Research Areas
Despite what research traditions expect, I am a highly eclectic researcher. My research interests span a large area from organization studies, entrepreneurship to qualitative research methods. I also joined various applied psychology,
human resources and operations research projects in the past.
I am always open to learn more.
Publications at
Books and Journals
Ongoing Research
Projects
Graduate Students
Past & Present
Open Thesis and Dissertation Topics
ONLINE COURSES
I am making my course outlines and videos available online
You can find my course materials, reading lists, recommended book lists in each course and possibly my course videos online. Adding constantly, so check back soon if you cannot find what you are looking for.
Teaching Cases
I have written a number of case studies with my colleagues. I am also planning to develop more multimedia cases about startups. You can find them here. If you think your case is interesting and includes learning objectives , please contact me.
iGaranti: Expanding the frontiers of mobile banking innovation
The iGaranti ad featured a Turkish pop singer and celebrity, Mr. Mazhar Alanson, in a Steve Jobs–style-black turtleneck as he held a chemistry lab tube half filled with mercury and introduced iGaranti as someone who cares about your money more than you do.
TazeDirekt.com: Branding charm or operational basics?
In December 2015, the founder of TazeDirekt, a loved online grocery e-tailer brand announced that plans for the year 2016 involved 700% growth in Turkey. However, only a few months later, in February 2016, news broke of the sudden closure …
Diageo in Turkey: The Lion’s Milk vs. global spirits
Diageo, one of the world’s spirits giants, acquired a leading Turkish spirits company, Mey Icki for $2.11 billion from TPG Capital, a U.S. private-equity firm in 2011. The acquisition gave Diageo a large market share (72%), in addition to means of access to a comprehensive …
Arçelik developing a digital twin with Simularge
Refrigerators constitute 35% of Arçelik’s annual production. Integrating a digital twin into its production planning and management, it has initially saved 1600 tons of plastic each year, with a value exceeding $2 million while improving its environmental impact.
Accelerating Startups
I am a proud co-founder of ITU Cekirdek, Turkey’s best university incubator ranked among the Top 10 incubators in the world in 20xx and Top 5 incubators in the world in 20xx by UBI Index. Now, I am taking a more personalized approach on accelerating startups.
ınvestor referrals
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customer development
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busıness model testıng
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team buıldıng
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Helping Enterprises to Innovate
Change is not an easy task for large enterprises. For many, it is even impossible. With startup collaboration, organizational buffering and restructuring you may navigate the change.
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Mentored Startups
I worked with many great cofounders in making their startup better. With some of them, we had a more ongoing relationship. You can find them and their testimonials here.
Teleporter
Startup 2
Startup 3
Startup 4
Startup 5
Startup 6
Startup 7
Startup Testimonials
I am not impartial. I am proud to work for startups’ real interests.
“Deniz has been a significant mentor to us in Teleporter with his strategic thinking, revenue and traction oriented mindset, business development skills and B2B marketing expertise. He is always easy to communicate with, focusing on solutions rather than problems, passionate about global growth, and a real hard worker, looking for similar qualifications in the teams he works together.”
Dilara Keçeci & Aslan Yerdelen
Teleporter VR
“Professional and straightforward. Deniz is an excellent mentor with a great experience. He has a wealth of information to share both in relation to his own business background and also the wider world of startups. He is committed to helping people who have a real desire set up and run their own businesses. He has provided valuable support to us with a non-judgmental listening ear.”
Güven Hanege
ClickmeLIVE.com
Do you sometimes have the feeling that you’re running into the same obstacles over and over again? Many of my conflicts have the same feel to them, like “Hey, I think I’ve been here before”
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Graduate Students and Alumni
I am proud of my graduate students. You can find and follow them here with the title of
their dissertation (PhD) or thesis (MS & MA).
Kutay Güneştepe
Postdoc researcher at the University of Bath
Ph.D. 2019
Materiality in Doing: Sociomaterial Practices & Power Mechanisms in Institutional Change
Elif Çelik
Lecturer at Technische Universiteit Delft
Ph.D. (cont.)
Understanding Entrepreneurship Ecosystems and the Versions of Capitalism
Berker Köktener
Senior Product Manager at KPMG International
Ph.D. (cont)
Boundaries and Identities in Professional Service Firms
Merve Arıoğlu
Sales & Marketing Specialist at Riders.ai
Ph.D. (cont.)
The Process of Hybridization in Organizations
Yunis İsmayil
Senior Expert a İTÜ ARI Teknokentt
Ph.D. (cont)
Strategy-making in the early stage startups
Zehra Topal
Human Resources Specialist at Tridi
Ph.D. (cont.)
Organizationality and Partial organizations
Uğur Yetkin
Specialist
Ph.D. (cont.)
Immigrant Entrepreneurship
Hakan Erten
Founder at NovaNora Consulting
Ph.D. (cont.)
Startup & enterprise collaboration
Furkan Eravcı
Expert
M.A. Management, 2021
Unicorns of the same feather: Developing a typology of extremely-high valued startups
Latest Macroscope
Sometimes I write blog posts and more daily commentaries titled as “Macroscope”.Please find recent samples here.