Category: Symposiums, Workshops & Research Days

On December 7, we had the pleasure of bringing our community together at Bilkent FBA for a full day of engaging discussions on behavioral and experimental research. We were delighted to host six wonderful speakers — Oğuz Gencay, Özgür Kıbrıs, Fatih Mehmet Şenyurd, Ayça Ebru Giritligil, Mürüvvet Büyükboyacı and Cavit Görkem Destan — each sharing thought-provoking work, from how familiar music captures our attention, how auditory cues shape economic decisions, and why we sometimes procrastinate, to how we perceive social status, what drives cooperation in teams, and how the stories we hear influence the decisions we make. The conversations throughout the sessions were lively, curious, and genuinely inspiring. And closing the day with a warm lunch together made it even more enjoyable. A heartfelt thank-you to everyone who joined us…

The Bilkent Center for Research in Transitional Societies hosted its 4th Management Research Day online on May 4, 2023. The event featured Dr. Yasin Rofcanin from the University of Bath (UK) as the discussant and brought together faculty members to share their latest research insights. The program included three faculty presentations: Prof. Zahide Karakitapoğlu-Aygün presented “I-deals, Emergent Leadership & Promotability: Test of a Moderated Mediation Model”; Dr. Serdar Kurdoğlu delivered a talk on “Leadership to Establish Meritocracy vs Domination”; and Dr. Atilla Onuklu explored “Rediscovering Transaction Cost Theory with Blockchain: The Block Transactions.” Each presentation consisted of a 30-minute session followed by an engaging question-and-answer discussion with participants and the discussant, offering a dynamic platform for scholarly exchange and collaboration.

A workshop on the topic “Nonfinancial Information Reporting and Assurance Within the Framework of Corporate Sustainability: Regulations and Practices,” organized by the university’s Faculty of Business Administration and Center for Research in Transitional Societies in partnership with the Turkish Accounting Academicians’ Collaboration and Research Foundation (MÖDAV), took place on Friday, April 22. The workshop opened with introductory remarks from Prof. Ülkü Gürler, dean of the Faculty of Business Administration; Prof. Nuran Cömert, chair of MÖDAV; Yahya Arıkan, general secretary of the Turkish Union of Chambers of Certified Public Accountants (TÜRMOB); and Dr. Hasan Özçelik, chair of the Public Oversight, Accounting and Auditing Standards Authority (KGK). The keynote speaker for the event was Dr. Tamer Atabarut, a faculty member at Boğaziçi University and the director of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions…

A research day in operations management was organized online by FBA on December 1, 2021. Our keynote speaker was Professor Onur Boyabatlı from Singapore Management University.  He delivered a talk about “Integrated Optimization of Farmland Cultivation and Fertilizer Application: Implications for Farm Management and Food Security”.

The 3rd NIBES Research Session with the research theme “Sustainability Research in Business and Economics” was held online on November 23, 2021. The conference was hosted by the Faculty of Business Administration, Bilkent University under the auspices of the Bilkent University Centre for Societies in Transition in collaboration with the Cracow University of Economics. The research workshop was co-chaired by Associate Professor Emre Berk and Associate Professor Ahmet Ekici from FBA – Bilkent University. The aim of the workshop was to exchange research interests and ideas among members of the Network of International Business and Economics Schools (NIBES). The session was focused on research on sustainability issues in business and management as well as economics. The presented research was about sustainable consumption attitudes, societal marketing for alternative food networks, legacy…

Faculty of Business Administration held a “Marketing Research Day” on January 10, 2020. The morning sessions of the activity included three “work-in-progress” research presentations by Associate Professor Berna Tari Kasnakoğlu-TOBB University; Assistant Professor Forrest Watson-METU; and Visiting Assistant Professor Melis Ceylan-Bilkent University. The afternoon sessions included a seminar by Professor Tülin Erdem-New York University and a meeting between Dr. Erdem and the graduate students that came from various universities in Ankara. We would like to thank to our presenters and participants for their contributions and for making this event a success.

The 8th European Supply Chain Finance Symposium is organized at Bilkent University, Faculty of Business Administration in Ankara, Turkey, between June 19-20, 2019. The annual symposium brings together leading Supply Chain Finance researchers to discuss the cutting edge research in this area. The symposium features a single track of academic presentations on latest research on operations management and finance interface. The agenda is organized over two days with seven 70-minute sessions. Each session has two 35-minute presentations, including time for Q&A. The proposed format aims to foster a productive interaction among speakers and other conference participants in order to meet the needs as well as the expectations for further research in supply chain and finance interface. This series of international events offers an exclusive forum for the professional and academic exchange…