S. NAZLI WASTI

Professor (Profesör)

Department of Business Administration (İşletme Bölümü)

Middle East Technical University (Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi)

06531 Ankara, Turkey

Tel: 90-312-2102010

Fax: 90-312-2107962

e-mail: nazli@ba.metu.edu.tr, nazli@metu.edu.tr

http://www.ba.metu.edu.tr/~nazli

 

EDUCATION

Ph.D., 1995

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Dissertation: Supplier Involvement in Automotive Component Design: A Study of the U.S. and Japan Automotive Industries

Industrial and Operations Engineering

 

M.S., 1992

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Industrial and Operations Engineering

M.S., 1989

University of Missouri-Rolla (renamed as Missouri University of Science and Technology)

Thesis:  An Intelligent Scheduling System for Automatic Storage and Retrieval

Engineering Management

B.S., 1988

Middle East Technical University

Industrial Engineering

 

ACADEMIC AWARDS AND HONORS

Recipient of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) award as part of the Support for International Publications Programme [cash] for two publications, 2009.

Middle East Technical University International Publication Award [cash] for two publications, 2009.

Middle East Technical University Performance Award [cash], 2008.

Recipient of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) award as part of the Support for International Publications Programme [cash], 2008.

Middle East Technical University International Publication Award [cash], 2008.

Recipient of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) award as part of the Support for International Publications Programme [cash], 2007.

Middle East Technical University International Publication Award [cash], 2007.

Recipient of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) award as part of the Support for International Publications Programme [cash] for two publications, 2006.

Middle East Technical University Performance Award [cash], 2006.

Middle East Technical University International Publication Award [cash] for two publications, 2006.

Middle East Technical University Performance Award [cash], 2003.

Academy of Management Technology and Innovation Management Division Award for Outstanding Review, 2003.

Middle East Technical University Overall Success Award [cash and certificate], 2000.

Middle East Technical University Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences 1999 Young Faculty Research 3rd Place Award.

Japan Foundation Fellow: Visiting Scholar at Tokyo University, June-September 1998.

Middle East Technical University Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences 1998 Young Faculty 1rd Place Research Award.

Recipient of the Turkish Academy of Sciences (Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi) cash award as part of the Support for International Publications in the Social Sciences Programme [cash], 2001.

Invited Participant, Ph. D. Internship Programme: United Nations University, Institute for New Technologies, Maastricht, the Netherlands, May-August 1994.

Invited participant, Production and Operations Management Division Doctoral Consortium, The Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, August 6-7, 1993.

Middle East Technical University Honor's List, 1984-88.

 

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Spring 2009-present

Full Professor, Department of Business Administration, METU

Fall 2000-Spring 2009

Associate Professor, Department of Business Administration, METU

July-September 2000

Visiting Scholar, Center for International Research on the Japanese Economy (CIRJE), Faculty of Economics, Tokyo University

June-September 1998

Japan Foundation Fellow, Faculty of Economics, Tokyo University

Summer 1995-Fall 2000

Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration, METU

Winter 1991-Fall 1995

Research Associate II: Japan Technology Management Program, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Summer 1991

Research Assistant II: Industrial Development Division, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Fall 1989-Summer 1990

Teaching Assistant, Department of Industrial Engineering, METU

Fall 1988-Summer 1989

Teaching Assistant, Department of Engineering Management, University of Missouri-Rolla

 

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

Buyer-supplier relationships, supply chain management

Japanese business systems

Management of technology, product development

Organization theory

Operations management

 

COURSES TAUGHT

Fall 2006

Supply Chain Management, Executive MBA course, METU

Fall 2006-present

Operations Management, Sophomore year course, METU

Spring 2005-present

Essentials of Organizations, Executive MBA course, METU (with co-instructors)

Spring 2005-present

Operations Management, MBA course, METU

Spring 2003-present

Supply Chain Management, Junior-Senior year and Master's-level course, METU

Fall 2003-present

Organizations, Sophomore year course, METU (with co-instructor)

Fall 2000-present

Organization and Management, MBA course, METU (with co-instructor)

Spring 1998-Spring 2003

Macro Organization, Ph.D. course, METU

Fall 1995-present

Japanese Business Systems, Junior-Senior year and Master's-level course, METU

Spring 1996-2003

Organizational Theory, Sophomore year course, METU

Fall 1995-present

Managing Technology and Innovation, Junior-Senior year and Master's-level course, METU

Fall 1994, ‘93, ‘92

Teaching Assistant: Work Organizations, Senior year and Master's-level course, University of Michigan

Fall 1991

Teaching Assistant: Managing Technological Change, Senior year and Master’s-level course, University of Michigan

Spring 1990

Teaching Assistant: Management For Engineers, Senior -level course, METU

Fall 1989

Teaching Assistant: Engineering Economy, Junior -level course, METU

Fall 1988

Research Assistant: University of Missouri-Rolla

 

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

1.      Şengün, A. E., S. N. Wasti, “Trust Types, Distrust, and Performance Outcomes in Small Business Relationships:  The Pharmacy-Drug Warehouse Case,” forthcoming in The Service Industries Journal.

2.      Wasti, S. N., M. K. Kozan, A. Kuman Çınar, 2009, "Ana Sanayi Firmalarının Yan Sanayiye Yaptıkları İlişkiye Has Yatırımın Öncülleri:  Türk Otomotiv Sanayiinde bir Araştırma," (Antecedents of Buyer Firms’ Relation Specific Investments in Their Suppliers:  A Study of the Turkish Automotive Industry), ODTÜ Gelişme Dergisi (METU Studies in Development), vol. 35, Special Issue, 315-340.

3.      Wasti, S. N., S. A. Wasti, 2009, “Gelişmekte Olan Ülkelerde Ana Sanayi-Yan Sanayi İlişkilerinde Güvenin Öncülleri:  Türk Otomotiv Sektörü Örneği (Antecedents of Trust in Buyer-Supplier Relations in Developing Countries: The Case of the Turkish Automotive Industry),” TODAİE Amme İdaresi Dergisi (Journal of the Public Administration Institute for Turkey and the Middle East), vol. 42, 139-160.

4.      Şengün, A. E., S. N. Wasti, 2009, “Revisiting Trust and Control: Effects on Perceived Relationship Performance,” International Small Business Journal, vol. 27, 39-69.

5.      Çetindamar, D., S. N. Wasti, H. Ansal, B. Beyhan, 2009, “Does Technology Management Research Diverge or Converge in Developing and Developed Countries?” Technovation, vol. 29, 45-58.

6.      Wasti, S. N., S. A. Wasti, 2008, “Trust in Buyer-Supplier Relations: The Case of the Turkish Automotive Industry,” Journal of International Business Studies, vol. 39, 118-131.

7.      Şengün, A. E., S. N. Wasti, 2007, “Trust, Control, And Risk: A Test of Das And Teng’s Conceptual Framework For Pharmaceutical Buyer-Supplier Relationships,” Group and Organization Management, vol. 32, 430-464.

8.      Şengün, A. E., S. N. Wasti, 2006, "Alıcı-Satıcı İlişkilerinde Güvenin Performansa Etkisi:  Eczane-Ecza Deposu Örneği," (The Effect of Trust on Buyer-Supplier Relationships:  The Pharmacy-Drug Warehouse Case), ODTÜ Gelişme Dergisi (METU Studies in Development), vol. 33, 223-254.

9.      Wasti, S. N., M. K. Kozan, A. Kuman, 2006, “Buyer-Supplier Relationships in the Turkish Automotive Industry,” International Journal of Operations and Production Management, vol. 26, 947-970.

10.  Kozan, M. K., S. N. Wasti, A. Kuman, 2006, “Management Of Buyer-Supplier Conflict: The Case of the Turkish Automotive Industry,” Journal of Business Research, vol. 59, 662-670.

11.  Tukel, O. I., S. N. Wasti, 2001, “Analysis of Supplier-Buyer Relationships Using Resource Constrained Project Scheduling Strategies,” European Journal of Operational Research, vol. 129, 271-276.

12.  Wasti, S. N., 1999, "Japon Firmalarında Ar-Ge: Yöntemler ve Yapılardan Örnekler," (R&D in Japanese Firms: Examples of Methods and Structures), ODTÜ Gelişme Dergisi (METU Studies in Development), vol. 26, 203-224.

13.  Wasti, S. N., J. K. Liker, 1999, "Collaboration with Suppliers in Product Development: A U.S. and Japan Comparative Study," IEEE Transactions in Engineering Management, vol. 46, 444-461.

(This paper has received the 1999 EMS Transactions Publication Award  given by  the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Engineering Management Society (EMS)).

14.  Liker, J. K., R. R. Kamath, S. N. Wasti, 1998, "Supplier Involvement in Design: A Comparative Survey of Automotive Suppliers in the USA, UK, and Japan," The International Journal of Quality Science (merged into the International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management), vol. 3, 214-238.

(This paper was chosen as a “highly commended paper” by the MCB University Press Literati Club Award for Excellence, 1999.)

15.  Wasti, S. N., J. K. Liker, 1997, "Risky Business or Competitive Power: Supplier Involvement in Japanese Product Design," Journal of Product Innovation Management, vol. 14, 337-355.

16.  Liker, J. K., R. R. Kamath, S. N. Wasti, M. Nagamachi, 1996, "Suppliers' Involvement in Product Development: Are There Still Large U.S.-Japan Differences?", Research Policy, vol. 25, 59-89.

 

CONFERENCE PAPERS

1.       Wasti, S. N., M. K. Kozan, A. Kuman Çınar, “Ana Sanayi Firmalarının Yan Sanayiye Yaptıkları İlişkiye Has Yatırımın Öncülleri:  Türk Otomotiv Sanayiinde bir Araştırma,” (“Antecedents of Relationship Specific Investments of Buyers:  A Study of the Turkish Automotive Industry”), 16. Ulusal Yönetim ve Organizasyon Kongresi Bildiriler Kitabı (Proceedings of the 16th National Management and Organization Congress), Antalya, May 16-18, 2008.

2.       Köseoğlu, G., S. N. Wasti, “Social Capital Development Among Tenant Firms in Business Incubators: The Case of a Turkish Business Incubator,” extended abstract in European Operations Management Association (EUROMA) Conference Proceedings CD, Ankara, June 17-20, 2007.

3.       Çetindamar, D., S. N. Wasti, H. Ansal, B. Beyhan, “A Knowledge Map of the Technology Management Discipline,” European Operations Management Association (EUROMA) Conference Proceedings CD, Ankara, June 17-20, 2007.

4.       Şengün, A. E., S. N. Wasti, “Between Trust and Distrust: An Investigation of the Linkage Between Trust Types and Relationship Performance Outcomes,” European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM) 3rd Workshop on Trust Proceedings CD, Amsterdam, October 27-28, 2005.

5.       Şengün, A. E., S. N. Wasti, “Interaction Between Trust, Control, and Risk in a Long-Term Supply Arrangement Type Alliance:  A Test of Das & Teng’s (2001) Framework,” posted on the website for the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) 21st Colloquium (www.egos.cbs.dk), Berlin, June 30-July 2, 2005.

6.       Y. Özalp, G. Köksal, S. N. Wasti, “An Integrative Framework for Supplier Segmentation,” Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering, Istanbul, June 19-22, 2005.

7.       Şengün, A. E., S. N. Wasti, “Alıcı-Satıcı İlişkilerinde Güvenin Performansa Etkileri:  Ankara’daki Eczaneler Üzerine Nicel Bir Çalışma,” (“The Effect of Trust on Buyer-Supplier Relations:  A Quantitative Study of Pharmacies in Ankara”), 13. Ulusal Yönetim ve Organizasyon Kongresi Bildiriler Kitabı (Proceedings of the 13th National Management and Organization Congress), İstanbul, May 12-14, 2005.

8.       M. K. Kozan, S. N. Wasti, A. Kuman, “Management of Buyer-Supplier Conflict:  The Case of the Turkish Automotive Industry,” The Global Business and Economics Research Conference Proceedings, Istanbul, August 6, 2004.

9.       Şengün, A. E., S. N. Wasti, “Alıcı-Satıcı İlişkilerinde Güvenin Performansa Etkileri:  Ecza Deposu-Eczane İlişkisi Örneği,” (“The Effect of Trust on Buyer-Supplier Relations:  The Case of the Drug Warehouse-Pharmacy Relationship”), 12. Ulusal Yönetim ve Organizasyon Kongresi Bildiriler Kitabı (Proceedings of the 12th National Management and Organization Congress), Bursa, May 27-29, 2004.

10.    Kuman, A., S. N. Wasti, M. K. Kozan, “Buyer-Supplier Relationship Typologies in the Turkish Automotive Sector,” EURO/INFORMS Joint International Meeting Abstracts CD, Istanbul, July 6-10, 2003.

11.    Tarı, B., S. N. Wasti, “Algılanan Çevresel Belirsizllik, Örgüt Yapısı ve Sınırsal Faaliyetler Arasındaki İlişkilerin bir Türk Yarı-Kamu Kurumunda Araştırılması,” (“The Investigation of the Interrelationships Between Perceived Environmental Uncertainty, Organizational Structure, and Boundary Spanning Activities in a Turkish Semi-Public Organization”), 11. Ulusal Yönetim ve Organizasyon Kongresi Bildiriler Kitabı (Proceedings of the 11th National Management and Organization Congress), Afyon, May 22-24, 2003.

12.    Kuman, A., S. N. Wasti, K. Kozan, “Türk Otomotiv Sektöründeki Ana-Yan Sanayi İlişki Tiplemeleri Ve Çatışma Yönetim Şekilleri Üzerine Bir Pilot Çalışma,” (“The Typology of Buyer-Supplier Relations and Conflict Management Styles in the Turkish Automotive Sector,”) VII. Otomotiv ve Yan Sanayii Sempozyumu Bildiri Kitabı (Proceedings of the 7th Automotive and Supplier Industry Symposium), Bursa, October 26-27, 2001.

13.    Martin, X. and S. N. Wasti, “On the Edge of Exit, Voice and Loyalty: Information Constraints and Supplier-Buyer Relations in the Turkish Automotive Industry,” European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) 17th Colloquium Abstracts CD, Lyon, July 5-7, 2001.

14.    Wasti, S. N., “Predictors of Trust in Buyer-Supplier Relations: A Contextual and Cultural Comparison of Japan and Turkey,” Association of Japanese Business Studies 14th Annual Meeting, Seinajoki, Finland, June 11-13, 2001.

15.    Wasti, S. N. , S. A. Wasti, “Ana Sanayi-Yan Sanayi İlişkilerinde Güven ve Bağlılık Ölçeklerinin Geliştirilmesi,” (“The Development of Trust and Loyalty Indices in Buyer-Supplier Relationships”), 8. Ulusal Yönetim ve Organizasyon Kongresi Bildiriler Kitabı (Proceedings of the 8th National Management and Organization Congress), Nevşehir, May 25-27, 2000.

16.    Wasti, S. N. “Japon Otomotiv Tedarik Yönteminin Uyarlanması:  Dünyadan ve Türkiye'den Örnekler,” (“The Adaptation of the Japanese Supply Management System:  Examples from the World and Turkey”), Invited Paper, VI. Otomotiv ve Yan Sanayii Sempozyumu Bildiri Kitabı (Proceedings of the 6th Automotive and Supplier Industry Symposium), Bursa, November 19-20, 1999.

17.    S. N. Wasti, "Can Japanese Supplier Management Systems be Transplanted? Examples from the Field,”  Global Awareness Society International 8th Annual Conference Proceedings, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 28-29, 1999.

18.    S. N. Wasti, "Türk Otomotiv Sektörümüz Ana ve Yan Sanayi İlişkilerinde Nerede?”  (The Status of Buyer-Supplier Relationships in the Turkish Automotive Sector), 7. Ulusal Yönetim ve Organizasyon Kongresi (7th National Management and Organization Congress), İstanbul, May 27-29, 1999.

19.    Wasti, S. N. “Japon Firmalarında AR-GE Proje Yönetiminden Örnekler,” (Examples of R&D Project Management in Japanese Firms”), Invited Paper, Proje Yönetimi Ulusal Kongresi Bildiriler Kitabı (Proceedings of the National Project Management Congress), İstanbul, April 29-30, 1999.

20.   Wasti, S. N. "Japanese Recipes" in the Turkish Automotive "Kitchen"," Association of Japanese Business Studies 11th Annual Meeting Best Paper Proceedings, Oakbrook, Illinois, May 29-31, 1998.

21.    Güner, N., S. N. Wasti, "Business Plans for Knowledge Parks: The Case of the METU Technopark," Global Awareness Society International 7th Annual Conference Proceedings, İstanbul, May 28-31, 1998.

22.   Wasti, S. N. “Türk Binek Otomobili Sektöründe Müşteri-İmalatçı İlişkileri Üzerine Bir Çalışma,” (“A Study of the Buyer-Supplier Relations in the Turkish Automotive Industry”), V. Otomotiv ve Yan Sanayii Sempozyumu Bildiri Kitabı (Proceedings of the 5th Automotive and Supplier Industry Symposium), Bursa, November 7-8, 1997.

23.   Wasti, S. N., “Design Outsourcing and Product Development: A Study of the U.S. and Japan Automotive Industries,” Proceedings of the 9th World Productivity Congress, Vol. 1, İstanbul, June 4-7, 1995.

24.   Liker, J. K., R. R. Kamath, S. N. Wasti, M. Nagamachi, "Integrating Product Development Through the Supply Chain," The Best in Management Worldwide: Linking Management Scholarship--Proceedings of the 2nd International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management (IFSAM), L. R. Jauch, R. N. Osborn (Eds.), Dallas, Texas, August 17-20, 1994.

25.   Liker, J. K., R. R. Kamath, S. N. Wasti, M. Nagamachi, "The Supplier Role in Product Development: Are There Still Large U.S. and Japan Differences?" Academy of Management 54th Annual Meeting Best Papers Proceedings, D. P. Moore (Ed.), Dallas, Texas, August 14-17, 1994.

(This paper received the Runner-up Best Paper Award from the Technology and Innovation Management Division of the Academy of Management, 1994.)

26.   Dagli, C. H., N. Wasti, "An Intelligent Scheduling System For Automatic Storage and Retrieval Systems," Engineering Society of Detroit Conference on Programmable Controllers and Expert Systems Conference Proceedings, Detroit, Michigan, April 4-6, 1989.

[This paper was also presented in Turkish ("Otomatik Ambarlama Sistemleri icin Uzman Çizelgeleme Sistemi") at the 12th National Congress of Operations Research (Yöneylem Araştırması 12. Ulusal Kongresi) held at Bilkent University, Ankara, June 21-23, 1989.]

 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND SEMINARS

1.       Wasti, S. N., S. A. Wasti, “Buyer Supplier Trust in Developıng Countries:  The Case of the Turkish Automotive Industry,” talk given at the International Conference on Social Sciences, Izmir, August 21, 2008.

2.       Wasti, S. N., “Strategic Segmentation in Buyer-Supplier Relationships,” talk given at the 1st International Automotive Supplier Forum (1. Uluslararası Otomotiv Yan Sanayi Forumu), Istanbul, June 10, 2004.

3.       Wasti, S. N., M. K. Kozan, A. Kuman, “Buyer-Supplier Relationships in the Turkish Automotive Industry,” talk given at the Middle East Technical University, Department of Industrial Engineering, Ankara, April 9, 2004.

4.       Wasti, S. N., M. K. Kozan, A. Kuman, “Buyer-Supplier Relationships in the Turkish Automotive Industry,” talk given at Bilkent University, Faculty of Business Administration, Ankara, December 29, 2003.

5.       Wasti, S. N., M. K. Kozan, A. Kuman, “Buyer-Supplier Relationships in the Turkish Automotive Industry,” talk given at the “Workshop on Opportunities for Strategic Collaboration Among Automotive Buyers and Suppliers,” organized by the Sabancı University Competitiveness Forum, Istanbul, September 26, 2003.

6.       Wasti, S. N., “Küreselleşme Perspektifi İçinde Ana ve Yan Sanayii İlişkileri,” (Buyer-Supplier Relationships in the Perspective of Globalization), talk given at the The 2nd International Subcontracting Exhibition (SUBCONIST), Istanbul, May 8, 2003.

7.       S. N. Wasti, "Buyers And Suppliers:  Different Strokes For Different Folks," Paper presented at the Academy of Management 1999 Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, August 6-11, 1999.

8.       Wasti, S. N. “New Developments in Manufacturing Systems:  International Comparisons,” Center for International Research on the Japanese Economy First Conference, Tokyo, September 7-8, 1998.

9.       Liker, J.K., S. N. Wasti, R. Kamath, "Involving Parts Suppliers in Automotive Product Development: US, UK & Japan" INFORMS Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, November, 1995.

10.    Wasti, S.N., J. K. Liker, "Supplier Involvement in Automotive Component Design: A US-Japan Comparison, ORSA/TIMS Meeting, Detroit, Michigan, October, 1994.

 

BOOK CHAPTERS

1.       Wasti, S. N., “Case-Spec Chem,” Chapter in Rising to the Digital Challenge:  Lessons from Mediterreanean Enterprises, B. Chapelet (Ed.), Centre TIME, Grenoble Ecole de Management, 2005.

2.       Wasti, S. N. "Türk Otomotiv Sektöründe Ana ve Yan Sanayi İlişkileri:  Japon Modeli Uyar Mı?" (Buyer-Supplier Relationships in the Turkish Automotive Sector:  Is the Japanese Model Appropriate?", Chapter in Akademisyenler ve Profesyoneller Bakış Açısıyla Türkiye'de Yönetim, Liderlik ve İnsan Kaynakları Uygulamaları (Management, Leadership and Human Resources Management in Turkey from the Perspective of Academicians and Professionals), Z. Aycan (Ed.), Türk Psikologlar Derneği Yayınları No. 21, 2000.

3.       Liker, Jeffrey K., S. N. Wasti, “Involving the Supply Chain in Design,” Chapter in Handbook of Total Quality Management, C. N. Madu (Ed.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998.

4.       Liker, J. K., R. R. Kamath, S. N. Wasti, M. Nagamachi, "Integrating Suppliers into Product Development," Chapter in Engineered in Japan: Japanese Technology Management Practices, J. K. Liker, J. Ettlie, J. C. Campbell (Eds.), Oxford University Press, 1995.

5.       Choi, T. Y., S. N. Wasti, "Institutional Pressures and Organizational Learning: The Case of American-Owned Automotive- Parts Suppliers and Japanese Shop-Floor Production Methods," Chapter in Engineered in Japan: Japanese Technology Management Practices, J. K. Liker, J. Ettlie, J. C. Campbell (Eds.), Oxford University Press, 1995.

(The aforementioned book is the 1996 recipient of the Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing Research in the Books and Monographs Category.)

 

BOOK REVIEW

1.       Öz, Ö., S. N. Wasti, 2001, “Book Review: M. E. Porter, H. Takeuchi, M. Sakakibara, Can Japan Compete? London, MacMillan Press, Ltd., 2000, 208 pp.” ODTÜ Gelişme Dergisi (METU Studies in Development), vol. 28, Number 3-4, pp. 477-484.

 

WORKING PAPERS

1.       Wasti, S. N., 2001, “Predictors of Trust in Buyer-Supplier Relations: A Contextual and Cultural Comparison of Japan and Turkey,” The University of Tokyo, Center for International Research on the Japanese Economy (CIRJE) Discussion Paper Series, CIRJE-F-108.

2.       Eschenbach, T., N. Wasti, J. Pursley, S. H. Burgess, 1990, "Multicriteria Methods For Justifying New Manufacturing Technology: A Case Study," The University of Missouri-Rolla, Department of Engineering Management, Working Paper Series, 90-14-39.

3.       Wasti, N., T. Eschenbach, 1990, "Justifying New Manufacturing Technology: A Case Study," The University of Missouri-Rolla, Department of Engineering Management, Working Paper Series, 90-9-39.

 

NON-REFEREED PUBLICATION

1.       Wasti, S. N., M. K. Kozan, A. Kuman, “Türk Otomotiv Sektöründe Ana ve Yan Sanayi İlişki Tiplerinin Araştırılması (The Research of Primary and Subsidiary Industry Relation Types in the Turkish Automotive Sector),” TAYSAD Dergisi, Ocak-Mart (January-March) 2004, No. 21. 

 

M.B.A. THESES SUPERVISED

1.       Berna Tarı, Analyzing the Fit Between Organizational Environment, Structure, and Culture: A Case Study of a Public Organization, September 2002.

2.       Ayça Kuman, Buyer-Supplier Relationship Typologies and Conflict Management Strategies in the Turkish Automotive Industry, March 2003.

3.       Gamze Köseoğlu, Social Capital Formation Among Tenant Firms and Between Tenant Firms and the Host University in Business Incubators:  The Case of a Turkish Business Incubator, June 2007.

 

M.S. THESIS CO-SUPERVISED

1.       Yeşim Özalp, Integration of Supplier Processes:  Supplier Segmentation, Supplier Selection, and Order Allocation in a Case Company, October 2005 (co-supervised with Gülser Köksal).

 

PH.D. DISSERTATION SUPERVISED

1.       Elif Uzun-Şengün, Performance Outcomes of Interorganizational Trust in Buyer-Seller Relationships: The Case of the Relationship Between a Pharmacy and a Drug Wholesaler, January 2005.

 

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

July 2006-present

Researcher in a Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) project on Turkey’s technology management system.

January-December 2006

Project director for Middle East Technical University research grant investigating university-incubator relationships.

January-December 2004

Project director for Middle East Technical University research grant investigating performance outcomes of trust in pharmacy-drug wholesaler dyads.

September 2002-May 2005

Researcher on Medforist: Euro-Mediterranean Network for Sharing IST Learning Resources (part of the EUMEDIS) Project.

September 2000-2002

Project consultant for MIT’s International Vehicle Manufacturing Program (IMVP) Assembly Plant Research Project–Round 3.

1998-2003

Project director for Middle East Technical University research grant investigating types of buyer-supplier relationships in the Turkish automotive industry.

1996-1998

Project director for Middle East Technical University research grant investigating state of buyer-supplier relationships in the Turkish automotive industry.

January-December 1997

Project director, Middle East Technical University Technopark business plan development project.

December 1996-January 1997

Consultant, Reorganization project, Monroe Shock Absorbers (Monroe Amortisörleri)-Tenneco Automotive, Çorlu, Turkey.

December 1995- January 1996

Consultant for the World Bank Agromarketing Management Pilot Program Consortium conducted by the Department of Management, Middle East Technical University

 

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

1.       Member of the Editorial Review Board of METU Studies in Development Journal (ODTÜ Gelişme Dergisi)

2.       Member of the Editorial Review Board of IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

3.       Member of the Advisory Board of Muğla University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences (Muğla Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi)

4.       Ad hoc reviewer for

·                     International Journal of Operations and Production Management

·                     International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management

·                     International Journal of Conflict Management

·                     International Journal of Production Economics

·                     European Business Review

·                     Technovation

·                     METU Studies in Development Journal (ODTÜ Gelişme Dergisi)

·                     Anadolu University Journal of Social Sciences (Anadolu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi)

·                     Akdeniz University Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences Journal (Akdeniz Üniversitesi İİBF Dergisi)

·                     Various international and local conferences (including the Academy of Management Technology and Innovation Management and Operations Management Divisions, the Academy of International Business, the Association of Japanese Business Studies, and the National Management and Organization Congress)

5.       Guest editor for the Muhan Soysal Special Issue of the METU Studies in Development Journal (ODTÜ Gelişme Dergisi), 2009

6.       Executive training on:

o              Japanese Business Systems

o              Benchmarking

o              Reengineering

o              Technology Management

o              Organizational Design

o              Supply Chain Management

7.       Department of Business Administration, Assistant Chair during April 2000-January 2001, Acting Chair during January-April 2001, Chair during April 2001-March 2002

8.       Assistant to Turkey’s National Project Coordinator Chairman at the Eureka! Consortium, The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK-TİDEB), October 1998-July 1999

9.       Memberships on numerous M.S., Ph.D., and M.B.A. committees within and outside METU

10.    Member of various university and departmental committees

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

The Academy of Management (AoM)

Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS, formerly ORSA/TIMS)

Association of Japanese Business Studies (AJBS)

European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS)