TURANAY CANER - Poole College of Management - North Carolina ...

TURANAY CANER
Address:
North Carolina State University
Jenkins Graduate School of Management
Campus Box 7229
Raleigh, NC 27695
E-mail:
tcaner@ncsu.edu
Phone: 919 515 6946
Fax: 919 515 6943
DISSERTATION
Title: “Geographical Clusters, Alliance Network Structure, and Innovation in the US
Biopharmaceutical Industry”
PUBLICATIONS
• Madhavan, R., Caner, T., Prescott, J., Koka, B. (2008). “Bringing the Firm Back in:
Networking as Antecedent to Network Structure.” In J.A.C. Baum and T.J. Rowley
(eds.), Network Strategy: Advances in Strategic Management, 25 (Oxford UK:
JAI/Elsevier).
RESEARCH SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW
• Caner, T. and Prescott, J. “Alliance Network Structure and Innovation: The Effects of
Geographic Location and Endogeneity”. Under 1 st review at SMJ.
OTHER COMPLETED MANUSCRIPTS
• Caner, T. and Bruyaka, O. “Alliance portfolio Diversity: Antecedents and Implications
for Firm performance”.
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
• Caner, T. and Bruyaka, O. “Alliance portfolio Diversity: Antecedents and Implications
for Firm performance”.
• Bruyaka, O. and Caner, T. “Extracting Benefits from Diversity: Relative Contribution of
Alliance Content and Partner Diversity to Firm Performance”.
• Caner, T. and Tyler, B. “The Effect of Alliance Portfolio Orientations on Radical and
Incremental Innovation in the US Biopharmaceutical Industry”.
• Caner, T. “How do Acquirer Firms’ Radical and Incremental Innovations Affect their
M&A Decision in the Biopharmaceutical Industry”
• Caner, T. and Cohen, S. “The Moderating Effect of Firm Resources for Innovation Types
and Financial Performance Relationship”.
• Iriyama, A., and Caner, T. “The Influence of Firm’s Knowledge Structure on Alliance
Termination”.
• Caner, T. and Prescott, J. “The Impact of Geographical Location and Alliance Networks
on Innovation in the US Biopharmaceutical Industry”.
RESEARCH and TEACHING INTERESTS
• Strategic Management, Alliance Networks, Social Network Analysis, Absorptive
Capacity, Geography of Competition and Geographic Clusters, Innovation,
Pharmaceutical/ Biotech Industry
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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
• Putting Different Eggs in One Basket: Antecedents and Consequences of Alliance
Portfolio Diversity. Strategic Management Society Conference, Cologne, Germany, 2008.
• The Influence of Firm's Knowledge Structure on Alliance Termination. Strategic
Management Society Conference, Cologne, Germany, 2008.
• Antecedents and Implications of Alliance Portfolio Diversity. Mid-Atlantic Strategy
Conference, VA, 2008.
• The Moderating Effect of Firm Resources for Innovation Types and Financial
Performance Relationship. Academy of Management Conference, Anaheim, 2008.
• The Moderating Effect of Firm Resources for Innovation Types and Financial
Performance Relationship. Strategic Management Society Conference, San Diego, CA,
2007.
• The Impact of Geographical Location and Alliance Networks on Innovation in the US
Biopharmaceutical Industry. Academy of Management Conference, Philadelphia, 2007
• Geographical Location, Social Capital, and Innovation in the US Biopharmaceutical
Industry Academy of Management Conference, Atlanta, 2006.
• Absorptive Capacity as Real Options, Academy of Management Conference, Seattle, 2003.
RESEARCH GRANTS
• NCSU, College of Management, FRPD grant 2008-2009, $5,337.
• University of Pittsburgh, J. M. Katz Graduate School of Business, Dean's Office Research
Support - 2005/06 with Prof. John Prescott
• University of Pittsburgh, International Business Center, Research Fund – 2005/06
• Recap Inc. Use of Alliance Database.
EDUCATION
• Ph.D., Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, PA, 2007.
• MBA, Providence College, Providence, RI.
• B. Sc. Management, METU, Ankara, Turkey.
INDUSTRY WORK EXPERIENCE
• Work Experience in the USA and Turkey, in service and manufacturing industries.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
• Ad-hoc Reviewer, Organization Science, 2007, 2008.
• Facilitator, Academy of Management Meetings, Honolulu, HI, August, 2005
• Reviewer, Academy of Management Meetings, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009
• Reviewer, Strategic Management Society Meetings, 2008, 2009.
• Reviewer, Special Issue of Strategic Management Journal: The Global Acquisition,
Protection, and Leveraging of Technological Competencies, 2003.
COURSES TAUGHT
• Bus 480: Strategic Management, 2 sections, Fall 2007 and 1 section spring 2008.
• MBA 500: Strategic Management, 1 section spring & 2 sections fall 2008.
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Work in Progress: Status
Title Co-author(s) Status
Bringing the Firm Back In: Networking as
Antecedent to Network Structure
Alliance Network Structure and Innovation: The
Effects of Geographic Location and Endogeneity
Alliance portfolio Diversity: Antecedents and
Implications for Firm performance
Extracting Benefits from Diversity: Relative
Contribution of Alliance Content and Partner
Diversity to Firm Performance
The Effect of Alliance Portfolio Orientations on
Radical and Incremental Innovation in the US
Biopharmaceutical Industry
How do Acquirer Firms’ Radical and
Incremental Innovations Affect their M&A
Decision in the Biopharmaceutical Industry
The Moderating Effect of Firm Resources for
Innovation Types and Financial Performance
Relationship
The Influence of Firm’s Knowledge Structure on
Alliance Termination
Ravi Madhavan
University of Pittsburgh
John Prescott
University of Pittsburgh
Balaji Koka
Arizona State University
John Prescott
University of Pittsburgh
Olga Bruyaka
Virginia Tech
Olga Bruyaka
Virginia Tech
Beverly Tyler
NCSU
Forthcoming
Advances in Strategic Management, Volume 25,
Network Strategy (June 2008)
Edited by Joel A.C. Baum and Tim J. Rowley
Under 1 st review at SMJ
Manuscript completed, will be out for friendly
reviews. March, 2009
Data coding in progress for partner diversity.
March, 2009
Data analysis in progress, March, 2009.
- Data collection for M&A is in progress, March,
2009.
Susan Cohen
University of Pittsburgh
Akie Iriyama
University of Pittsburgh/
SUNY-Buffalo
Paper presented at SMS, 2007, San Diego
A new version has been accepted to be presented
at AOM 2008, Anaheim, CA.
Data expansion in progress, March, 2009.
Proposal presented for funding to FRPD, NCSU.
Will begin data analysis; data analysis in
progress, March, 2009.
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