PhD Concentration Areas

FINANCE

The PhD program with concentration of finance focuses on research topics in empirical corporate finance and investments. The graduates of the PhD program are expected to conduct original research that contributes to the application of financial economics and to pursue academic careers in prestigious universities. To achieve this objective, students are equipped with rigorous training in research methods and financial theory.

The finance faculty conducts empirical 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 Bloomberg, CRSP in Security Prices in (WRDS), Compustat (WRDS), 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.

MARKETING

Our Ph.D. program in the concentration area of marketing integrates a solid analytical training with a scholarly theoretical emphasis. The program is based on four pillars: strong analytics, strong theory, sound research skills, and international experience. International experience entails activities such as a semester or a year abroad and international seminars or conferences at Bilkent and elsewhere and helps future academics get acquainted with the global nature of scholarship and research.

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 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.