PhD Defence: Emre Karali

Emre Karali was born on the 12th of October, 1991, in Enschede. After finishing his Bachelor’s in Economics and Business and his Master’s in Urban, Port and Transport Economics, he started as a PhD Candidate at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam. He chose for this trajectory because of his interest in why some organizations are successful whereas others are not. In this regard, his research interests include change, competitive advantange, dynamic capabilities, healthcare management, innovation, organizational design and organizational routines.

Emre’s work has been presented at great amount and variety of conferences, such as the Academy of Management Annual Conferences (Anaheim, 2016; Atlanta, 2017), the Competence-Based Strategic Management Conference (Bochum, 2015), European Academy of Management Conference (Paris, 2016), European Group for Organization Studies (Rotterdam, 2014; Athens, 2015; Naples, 2016; Copenhagen, 2017), the International Symposium on Process Organization Studies (Koš, 2015; Koš, 2017) and the Strategic Management Society Annual Conferences (Denver, 2015; Berlin, 2016).
Aside from generic paper presentations, Emre has been invited to, and has consequently presented at, symposia that were held at the Academy of Management Annual Conferences in Anaheim (2016) and Atlanta (2017).  He has also chaired a variety of the sessions at the conferences he attended, such as at the Strategic Management Society Annual Conference in Denver (2015) and at Academy of Management Annual Conference in Anaheim (2016). Emre has participated in competitive paper development workshops, such as the AMR-OMT Paper Development Workshop in Rotterdam (2016) and the OMT Doctoral Consortium in Anaheim (2016). In addition, Emre has co-hosted an international community at the Rotterdam School of Management, called the ‘Routines.Research.Community’, that researches the dynamics of routines.

Emre has a publication in the journal of Management and Organization Review. Also, Emre has written a book chapter on the role of dynamic capabilities in healthcare innovation, which will be part of a book that is planned to be published this year by a leading publisher. His article in which he researches how organizations as problem-solving entities can solve problems of varying complexities in a variety of ways (Chapter 3 of his dissertation), has been nominated for the best conference paper award at Strategic Management Society Annual Conference in Berlin (2016). All of his articles are either under review at leading academic journals, or are very close to submission.

Currently, aside from his position as PhD Candidate, Emre holds a position as researcher at the Erasmus School of Accounting and Assurance (ESAA), where he continues with his research on the relationship between routines and how organizations function. In addition, he investigates the role of softer aspects, such as love, within organizations and as part of leadership and management. From September onwards, Emre will be an Assistant Professor in Strategy at Özyeğin University in Istanbul, while he will also continue with his position at ESAA.