Academic |

Research in Progress | Private Equity

* US corporate venture capital international investment placements (with William Kerr).

Research in Progress | Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Development

* Oriented toward developing countries and development in general, projects on Turkey and technological innovation, such as the financing of young innovative ventures and the university and industry linkages, aim to develop and promote policies that expand the contribution of global innovation and entrepreneurship methods drawn from science, technology, political science, economics, management, and law for the Turkish state.

Teaching | Global Entrepreneurship

* Global Entrepreneurship Lab (G-Lab) is the flagship international internship course offered at the MIT Sloan School of Management. G-Lab is a mix of classroom learning matched with a global internship in an emerging market. Teams of MBA students work with host companies around the world in essentially a 4-month, unpaid mini-consulting project.

Major Grants & Fellowships & Awards

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Innovation Policy and the Economy Fellowship

MIT Sloan School of Management | Visiting Scholar appointment

Harvard Business School | Visiting Scholar appointment

Harvard Kennedy School | Belfer Center | Research Fellowship, (2005-09)

Harvard Business School | Entrepreneurial Management Unit | Research and teaching material development grant, (2006-09)

Helsinki University of Technology | Research fellowship in venture capital, (2005-06)

Marie-Christine Adam Foundation | Centre Emile Bernheim doctoral research grant, (2005-06)

Office of the Prime Minister | Region de Bruxelles-Capitale | Research grant, (2003-06)

University of Petroleum and Minerals | Aramco/UPM Scholarship, (1981-85)

Education

[2005-07] Harvard University | Awarded a Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program Fellowship for doctoral dissertation research with Lewis Branscomb (Harvard Kennedy School) and Josh Lerner (Harvard Business School).

[2007] Université Libre de Bruxelles | Solvay Business School | Ph.D. in Economics and Management Science | Doctoral dissertation compares modes of finance of high-technology start-ups in the U.S. and Europe—specifically looking at public policies and financial institutional structures. Chair: Bruno van Pottelsberghe.

[2004] Université Libre de Bruxelles | Solvay Business School | Master of Science (M.S.) in Management Science with Honors.

[2002] Université Libre de Bruxelles | Solvay Business School | Master of Business Administration (MBA) with Honors. Minor in European Management and Business Studies with the Highest Honors.

[1986] Virginia Tech | Pamplin College of Business |Attended the first-year of the MBA program.

[1985] University of Petroleum and Minerals |Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Industrial Management with Honors.

Publications

“Who Funds Technology-Based Small Firms? Evidence from Belgium,” with Bruno van Pottelsberghe, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Vol.17 (1), (2007).

“The Financial Architecture of Technology-Based Small Firms,” with Bruno van Pottelsberghe, in Shaker Zahra et al. (eds.), Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, Chapter XIX Venture Capital and Angel Financing. Wellesley, USA: P&R Publishing, Babson College, (2005).

Financing Entrepreneurship, with Philip Auerswald (Eds.), Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, (2008).

Entrepreneurial Finance: Financing of Young Innovative Ventures, Saarbrucken, Germany: Verlag Publishing, (2009).

“Labor Market Regulations and European Private Equity Investment,” with William Kerr, Scientific Proceedings of the European Productivity Conference. Helsinki, Finland: European Commission, (2006).

“Surveying Technology-Based Small Firms: A Perspective from Belgium,” with Bruno van Pottelsberghe, Proceedings of the 86th Applied Econometrics Association. Singapore: INSEAD, (2004).

“Labor Regulations and European Industrial Specialization: Evidence from Private Equity Investment,” with William Kerr, Harvard Business School WP 08-043), (2008).

“Abraaj Capital,” with Josh Lerner, HBS Case 9-809-008. Harvard Business School Publishing: Boston, USA, (2008).

“TA-Energy (Turkey): A Bundle of International Partnerships,” with William Kerr and Daniel Isenberg, HBS Case 807-175. Harvard Business School Publishing: Boston, USA, (2007).

“TA-Energy (Turkey): A Bundle of International Partnerships, Teaching Note” with William Kerr, HBS TN 807-091. Harvard Business School Publishing: Boston, USA, (2006).

Invited Major Conferences

[2009] National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Summer Institute, Cambridge.

[2009] National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Pre-Conference on the Rate and Direction of of Inventive Activity, Dana Point, California.

[2009-2005] National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Entrepreneurship Working Group Meetings, Cambridge.

[2008] Dubai School of Government.

[2007] Harvard University, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.

[2007] Université Libre de Bruxelles, Department of Applied Economics.

[2005] The 25th Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference.

[2005] Biomaterials Industry Research Seminar, Helsinki University of Technology.

[2005] European Union - PRIME European Network of Excellence, Venture Capital Project.

[2004] The 86th Applied Econometrics Association Conference, INSEAD.

[2003] European Union - Technological Knowledge and Localized Learning Project.

Affiliations | Academic

Researcher, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Center for Economic Studies.

Researcher, Department of Applied Economics (DULBEA) at Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Economics of Innovation.

Member, The American Economic Association.

Member, The American Finance Association.

Affiliations | Not-for-profits

Chairman of the Social Affairs Committee and Member of the Executive Board, Turkish Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association - TUSIAD (’96-98) & Member, (’91- ).

Trustee, Bilkent University Board of Trustees (’92-99).

Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, Health and Education Foundation (’99-01).

Member of the UNICEF Turkish National Assembly (’94-99).

Fellow, Australian Production and Inventory Control Society - APICS. Certified in Production and Inventory Management-CFPIM (’91).