CURRICULUM VITAE BAŞAK TOPALER Office Address

CURRICULUM VITAE BAŞAK TOPALER Office Address

CURRICULUM VITAE
BAŞAK TOPALER
Office Address:
Sabancı University, School of Management,
Orta Mahalle, Tuzla, 34956 İstanbul
Phone: (216) 4839638
Fax: (216) 4839699
E-mail: [email protected]
EDUCATION
Sabancı University, İstanbul, Turkey
Ph.D., Management, 2008-present
Thesis title: “Understanding Variation in the Adoption of Contested Practices:
Diffusion of English-Medium Instruction in the Turkish Higher Education Field”
Thesis chair: Prof. Behlül Üsdiken
Koç University, İstanbul, Turkey
M.S., Industrial Engineering, June 2008
Thesis title: “The Pharmacist’s Substitution Strategy in the Presence of
Manufacturer Quantity Discounts: An Empirical Study on the Cost Effects of Rxto-OTC Switch in Turkey”
Thesis chair: Prof. Özden Gür Ali
Yıldız Technical University, İstanbul, Turkey
B.A., Industrial Engineering (Second major: Management), June 2006
AWARDS AND HONORS
Sabancı University graduate studies scholarship program, 2008-present
TÜBİTAK graduate scholarship program, 2006-2008
High honor graduate, Koç University, 2008
High honor graduate, Yıldız Technical University, 2006
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Research Assistant, School of Management, 2008-2009
Advised by Prof. Behlül Üsdiken, Prof. Arzu Wasti
Project: Analysis of the Turkish Scholars International Publication Performance in
Management
Responsible for data coding
Conducted statistical analysis on the data
Research Assistant, School of Management, 2010-2013
Advised by Prof. Behlül Üsdiken, Özgecan Koçak
Project: Law, Market and Organizational Diversity: Turkish Universities in the post1981 Period
Responsible for data coding
Conducted advance statistical analysis on the data
Research Assistant, School of Management, 2013-present
Advised by Prof. Behlül Üsdiken
Project: Field Governance and Field Evolution: Higher Education in Turkey (sponsored
by TÜBİTAK)
Contributed in theory and hypothesis building
Conducted advance statistical analysis on the data
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Teaching Assistant, School of Management, Sabancı University, İstanbul, 2010-2015
Course: Organizations and Organizing
Responsible for grading assignments and exams
Teaching Assistant, Department of Management, Koç University, İstanbul, 2002-2006
Course: Quantitative Methods in Business
Responsible for teaching in the computer lab sessions
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Researcher at TÜBİTAK TÜSSİDE (Turkish Industrial Management Institute), 20082012
Project: HEAŞ (Airport Management and Aviation Industries Inc.), Organizational
Restructuring Project, 2011.
Project: TÜBİTAK UME (National Metrology Institute), Internal Control Project, 2010.
Project: KOSGEB (Small and Medium Enterprises Development Organization), Strategic
Planning Project, 2010.
PUBLICATIONS
Üsdiken, B., Topaler, B., & Koçak, Ö. (2013). Yasa, Piyasa ve Örgüt Tiplerinde Çeşitlilik:
1981 Sonrasında Türkiye’de Üniversiteler. Ankara Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi
Dergisi, 68(3), 187-223.
Gür Ali, Ö., & Topaler, B. (2011). How Removing Prescription Drugs from
Reimbursement Lists Increases the Pharmaceutical Expenditures for Alternatives.
European Journal of Health Economics, 12(6), 553-562.
Topaler, B., Sarıgöl, İ., & Demirok, E. (2011). Kamu Kurumları için İç Kontrole Yönelik
bir Mevcut Durum Analizi Yöntemi, Bütçe Dünyası Dergisi, 35(1).
MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS
Institutional and competitive influences on universiy diversification in the Turkish higher
education field (with Divarcı A., Üsdiken, B., and Koçak, Ö.)
CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
Constrained marketization and organizational responses: Universities in Turkey (with
Üsdiken, B., Koçak, O. and Divarcı, A.), presented in 31st EGOS Colloquium, Greece,
July 2015.
Strategy evolution, organizational change and competition (with Divarcı, A., Üsdiken, B.,
and Koçak, Ö.), The British Academy of Management (BAM) Conference, United
Kingdom, 2013.
Yönetim alanında Türkiye'deki akademisyenlerin uluslararası yayın performansı: 20002006 dönemine bir bakış (with Aksoy, E., and Çetrez, R.), 17th National Management and
Organization Congress, Turkey, 2009.
Firm-driven substitution in the presence of quantity discounts, 15th European Operations
Management Association (EurOMA) Conference, Netherlands, 2008.