Agencies Become More Conservative? Sezer Ülkü, McDonough School of Business-Georgetown University (IE-OPIM Joint Research Seminar) The Role of Product Modularity in Green product Design Jarrad Harford, University of Washington (Finance Seminar) The importance of industry links in merger waves

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Oct 15 September 17

Janos D. Pinter,Özyeğin University (IE-OPIM Joint Research Seminar) Nonlinear Model Development and Optimization Mathematica Bahattin Koç,Sabancı University (IE-OPIM Joint Research Seminar) Multi-functional Active 3D Porous Structures and Applications Burcu Esmer,The University of Iowa Creditor Control Rights and Managerial Risk Shifting Stefan Nickel,Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (IE-OPIM Joint Research Seminar) Location Problems in Supply Chain Management Ferhat Akbaş,Texas A&M University The Votatility of Liquidity and Expected Stock Returns Vijay Yadav,INSEAD Portfolia Matching by Multi-Fund Managers: Effects on Fund Performance and Flows Bige Kahraman,Yale University Do Mutual Fund Brokers Exploit Investors Through Their Free Schelude Cem Cakmakli, Erasmus University (Finance Seminar) Getting the Most out of Macroeconomic Information for Predicting Stock Returns and Volatility Mehmet Saglam, Columbia University (Finance Seminar) The Cost of Latency Meltem Çakıcı,Gediz University,İzmir How are attitudes and intentions towards organic products shaping buying behaviour in Turkey Tugkan Tuzun, University of Maryland (Finance Seminar) The Flash Crash: The Impact of High Frequency Trading on an Electronic Market Theo Vermaelen, INSEAD (Finance Seminar) How do firms make capital structure decisions? Evidence from acquisitions, buybacks and equity issues Andres Almazan, UT Austin (Finance Seminar) Firm Investment and Stakeholder Choices: A Top-Down Theory of Capital Budgeting Emre Berk,Bilkent University (IE-OPIM Joint Research Seminar) The Perishable Lot size-reorder point Inventory Model:Characterisctics and Revenue Management Issues Burak Saltoglu, Bogazici University (Finance Seminar) Analyzing Systemic Risk with Financial Networks: An Application During a Financial Crash Sabri Oncu, Kadir Has University (Finance Seminar) The Repurchase Agreement (Repo) Market and Systemic Risk: A Reform Proposal Erhan Kutanoglu,Sabanci University and The University of Texas at Austin (IE-OPIM Joint Research Seminar) Semiconductor Manufacturing Inspired Integrated Scheduling Problems Sinem Atakan,University of Michigan Make it your Own: How Process Emotions and Self-Construal Affect Evaluation of Self-Made Products Han Ozsoylev, Said Business School, University of Oxford (Finance Seminar) Short memory, informed bluffing, and engineered bubbles