BAŞAK TOPALER

Associate Professor
BAŞAK TOPALER

A BLOK 2. KAT 243

+90 (212) 533 65 32 / 1627

CV

Education

Doctorate

Sabancı University
PhD in Management

Master's Degree

Koç University
Industrial Engineering

Bachelor's Degree

Yıldız Technical University
Industrial Engineering

Research Areas

  • Organizational Status
  • Organizational Identity
  • Organization Theory
  • Strategic Management

Work Experience

2016 / Continuing İşletme Bölümü, Dr. Öğretim Üyesi
Kadir Has Üniversitesi

2008 / 2012 Researcher
TÜBİTAK TÜSSİDE

2012 / 2016 Research Assistant
Sabancı University

Publications

  • "Universities between revenue and status: A typology of organizational responses",
    Topaler, Başak; Kayabaşı, Akın; , European Management Review, (2023) DOI: 10.1111/emre.12612
  • "Internationalization at the semi periphery: Alternative forms of practice and the determinants of adoption"
    , Topaler, Başak; , The Internationalization of Higher Education: Concepts, Cases, and Challenges, Contemporary Issues in Higher Education, , Information Age Publishing (IAP) (2023)
  • "Shared Identity Schemas Shape Incumbent Responses to New Entrants",
    Koçak, Özgecan; Topaler, Başak; , Strategy Science, (2023) Vol.8, No.4, 405-425 DOI: 10.1287/stsc.2022.0179
  • "Positioning new identities for appeal: Configurations of optimal distinctiveness amid ancestral identities",
    Topaler, Başak; Koçak, Özgecan; Üsdiken, Behlül; , Strategic Organization, (2023) DOI: 10.1177/1476127021999966
  • "The role of signals in new venture financing in the context of an emerging market: a configurational approach",
    Topaler, Başak; Adar, Gülcan; , International Journal of Emerging Markets, (2023) DOI: 10.1108/IJOEM-08-2022-1234
  • "Shared Identity Schemas Shape Incumbent Responses to New Entrants",
    Topaler, Başak; Koçak, Özgecan; , Strategy Science, (2022) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1287/stsc.2022.0179
  • "The Status Granted to Organizational Identity Characteristics: An Application of the Best-Worst Method and Regression Analysis"
    , Topaler, Başak; Çavdaroğlu, Nur Ayvaz; , International Series in Operations Research and Management Science, , Springer Science + Business Media (2022)
  • "Understanding the relationship between university characteristics and prestige",
    Topaler, Başak; Ayvaz-Çavdaroğlu, Nur; , International Journal of Organizational Analysis, (2022) DOI: 10.1108/IJOA-05-2020-2166
  • "Diffusion of Pure and Hybrid Forms of a Practice: Language of Instruction in Turkish Universities, 1983–2014",
    Topaler, Başak; Üsdiken, Behlül; , European Management Review, (2021) Vol.18, No.2, 173-185 DOI: 10.1111/emre.12439
  • "Judgments of Capability and Conformity as Distinct Forms of Social Judgments, and the Way They Interact to Shape Evaluator Decisions",
    Topaler, Başak; Küp, Eyüp Tolunay; , Social Science Quarterly, (2020) Vol.101, No.4, 1634-1641 DOI: 10.1111/ssqu.12823
  • "Variation in the adoption of a diffusing practice: Instruction in English in Turkish universities",
    Topaler, Başak; Üsdiken, Behlül; , 76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2016, (2016) 1439-1444 DOI: 10.5465/AMBPP.2016.107
  • "How removing prescription drugs from reimbursement lists increases the pharmaceutical expenditures for alternatives",
    Gür Ali, Özden; Topaler, Başak; , European Journal of Health Economics, (2011) Vol.12, No.6, 553-562 DOI: 10.1007/s10198-010-0270-2

Courses Offered

Course Name Course Code Period
Multivariate Data Analysis BA656 2024/25 Spring
Strategic Management BUS402 2024/25 Spring
Strategic Management and Business Simulation MBAD522 2024/25 Fall
Introduction to Business Administration BUS101 2024/25 Fall