Murat Tarakci
Professor of Innovation Strategy at Rotterdam School of Management
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- Rotterdam School of Management
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Biography
Murat Tarakci is an associate professor of innovation management at RSM. His research focuses on disruptive innovations, strategy implementation, and power. Prior to joining academia, Murat worked in the finance department of Unilever Turkey. Combining his business and academic experience, Murat’s current research investigates how firms can craft financial methods and portfolio management tools to foster disruptive innovations. He completed his PhD degree at Erasmus School of Economics.
Rotterdam School of Management
Murat Tarakci is Professor of Innovation Strategy at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. He is serving as the head of the Innovation Management section.
Murat's mission is to create a positive impact by inciting innovative organizations well-poised to address the world’s current challenges. His research and education activities focus on how organizations formulate and execute strategies to manage innovations. An innovation strategy inspires, directs, and calibrates innovation activities to achieve the organization’s strategic-level goals and to tackle the world's problems.
His research has been published in leading academic journals such as Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, and Journal of Operations Management. His research has also been featured in popular media outlets, including Financial Times and Harvard Business Review.
Murat recognizes that an organization’s ability to innovate for the greater good requires a collaborative effort. Accordingly, he regularly coaches executives and helps organizations with their innovation and strategy-related challenges.
Education
- MSc Université de Toulouse 1 (2006 — 2007)
- BA Sabancı Üniversitesi (2001 — 2006)
- High school Izmir Ataturk Lisesi (1997 — 2001)
Companies
- Professor of Innovation Strategy Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (2022)
- Head, Innovation Management section Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (2021)
- Associate Professor of Innovation Management Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (2017 — 2022)
- Assistant Professor of Innovation Management Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (2012 — 2017)
- PhD Candidate Erasmus Research Institute of Management (2008 — 2012)
- Co-founder Oymetre.com (2011 — 2011)
- Internal controller Unilever (2007 — 2009)
Videos
Murat Tarakci - Storing and Sharing Data
Behavioral Strategy Video Series: Caroline Fry & Murat Tarakci
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