Dilek Çetindamar, Associate Professor

(Appointed 1999)

 

Myself

Published Works

Conference Papers

 Professional Activities

Qualifications

 Academic Work Experience

Expertise

My topics of interest include: Economics of Technological Change, Industrial Economics, Development Economics, and Technology Management.

Awards

2003  TÜBA (Turkish Academy of Sciences) Encouragement Awards at Social Sciences.

 

2001 TÜGIAD (Turkish Young Industrialists Association), İstanbul, Turkey. TÜGIAD’s Economy 2001 award for the study of “Risk Sermayesi, Girişimcilik ve Türkiye’nin Geleceği (Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship and The Future of Turkey).”

Memberships

A member of the Schumpeterian Society, IEEE, INFORMS, American Economic Association, and International Association for Management of Technology, Technology Management Association

Languages

Turkish (Native); English (Advanced); German (Advanced)

Current Research Areas

Technology Management; Entrepreneurship

Research Experience and Grants:

2007-8      Project researcher, Northeastern University, US.

                 Project title: “The Global Innovation Assessment Project: Understanding the Impact of

                 the Innovation Infrastructure on Innovation Performance”

                 Financed by: Northeastern University, US.

2006-7      Project Coordinator & researcher, TÜBİTAK (Turkish Scientific and Technological

                  Research Council of Turkey), Ankara.

                 Project title: “The mediating role of entrepreneurial orientation in the relationship of

                 organizational culture with corporate entrepreneurship”. No: 106K213.    

                 Financed by: TÜBİTAK

2006-9      Project Coordinator & researcher, TÜBİTAK (Turkish Scientific and Technological

                  Research Council of Turkey), Ankara.

                 Project title: “Technology Management System in Turkey”. No: 106K049.  

                 Financed by: TÜBİTAK

2007         Consultant, Deloitte & Touche Consulting Co., Istanbul.

                 Project title: “The Turkish Venture Capital Industry”

                 Financed by: Deloitte & Touche Consulting Co.

2006         Consultant, ERENET (Entrepreneurship Research and Education Network of Central

                 European Universities), Hungary.

Project on Benchmarking of Business Incubation in Selected Central-Eastern European and Commonwealth of Independent States Countries.

2004-05    Consultant, Pendik Municipality, Istanbul.

                  Project title: “Local Development Project: Local Sustainable Development and

                  Environmental Policies and Programs”

                 Financed by: Pendik Municipality.

2004-05    Consultant, TÜSİAD (Association of Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen),

                 İstanbul, Turkey.

                 Project title: ‘Biotechnology Collaborations’

2004-05    Coordinator of Manufacturing Innovation Index, TÜSİAD- Sabanci University

                 Competitiveness Forum, Sabanci University.

                 Financed by: Competitiveness Forum.

2001-02       Consultant, UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization),

                Vienna, Austria.

                Project title: Assessing the Uptake of Environmentally Sound Technologies

                Financed by: UNIDO.

2000-02    Consultant, TÜSİAD (Association of Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen),

                 İstanbul, Turkey.

                 Project titles: (1) ‘Biotechnology in Turkey: Series on Competition Strategies’ and

                (2) ‘Entrepreneurship in Turkey’

                 Financed by: TÜSİAD.

1998-99    Visiting Scholar, Industrial Dynamics Department, Chalmers

                  University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.

                  Project title: “Risk Capital Markets and Innovation.”

                  Financed by: Chalmers University of Technology and Center for Research on

                  Technology-based Entrepreneurship.

1998-99    Consultant, UNU/INTECH, Maastricht, the Netherlands,

                  Project title: “Technology, Environment, Regulation.”

                  Financed by: the European Community.

1997-98    Visiting Scholar, Economics Department, CWRU.

 Project title: “Biotechnology and Polymer Clusters in Ohio and Sweden.”

                  Financed by: Swedish Employers’ Confederation and Swedish National Board

                  for Industrial and Technical Development.

1996-97     Visiting Scholar, Center for Regional Economic Issues, CWRU.

                   Project title: “A New Framework for Investing in Science and Technology

                   Infrastructure to Increase Commercialization and Maximize Northeast Ohio’s

                   Economic Benefits.”

                   Financed by: Ohio Technology Leadership Council.

1995-96    Visiting Scholar, Center for Regional Economic Issues, CWRU.

                   Project title: “The Identification of Industrial Clusters.”

                   Financed by: Cleveland Advanced Manufacturing Program.


Works Published

Books

  1. 2006, Stratejik İşbirlikleri: Teknolojiyi İşbirliği Ağları İçinde Yönetmek (Strategic Partnerships: Managing Technology In Networks), Proceedings of 13th International Forum on Technology Management, Editor.

  2. 2006, Türkiye’de Biyoteknoloji ve Geleceği (Biotechnology in Turkey and its Future), TÜSİAD, İstanbul. With Hüveyda Başağa.

  3. 2003, The Growth of Venture Capital: A Cross-Cultural Comparison, Praeger.
  4. 2002, Türkiye’de Giriţimcilik (Entrepreneurship in Turkey), TÜSİAD, İstanbul.
  5. 2002, Risk Sermayesi, Girişimcilik ve Türkiye’nin Geleceği (Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship and The Future of Turkey), TÜGİAD, İstanbul.
  6. 2000, Uluslararası Rekabet Stratejileri: Biyoteknoloji Raporu (International Competitive Strategies: Biotechnology Report), Türkiye İşadamları Derneği - TÜSİAD, İstanbul. With Hüveyda Başağa.

Book Chapters

  1. Forthcoming, “Schumpeter’s Twins: Entrepreneur and Intrapreneur”, Elias Carayannis and Chris Ziemnowicz (Ed.), Rediscovering Schumpeter Four Score Years Later: Creative Destruction Evolving Into “Mode 3”. Macmillan Publishers: New York. With Ahmet Murat Fiş.

  2. 2007, “Teknolojik İşbirlikleri (Technology Partnerships)”, In Ferhan Cebi (Ed.) Sıtkı Gözlü’ye Armağan (Present to Sıtkı Gözlü), Çağlayan Yayınevi, İstanbul.

  3. 2006, “Stratejik İşbirliklerine Genel Bakış ve Türkiye (General Overview of Strategic Partnerships and Turkey)”, Stratejik İşbirlikleri: Teknolojiyi İşbirliği Ağları İçinde Yönetmek (Strategic Partnerships: Managing Technology In Networks), Teknoloji Yönetimi Derneği, 7-14. With Rob Dekkers and Jean-Jacques Chanaron.

  4. 2006, “Diffusion of environmentally sound technology: findings from the Turkish case”, in Peter Hills and William Young (Eds.) Partnership for Sustainable Development: Perspectives from the Asia-Pacific Region, Hong Kong University Press: Hong Kong. With Yıldız Arıkan. 278-94.

  5. 2005, “Improving the Performance of Technology Partnership: A Case Study in the Turkish Textile Industry”, Handbook of Business Strategy, Emerald Publishing. With Bülent Çatay, and O. Serdar Basmaci, 319-323.

  6. 2003, ‘Biotechnology and Implications for Capability Building in Developing Countries’, in Technology Transfer for Sustainable Development, edited by Prasada Reddy, in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Eolss Publishers, Oxford, UK, [http://www.eolss.net]. With Bo Carlsson.
  7. 2003, “Sustainable Development: The Case of Turkey”, In Paul Hesp, Ralph Luken, (Eds.) Sustainable Development and Industry?Reports from Seven Developing and Transition Economies, Edward Elgar, pp. 165-190. With Sinan Erer.
  8. 2002, ‘Micro-level Analysis of Firms in the Biomedical System in Ohio and Sweden’. In Bo Carlsson (ed.), New Technological Systems in the Bio Industries: An International Study, Kluwer, Eindhoven, pp. 81-122. (With Jens Laage-Hellman).
  9. 2002, ‘The Support Structure of the Biomedical Cluster: Research, Intermediary, and Financial Organizations’. In Bo Carlsson (ed.), New Technological Systems in the Bio Industries: An International Study, Kluwer, Eindhoven, pp.123-144. (With Pontus Braunerhjelm and Dan Johansson).
  10. 2001, ‘The Dynamics of Innovation Financing: The Case of Sweden’. In Tarek Khalil, Management of Technology: The Key to Prosperity in the Third Millenium, Elsevier. With Åsa Lindholm Dahlstrand, pp. 247-260.
  11. 2000, “Innovation and Employment in Developing Countries”, in M. Vivarelli, ed., Growth, Technology and Employment, Routledge, London. With Hacer Kutgün Ansal, 165-181.
  12. 1999, "Work, Labor and Production: Political Economy of Major Contemporary Themes", in Phil O'Hara, (ed.), Encyclopedia of Political Economy, Volume 2, Routledge, London, 1256-1260.
  13. 1997, "Bilim ve Teknoloji Politikalari ve Üniversiteler (Science and Technology Policies and Universities)", H. Aydoğdu, E. Akalin, and Resat Saraoğlu (eds.) Bilim, Bilim Politikalari ve Üniversiteler (Science, Science Policies and Universities), Bağlam, Istanbul, 273-81. (With Filiz Ariöz and Hakan Aydoğdu)

Refereed Journals

14.      Forthcoming, “Corporate Social Responsibility Practices and Environmentally Responsible Behavior: The Case of United Nations Global Compact”, Journal of Business Ethics. With Kristoffer Husoy.

15.      2007, “Making Use of Biotechnology Applications in Turkish Agriculture: Why is it not yet Happening?”, International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology, 6 (4/5): 576-91.

  1. 2005, “Competition through collaboration: insights from an initiative in the Turkish textile supply chain”, Supply Chain Management, an International Journal. 10(4): 238-240. With Bülent Çatay, and O. Serdar Basmaci, 238-240.

  2. 2005, “Learning Through E: Sharing Texts and Contexts in a Competitive Firm Setting”, Innovations in Education and Teaching International. 42 (4). With Runar Olafsen, 325-335.
  3. 2005, “Policy Issues for Turkish Entrepreneurs”, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, 5 (3/4), 187-205.
  4. 2003, “The Diffusion of Environmental Technologies: The Case of the Turkish Fertilizer Industry”, International Journal of Technology Management. 26 (1): 68-87.
  5. 2003, “Growth Dynamics in the Biomedical/biotechnology System”, Small Business Economics. 20 (4): 287-303. With Jens Laage-Hellman.
  6. 2001, “The Role of Regulations in the Diffusion of Environment Technologies: Micro and Macro Issues”, European Journal of Innovation Management, 4 (4), 186-193.
  7. 2000, “The New and The Old: The Evolution of Biomedical and Polymer Clusters,” Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 10 (5), 471-489. With Pontus Braunerhjelm, Bo Carlsson, and Dan Johansson.
  8. 2000, ‘The Dynamics of Innovation Financing in Sweden’, Venture Capital, 2 (3): 203-221. With Åsa Lindholm Dahlstrand.
  9. 2000, “Nya Resultat om Svensk Venture Capital-Industri (New results on Swedish Venture Capital Industry)”, Ekonomisk Debatt, 28 (3): 259-266. With Staffan Jacobsson.
  10. 2000, "The Swedish Venture Capital Industry - an Infant, Adolescent or Grown-up?", Venture Capital, 2 (1), 61-88. With Staffan Jacobsson.
  11. 1999, “Manufacturing in Decline: A Matter of Definition,” the Economics of Innovation and New Technology. 8 (3): 175-196. With Bo Carlsson.
  12. 1999, “Technology and Employment: Industry and Firm Level Evidence from Turkey,” New Technology, Work, and Employment, 14(2): 82-99. With Hacer K. Ansal.
  13. 1999, “Does Microelectronics Reduce Economies of Scale? A Case Study in the Turkish Chemical Industry,” Review of Industrial Organization. 14 (3): 219-218.
  14. 1998, “Yeni Teknolojilerin Kimya Sektöründeki Ölçeklere ve Ölçek Ekonomilerine Etkisi (The Impact of New Technologies on the Scale and Scale Economies in Chemical Industry)”, METU Studies in Development (ODTU Geliţme Dergisi), 25 (3): 379-407.
  15. 1998, "Technology As a System: Industrial and Technological Systems", International Journal of Technology Management, 15(5/6): 681-690.
  16. 1997, “The Impact Of New Technologies On Turkish Chemical Industry”, International Journal of Production Economics, 53(3): 307-321.
  17. 1997, "Technology and New Means of Information: Windows of Opportunity for Developing Countries?", Resource Sharing and Information Networks, 12 (2): 59-66.

Non-referred Journals

  1. 2002, “Teknoloji Yönetimi (Technology Management)”, Otomasyon (Automation), Kasım, 64-66.
  2. 2000, ‘Mühendisler ve Çevre (Engineers and Environment)’, Endüstri Mühendisliği Dergisi, forthcoming.
  3. 1999, ‘Yeni Teknolojilere Dayalı Ekonomi Oluşturmanın Temeltaşlarına Bakış: Finansal Kurum Olarak Risk Sermaye Ţirketleri (Building-blocks of New Technology based Economy: Venture Capital as Financial Institute) ’, Teknolojik İşbirliği Dergisi, Kasım-Aralık, 25-28.
  4. 1998, “Endüstriyel Grup Teorisinin Dünü, Bugünü Ve Azgeliţmiţ Ülkeler Açýsýndan Yarýný” (The Past, Today, and Future of Industrial Cluster Theory), Iktisat Dergisi (Journal of Economy), September, 382: 5-13.
  5. 1992, "Solun Piyasa Sapkınlığı" the translation of P. Devine’s The Market Mania of the Left, Iktisat Dergisi, 324(3): 35-40.

Book Reviews

  1. 1998, Book review of “Research in Political Economy”, eds. By P. Zarrembka and A. Sinha, JAI Press, Volume 15, 1996, Review of Radical Political Economics, September, 176-179.
  2. 1997, Book review of "The Industrial Enterprise and Its Environment: Spatial Perspectives", ed. by Conti, S., Malecki, E.J., Oinas, P., Aldershot: Averbury, 1995, International Regional Science Review, 37 (1), 158-160.
  3. 1995, "Industrialization or Deindustrialization of Turkish Economy: How to Overcome it?", Review article, Boğaziçi Journal, Spring 1995, 9(1), 167-170.
  4. 1993, Book review of “The Second Industrial Divide (“Ikinci Sinai Eţik”)” by P. Sabel and M. Piore, New York: Basic Books, 1984, Toplum ve Bilim, 56/61, Birikim Yayincilik, Istanbul, Bahar 1993, 206-209.

Reports

  1. 2004, “Performance Measurement In Supply Chain Collaboration: A Case Study In The Turkish Textile Industry”, Working Paper, SUGSM-04-03, Graduate School of Management, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey. With Bülent Çatay and Osman Serdar Basmacı.
  2. 2004, “Learning Through E”, Working Paper, SUGSM-04-02, Graduate School of Management, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey.
  3. 2003, “Innovation Financing in Developing Countries: The Turkish Case”, Working Paper, SUGSM-03-04, Graduate School of Management, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey.
  4. 2002, “Türkiye’de Biyoteknoloji Pazarları (Biotechnology Market in Turkey)”, A report for Kocaeli Sanayii İçin Teknolojik Uzgörü (Technology Foresight for Industry in Kocaeli), Gebze Yüksek Teknoloji Enstitüsü – Kocaeli Sanayi Odası. With Hüveyda Başağa.
  5. 2002, Assessing the Uptake of Environmentally Sound Technologies: The Case of Turkish Fertilizer Industry, UNIDO Preparatory Activities for Rio + 10 (World Summit on Sustainable Development), Working Paper, United Nations Industrial Development Organization.
  6. 1999, The Impact of Environmental Regulations on the Turkish Fertilizer Industry: A Report for the Environmental Regulation, Globalization of Production and Technological Change Project, Working Paper, UNU/ INTECH.
  7. 1997, The Analysis of Northeast Ohio’s High Technologies: A Report on Industrial Analysis for the Commercialization Project, Working Paper, Center for Regional Economic Issues, CWRU.
  8. 1997, County Business Patterns: REI Method for Estimating Suppressed Data, Working Paper, Center for Regional Economic Issues, CWRU (with Margaret Lister Fernando).
  9. 1996, The Rebirth Of Industrial And Regional Clusters, Working Paper, Center for Regional Economic Issues, CWRU.

Conference Papers

 International Conferences & Seminars

  1. 2007, “Benchmarking the Turkish Business Incubators: Supporting Innovation through Innovative Infrastructures”, PICMET’07 Conference (Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering & Technology), 5-9 August, Portland, OR, US.

  2. 2007, “Innovation Performance And Competitive Strategies In The Turkish Manufacturing Industry”. Euroma (European Operations Management Association) Conference, 15-17 June, Ankara. With Gündüz Ulusoy, Çağrı Bulut and Hande Yeğenoğlu.

  3. 2007, “A Knowledge Map of the Technology Management Discipline”, Euroma (European Operations Management Association) Conference, 15-17 June, Ankara. With Hacer Ansal and Nazlı Wasti Pamuksuz.

  4. 2006, “One Step Ahead: The Experience at Sabanci University in Enhancing Student Responsibility for the Society”, Business as an Agent of World Benefit: Management Knowledge Leading Positive Change Conference, Organized by UN, Academy of Management, Case Western Reserve University, 23-25 October, Cleveland, Ohio. With Tara Hopkins.

  5. 2006, “Technology Management Activities and Tools: The Practice in Turkey”, PICMET’06 Conference. 8-13 July, Istanbul, Turkey. With Okan Pala and Ozge Can.

  6.  2006, “Innovation Performance and Partnerships”, 2nd European Management of Technology Conference. 10-12 September, Birmingham, UK. With Gunduz Ulusoy.

  7.  2005, “Technology Management through Partnerships”, 13th IFTM Conference, Istanbul, Turkey. With Hacer Ansal.

  8. 2005, “CDM Projects for Municipalities: From Waste to Sustainable Environment”, International Energy Workshop 2005, 5-7 July, Kyoto, Japan. With Yıldız Arıkan and Gurkan Kumbaroglu.

  9. 2004, “Diffusion of Environmentally Sound Technology: Findings from the Turkish Case”, 12th International Conference of Greening of Industry Network, 7-10 November, Hong Kong. With Yıldız Arıkan.
  10. 2004, “Diffusion of Environmentally Sound Technology and UN Global Compact”, 1st Global Compact Academic Conference: Part 2, 17-18 September, Pennsylvania, USA. With Kristoffer Husoy.
  11. 2004, “A Synopsis of Global Compact Applications in Turkey”, 1st Global Compact Academic Conference: Part I, 31 May-1 June, Istanbul, Turkey. With Yıldız Arıkan.
  12. 2004, “Performance Measurement in Supply Chain Collaboration: A Case Study In The Turkish Textile Industry”, 10th International Schumpeter Society Conference, 9-12 June, Milan, Italy. With Bülent Çatay and Serdar Basmacı.
  13. 2004, “Learning Through E: Organizational Learning in Implementation” 13th IAMOT Conference (International Conference on Management of Technology), 3-4 April, Washington, DC. With Runar Olafsen.
  14. 2003, “Entrepreneurial Information Search Practice In Turkey”, 6th METU (Middle East Technical University) International Economics Conference, 6-10 September, Ankara, Turkey. With Murat Fiş.
  15. 2003, “Entrepreneurship in Turkey”, 11th IAMOT Conference (International Conference on Management of Technology), 13-15 May, Nancy, France.
  16. 2002, “Innovation Financing in Developing Countries”, 2002 IEEE International Engineering Management Conference, 18-20 August, Cambridge, UK.
  17. 2002, "Fostering Venture Capital in a Developing Country: The Case of Turkey", 10th IAMOT Conference (International Conference on Management of Technology), 10-14 March, Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
  18. 2002, "Fostering Entrepreneurship: Lessons from the Turkish Information and Communication Industry", 9th Schumpeter Society Conference, 28-30 March, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
  19. 2001, “Teknoloji Öngörüsü ve Yol Haritası (Technology Foresight and Roadmap)”, 5th METU (Middle East Technical University) International Economics Conference, 11-13 September, Ankara, Turkey.
  20. 2001, “Industrial Structure and the Diffusion of Biotechnology: The Case of Turkey”, 4th International Conference of Production and Operations Management Society (POMS), 11-14 August 2001, Sao Paolo, Brazil.
  21. 2001, “Turkish Entrepreneurs in Information and Communication Industry”, PICMET’01 Conference (Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering & Technology), 29 July-2 August 2001, Portland, Oregon, USA.
  22. 2001, “Capability Building in Biotechnology for Developing Countries”, 10th IAMOT Conference (International Conference on Management of Technology), 19-22 March, Lausanne, Switzerland.
  23. 2000, “New Technologies and Employment: Case of Turkey”, 4rd METU (Middle East Technical University) International Economics Conference, 13-16 September, Ankara, Turkey. With Hacer K. Ansal.
  24. 2000, “The Dynamics of Commercialization in the Biomedical/ Biotechnology System”, 5th International Manufacturing Research Symposium, 3-5 September, Cambridge, UK. (With Jens Laage-Hellman.)
  25. 2000, ‘The Diffusion of Environment Technologies: Micro and Macro Issues’, 2th Manufacturing and Innovation Management Conference, 17-19 July, Aston, UK.
  26. 2000, ‘The Dynamics of Commercialization in the Biomedical/ Biotechnology System’, 8th Schumpeter Society Conference, 28 June-1 July, Manchester, UK. (With Jens Laage-Hellman.)
  27. 2000, ‘A Comparative Study of the Biomedical Firms in Ohio and Sweden’, 9th IAMOT Conference (International Conference on Management of Technology), 21-25 February, Miami, USA. (With Jens Laage-Hellman.)
  28. 2000, ‘The Dynamics of Innovation Financing in Sweden’, 9th IAMOT Conference (International Conference on Management of Technology), 21-25 February, Miami, USA. (With Asa Lindholm-Dahlstrand.)
  29. 1999, 'Regulations and the Diffusion of Environment Technologies in the Turkish Fertilizer Industry', 9th EADI (European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes), 22-25 September, Paris, France.
  30. 1999, 'The Role of Regulations on the Diffusion of Environment Technologies: The Case of the Turkish Fertilizer Industry', 3rd METU International Economics Conference, 8-11 September, Ankara, Turkey.
  31. 1999, ' Mühendisler, Yöneticiler ve Çevre', 3rd METU International Economics Conference, 8-11 September, Ankara, Turkey.
  32. 1999, ‘The Old and the New: The Evolution of Polymer and Biomedical Clusters in Ohio and Sweden’, 26th Annual Conference of EARIE (European Association for Research in Industrial Economics), 4-7 September, Torino, Italy. (With Bo Carlsson, Pontus Braunerhjelm, Dan Johansson).
  33. 1999, ‘The Role of Venture Capital for Innovation in Developing Countries’, 16th IASP Conference (International Association of Science Parks), 31 August-4 September, Istanbul, Turkey.
  34. 1999, "Building a Biotechnology Cluster", PICMET'99 Conference (Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering & Technology), 25-29 July, Portland, Oregon, USA.
  35. 1999, "Integrating Research and Development in the Subsidiaries of Transnational Companies: Cultural and Other Issues", PICMET'99 Conference, 25-29 July, Portland, Oregon, USA. (With Linda Wilkins).
  36. 1999, “Dynamics of Innovation Financing in Sweden”, 44th ICSB World Conference (International Conference for Small Business), 20-23 June, Naples, Italy. (With Åsa Lindholm).
  37. 1999, "Environment Regulations and Technological Development: The Case of the Turkish Fertilizer Industry", 8th IAMOT’98 Conference (International Conference on Management of Technology), 15-17 March, Cairo, Egypt.
  38. 1999, “Innovation and Employment in Developing Countries”, Workshop on the Employment Impact of Innovation, Evidence and Policy, organized by National Institute for Working Life, Stockholm Workshop, January 30-31, Stockholm, Sweden. (With Hacer K. Ansal).
  39. 1999, "The Swedish Venture Capital Industry - an Infant, Adolescent or Grown-up?", Conference on Financing Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Science Based Industries, 22-23 January, Mannheim, Germany. (With Staffan Jacobsson).
  40. 1998, "Relationship between Technology and Employment", in Seminar Series of Stockholm School of Economics, 11 December, Stockholm, Sweden.
  41. 1998 “Biotechnology and Developing Countries”, UNU/INTECH’s International Conference on Industrial Structure, Innovation Dynamics and Technology Policy, 16-17 October, Lisbon, Portugal. (With Bo Carlsson).
  42. 1998 “The Relationship Between Manufacturing and Producer Service Industries”, 2nd International METU (Middle East Technical University) Conference on Economics, 9-12 September, Ankara, Turkey.
  43. 1998, “The New and the Old: The Evolution of Biomedical and Polymer Clusters”, International J.A. Schumpeter Society Conference, 13-16 June, Vienna, Austria. (With Bo Carlsson, Pontus Braunerhjelm, Dan Johansson).
  44. 1998, "Developing Countries and Technology Management in High-technology Industries ", INFORMS/ CORS (the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences / Canadian Operational Research Society) Conference, 26-29 April, Montreal, Canada.
  45. 1998 “Production Under Change: The Lessons From The Turkish Engineering And Chemical Industries”, 7th IAMOT’98 Conference, 16-20 February, Orlando, USA. (With Hacer K. Ansal).
  46. 1998 “High Technology Industries and Economic Development”, 7th IAMOT’98 Conference, 16-20 February, Orlando, USA. (With Bo Carlsson).
  47. 1998 “Do Economic And Technological Development Go Hand-In-Hand? : The Case Of Newly Industrializing Countries”, 7th IAMOT’98 Conference, 16-20 February, Orlando, USA. (With Fikret Ceyhun).
  48. 1998 “Industrial Clusters As A New Approach For The Development Of Transitional Economies: A Case Of Kazakhstan,” AFEE- AEA (Association For Evolutionary Economics- American Economic Association) Meeting, 3-5 January, Chicago, USA. (With Ahu Öztürkmen).
  49. 1997 “Industrial Cluster As a New Unit of Analysis in Development Economics", 44th Annual Conference of RSAI (Regional Science Association International), 6-9 November, Buffalo, USA.
  50. 1997 “The Impact of Technology on Employment: Case Studies”, 24th Annual Conference of EARIE, 31 August- 3 September, Leuven, Belgium. (With Hacer K. Ansal).
  51. 1997 “Manufacturing in Decline: A Matter of Definition”, 24th Annual Conference of EARIE, 31 August- 3 September, Leuven, Belgium. (With Bo Carlsson).
  52. 1997 “Technology As a System: Industrial and Technological Systems”, PICMET’97 Conference, 27-31 July, Portland, USA.
  53. 1997 “Technology Policies, Innovation and Economic Development at the Regional Level”, 6th IAMOT’97 Conference, 25-28 June, Gothenburg, Sweden.
  54. 1996 “The Relationship Between Microelectronics and Chemical Industries in the Developing Countries”, the Second International Conference on Computer Integrated Manufacturing in the Process Industries, June 3-4, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. 
  55. 1996 “The Changing Role of the State in Technology Institutions”, the International Conference on Technology Management: University/Industry/Government Collaboration: UNIG'96, June 24-26, Istanbul, Turkey.
  56. 1996 “Chemical Firms in the Technological Era”, the 14th Annual Conference of the International Association of Management, August 2-5, Toronto, Canada, Maximilian Press Publishers: Virginia, 4(1), 156-161.
  57. 1996 “The Relationship between Economies of Scale and Technology”, the 23rd Annual Conference of the EARIE, September 7-10, Vienna, Austria.
  58. 1995, "The Challenge of Technology: Document Delivery versus Ownership from Developing Countries' Perspective", 61st IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations) General Conference, 20-26 August, Istanbul, Turkey, Booklet 1, 41-45.
  59. 1995, "The Impact of New Technologies on Developing Countries’ Industrial Structure", IAMOT European Conference on Management of Technology, 5-7 July, Birmingham, UK, pp. 899-904. (With Hacer K. Ansal).
  60. 1995, "The Impact of New Technologies on Industrial Production: Turkish Case Study on Firm Level Change", Ninth World Productivity Congress, 4-7 June, Istanbul, Turkey, Proceedings, V. 1, pp. 22-34 (With Hacer K. Ansal).

 

National Conferences & Seminars

  1. 2007, Girişimcilik Oryantasyonu, Kurum İçi Girişimcilik Ve Bağlı Ölçeklerin Türkçe’de Geçerlemesi (Entrepreneurial Orientation, Intrapreneurship and Related Scale Tests in Turkish), 15th Yönetim & Organizasyon Konferansı, 24-25 May, Sakarya Üniversitesi.

  2. 2006, “Dual-use Technologies in Defense Industry”, 3ncü Savunma Teknolojileri Kongresi (3rd Defense Technologies Congress), 29-30 June, ODTU, Ankara. With Hacer Ansal and Elif Baktır.

  3. 2006, “Türkiye’de Teknoloji Yönetimi (Technology Management in Turkey)”, 8.nci Kalite Günleri (8th Quality Days), 28-31 March, Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi, Istanbul.

  4.  2006, “Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma ve Çevre (Sustainable Development and Environment)”, AB Gençlik Programları ve Boğaziçi Organizasyonu tarafından desteklenen Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma Semineri (Sustainable Development Seminar financed by EU Youth Program and Bosphorus Organization), 30 January 2006, AB Information Center, Istanbul.

  5.  2005, “Teknoloji Yönetimi ve Mühendislik Eğitimi”, 2. IEEE Turkiye Ogrenci Kollari Kongresi (Turkish Student Charters’ Congress), 18-20 February, Yıldız Teknik University, Istanbul. Organized by IEEE Turkey.

  6. 2004, “Türkiye’de Girişimcilik Ortamı: İnovasyon, Eğitim, Hukuk ve Finans (The Infrastructure of Entrepreneurship in Turkey Innovation, Education, Law, and Finance)”, 1nci Girişimcilik konferansı (1st Entrepreneurship Conference), 20 April, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul. Organized by TUSIAD.
  7. 2003, “Türkiye’de Girişimciliğin Sorunları ve Geliştirilmesi (The Problems of Entrepreneurship in Turkey and Its Development)”, 7nci Türkiye SİAD Platformu, 18-19 December, İzmir, Turkey.
  8. 2002, "Teknoloji Yol Haritası Tekniği (The Technique of Technology Roadmapping)", Teknoloji Öngörüsü Panelleri 1. Bilgilendirme ve İletişim Toplantısı, 17-18 June, Tüsside, Gebze, Turkey.
  9. 2002, "Küresel Rekabet ve Ar-Ge (Global Competition and R&D)", IV. Teknoloji Kongresi ve Teknoloji Ödülleri, TÜBİTAK-TTGV-TÜSİAD, 21 May, İstanbul, Turkey.
  10. 2001, “Technology Era and Turkish Industry”, 2001 Industry Congress, organized by TMMOB (Türkiye Mimarlar ve Mühendisler Odası Birliği-Turkish Chamber of Architects and Engineers), 30 November-2 December, İstanbul, Turkey.
  11. 2001, “Sivil Toplum Örgütlerinde Proje Yaratma ve Yürütme (Project Creation and Management in Civil-Society Organizations)”, 4th Quality Congress, Kalder (Quality Association), 13-15 November, İstanbul, Turkey.
  12. 2001, “Yenilikçilik ve Giriţimcilik (Innovation and Entrepreneurship”, Üniversite – Sanayi – Oda (University-Industry-Chamber Event), Chamber of Machinery Engineers, 26-30 September, Ýstanbul, Turkey.
  13. 2001, “Teknoloji Yol Haritası (Technology Roadmapping)”, II. Teknoloji, Kalite, ve Üretim Sistemleri Kongresi (II. Technology, Quality and Production Systems Congress), Sakarya Kalite Derneği (Sakarya Quality Association), 7-8 June, Abant, Bolu, Turkey.
  14. 2001, “Teknoloji Yol Haritası (Technology Roadmapping)”, Proje Yönetimi III. Ulusal Kongresi (Project Management III. National Congress), Sabancı University and Istanbul Project Management Association, 12-13 April, Istanbul, Turkey.
  15. 2000, “Türkiye’de Biliţim Sektörü (Turkish Information and Communication Technolog)”, Venture Capital Seminars organized by TÜBÝSAD-Sabancı University at Biliţim 2000, 7 September, Istanbul, Turkey.
  16. 2000, “The Future of Biotechnology in Turkey”, Workshop organized by TÜSİAD and Sabancı University, 6-7 October, İstanbul, Turkey.
  17. 1995, "Teknoloji Politikalari" (Technology Policies), Science, Science Policies and Universities Congress, Association of Research Assistants, 20-1 April, Istanbul, Turkey.
  18. 1993 "Teknolojik Gelismelerin Ölçek Ekonomisine Etkisi" (The Impact of Technological Developments on Economies of Scale), 1993 Industry Congress, organized by TMMOB (Türkiye Mimarlar ve Mühendisler Odası Birliği), November, Ankara, Turkey Proceedings, 1(160): 173-188 (with Hacer K. Ansal).
  19. 1992 "Planlamanın Tarihi" (The History of Planning), III. Turkish Social Sciences Congress organized by Social Sciences Association, 21-23 October, Ankara, Turkey.


Professional Activities

Reviewer

2005- European Journal of Innovation Management, METU Development Studies

2005- European Science Foundation

 

Editorial Board Member

2005- International Journal for Innovation and Technology Management

2005- Technovation

Member of UN Taskforce for Responsible Business Education

2007- Member of the Taskforce formed by UN to develop principles of responsible business education in line with the UN GC principles.

 

Conference Organization/ Conference Coordinator

2005    13th of International Forum on Technology Management, September, Istanbul, Turkey.

 2004   1st Global Compact Academic Conference: Part I “Innovation and Diffusion of Environmentally Sound Technologies”, 31 May-1 June, Istanbul, Turkey.

And 1st Global Compact Academic Conference: Part 2 “Sustainable Environment”, 17-18 September, Pennsylvania, USA.

With Yıldız Arıkan and a team of professors (Ülkü Öktem and Paul Kleindorfer) from Wharton School, University of Philadelphia, USA.

2001    Teknoloji Öngörüsü ve Stratejik Planlama (Technology Foresight and Strategic Planning), Sabancı University and Technology Management Association, 24-26 May, Istanbul, Turkey.

2001- Regional Coordinator for Eastern Mediterranean, Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology, Portland, Oregon, USA.

Conference Track Coordinator

2000-    Industrial Innovation and Financing Innovation tracks, organized by International Association for Management of Technology Conferences.

Member of Conference Program Commitee

2000-   Manufacturing and Innovation Management Conferences.

2001- Middle East Technical University International Economics Conferences.

2001    Proje Yönetimi III. Ulusal Kongresi (Project Management III. National Congress), organized by Sabancı University and Istanbul Project Management Association, 12-13 April, Istanbul, Turkey.

2001 II. Teknoloji, Kalite, ve Üretim Sistemleri Kongresi (II. Technology, Quality and Production Systems Congress), Sakarya Kalite Derneği (Sakarya Quality Association), 7-8 June, Abant, Bolu, Turkey.

Workshop Organization

"Küresel Rekabet ve Ar-Ge (Global Competition and R&D)", IV. Teknoloji Kongresi ve Teknoloji Ödülleri için bildiri hazırlığı (Preparation of an official document for the IVth Technology Conference and Technology Awards Ceremony), organized by TÜBİTAK-TTGV-TÜSİAD, 8 May 2002, İstanbul, Turkey. With Ali Akurgal.

Biotechnology Workshop, organized by TÜSİAD and Sabancı University, 6-7 October 2000, İstanbul, Turkey. With Hüveyda Başağa.

“Technology Roadmapping”, Teknoloji Öngörüsü ve Stratejik Planlama (Technology Foresight and Strategic Planning), Sabancı University and Technology Management Association, 24-26 May 2001, Istanbul, Turkey. With Clare Farrukh.

 Member of European Union Panel

2001 Technology, Knowledge and Learning Panel of the Enlargement Future Project, organized by The Institute for Prospective Technological Studies.

2001- Member of Katek (Quality-Technology) Working Group, Istanbul Chamber of Industry

2005- Member of European Institute for Technology and Innovation Management

Organizer of Technology Forum Series

2003- Technology forum series organized by Technology Management Association and İstanbul Chamber of Industrialists (ISO) at ISO Odakule, İstanbul, Turkey.

Topics in 2003: The Use of Information Technology in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (23 May).

 

2002- Technology forum series organized by Technology Management Association and İstanbul Chamber of Industrialists (ISO) at ISO Odakule, İstanbul, Turkey.

Topics in 2002: Integrated Automation (23 May), Product Development I and II (19 September and 26 December).

 

2001- Technology forum series organized by Sabancı University and Technology Management Association at Pak Holding, İstanbul, Turkey.

Topics in 2001: biotechnology (31 March), software (23 June), ceramics (29 September), and textile technologies (24 December).

 

 

Address

Graduate School of Management, Sabanci University, Tuzla, 34956, Istanbul, Turkey

Tel: 90-216 483 9661; Fax: 90- 216 483 9699; Email: dilek@sabanciuniv.edu


Last updated on May, 2007.