MS Concentration Areas

FINANCE

The graduates of our MS in Finance specialization will have an intermediary level understanding of financial theory, application and quantitative research tools that will enable them either to continue onto the PhD program of their choice or to work for the industry as finance specialists, researchers or consultants. Our MS program is recognized as the program partner of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute. This partnership allows our students to prepare themselves for the CFA exams and place them with an advantageous position when seeking to enter into the finance industry.

The finance faculty conducts empirical and theoretical research in specialized fields of asset pricing, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, financial intermediation, real estate finance, derivatives markets, financial risk management, market efficiency and market microstructure. Research support includes excellent computing facilities and library, as well as access to financial databases such as WRDS The Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP), Euromonitor International’s Global Market Information Database (GMID), Global Development Finance (GDF), ISI Emerging Markets, International Financial Statistics, World Development Indicators (World Bank).

Research Faculty: Kürşat Aydoğan, Tolga Demir, Zeynep Önder, Oğuzhan Özbaş Süheyla Özyıldırım, Altan Pazarbaşı, Ahmet Şensoy, A. Başak Tanyeri Günsür.

MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION STUDIES

The goal of our MS in Management and Organization Studies specialization is to provide an academic understanding of contemporary management issues in a changing business environment. The graduates are expected to conduct original research that contributes to management and organization issues/theories, and to pursue academic careers in reputable universities. To this end, students will be equipped with rigorous research methodologies and exposed to various micro, meso and macro-level topics in management and organization area. The curriculum includes topics such as strategic thinking, innovation, decision making, collaboration, motivation, teams, leadership, design thinking, international business, and many more. Our faculty members conduct conceptual and empirical research in these fields and publish their studies in prestigious international journals.

Research Faculty:  Zahide Karakitapoğlu-Aygün, Lale Tomruk Gümüşlüoğlu, Rasim Serdar Kurtoğlu, Atilla Onuklu, Örsan Örge.

MARKETING

The objective of MS in marketing specialization is to train intellectually curious individuals in the craft of marketing scholarship. We seek to produce graduates who have the ability and motivation to conduct important, meaningful and impactful research and take positions in leading universities in Turkey and abroad. The curriculum offers students a broad background in social sciences and in-depth specialization in a particular area of marketing, such as consumer culture theory, consumer decision making, marketing strategy or social marketing. The graduates can continue their education in a marketing Ph.D. program or seek marketing-related positions in the industry.

Research Faculty: Ahmet Ekici, Güliz Ger, Onur Osmanoğlu, Saurabh Pandharinath Shinde.

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

Operations Management is concerned with gaining knowledge, skills, and expertise needed to manage and advance the efficiency and productivity of business operations. Operations Management studies emphasize the development of models, methods, applications, and algorithms as they apply to problems in production and services. Management of resources, the distribution of goods and services to customers, and the analysis of queuing and inventory systems are also within the scope of Operations Management. The research interests of the Operations Management faculty follow up-to-date business practices and needs, with emphasis on revenue management, perishable and recyclable inventory control, health care management, supply chain contracts, production and customer order scheduling, and coordination issues in inventory management, supply chain scheduling, and new product development.

Research Faculty: Emre Berk, Erdal Erel, Yasemin Limon, Fehmi Tanrısever, Feray Tunçalp.