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AcademiaEducationManagementPolitics

Masters Choose Apprentices

The Council of Higher Education’s decision, published yesterday in the Official Gazette, to make admission to doctoral programs in designated priority fields subject to a centralized written examination may at first glance appear to be a technical regulation. But the issue is not technical. It is […]
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on Mar 7
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Artificial IntelligenceManagementTechnology

AI Adoption: A gap to fill?

Anthropic’s new report says there is a gap between what AI could do and what it currently does in real work. The report calls this current use “observed exposure.” It combines theoretical LLM capability with real Claude usage data, giving more weight to work-related and automated […]
by admin
on Mar 6
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Artificial IntelligenceTechnology

The aliens have arrived, just not from the sky

Our biggest misconception about artificial intelligence is that we still think of it as a machine. We need a stronger metaphor. Perhaps we should think of it as an invisible new species that has quietly joined the world. Like the aliens in Shyamalan’s Signs. We can’t […]
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on Mar 6
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PoliticsTechnology

Creating New Risks While Protecting Children

The bill currently on the agenda of the Turkish Grand National Assembly is preparing to tighten age limits and related verification obligations for children’s access to digital services. Its stated aim is to protect children from age-inappropriate content, toxic interactions, and uncontrolled spending. However, the current […]
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on Mar 5
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Artificial IntelligencePoliticsTechnology

Employment Erosion after the AI

As artificial intelligence and robotic automation spread rapidly under the pressure to compete globally, how will Türkiye prevent employment and workers’ well-being from eroding? The state has to hit two targets at once: closing the productivity gap with these technologies while ensuring that productivity gains do […]
by admin
on Mar 3
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Artificial IntelligenceCybersecurity

Cybersecurity of Artificial Intelligence

Last week, as soon as Anthropic announced Claude Code Security, cybersecurity stocks dropped sharply. An AI model is claiming it can identify hundreds of vulnerabilities in open-source code that has been used for years. This is a development that changes the rules of speed and scale […]
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on Mar 2
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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

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TazeDirekt.com: Branding charm or operational basics?

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Diageo in Turkey: The Lion’s Milk vs. global spirits 

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Arçelik developing a digital twin with Simularge

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Graduate Alum

I am proud of my graduate alum. You can find and follow them here with the title of
their dissertations or theses.

Ph.D. Dissertation

Merve Güngördü-Arıoğlu

Lecturer, Istanbul Bilgi University

Ph.D. (2025)

Hybrids in making: Developing a processual perspective on hybridization of organizations

Yunis İsmayil

Director, İTÜ ARI Teknokent

Ph.D. (2023)

New ventures’ nonmarket strategies in nascent and mature industries

Uğur Yetkin

Lecturer, Kadir Has University

Ph.D. (2022)

Refugee entrepreneurship and the limits of inclusion

Berker Köktener

Director, KPMG Global 

Ph.D. (2022)

Professional service conglomerates and jurisdictional competition

Kutay Güneştepe

Assistant Professor, Istanbul Bilgi University

Ph.D. (2019)

Materiality in Doing: Sociomaterial Practices & Power Mechanisms in Institutional Change

Masters Thesis

Tuğçe Gültekin Atlı

Product Leader, Getir

M.A. Business Administration (2025)

Unintended consequences of generative AI in product ideation

Shadi Rashvand

Expert

M.A. Business Administration (2025)

Sustainability reporting and operational excellence

Furkan Eravcı

Coordinator, Siemens Healthineers

M.A. Business Administration (2021)

Developing a typology of extremely-high valued startups

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