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BURCU KÖR

BURCU KÖR

Associate Professor
Amsterdam

Summary

My vision is to work in a research university that facilitates both teaching and research by combining theory with practice. I am eager to create new knowledge through research, addressing the needs of industry and society. I also value motivating students to engage with their learning that helps them to develop the knowledge, and innovative and critical thinking skills necessary to succeed in the digital era.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
18
18
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages

Work History

Associate Prof.

Financial-Economic Innovation Research Center, Utrecht University Of Applied Sciences
07.2023 - Current
  • Supported multidisciplinary research teams focused on scholarly publication and grant acquisition.
  • Supervised data-driven business master students.

Senior Researcher in Innovation and Entrepreneurship

CAREM (Centre for Applied Research on Business and Economics), Amsterdam University of Applied Science
09.2017
  • Developed research proposals, identified sources of funding to prepare research proposals and submit funding applications.
  • Performed research into digital transformation, innovation and entrepreneurship topics to increase knowledge and to provide valuable contributions.
  • Synthesized data and wrote detailed reports to present research findings to stakeholders.
  • Performed and interpreted (qualitative and quantitative) data analysis results to draw inferences and conclusions.

Visiting Scholar

LM Thapar School of Management, India
01.2016
  • Conducted research projects, gathering data and information from variety of sources.
  • Organized workshops on sustainable entrepreneurship and innovation processes.
  • Mentored students in pre-incubator stage to enhance their entrepreneurial skillsets..

Assistant Prof.

Amsterdam School of International Business, Amsterdam University of Applied Science
09.2017 - 02.2023
  • Curriculum Advisory Board Member.
  • Business Research Course Coordinator.
  • Developed course materials and conducted classes on Introduction to Management, Statistics, Business Research, Information Technology and Innovation Management.
  • Bachelor and Master Thesis Supervision.
  • Organized workshops on Innovation Pressure Cooking, Sustainability and Innovation, and Innovation and Technology.

Assistant Prof.

Northumbria University
01.2018 - 09.2018
  • Developed course material and conducted Global and Transnational Business.

Project Technic Team

Boğaziçi University Cyber Security Center, Istanbul
10.2016 - 08.2017

Research Assistant

Department of Management Information Systems, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul
10.2008 - 08.2017
  • Collected and analyzed research data through experimentation, surveys and leading focus groups.
  • Assisted courses on Statistics; Research Methodology, Enterprise Information Systems, Data Mining and Business Data Communications, Business Program Development (ASP.Net, HTML, CSS), Introduction to Programming and Algorithms (Pascal, C), Systems Analysis and Design, Database Systems

Visiting Scholar

Open University of the Netherlands
01.2011 - 07.2011

Manager and Educational Technologist

Feyziye Schools Foundation, R&D Department, Istanbul
09.2006 - 07.2008

Internship: E-Learning Specialist

IBM, Istanbul
01.2005 - 09.2005

Education

Ph.D. - Business Management and Organization

Istanbul University
01.2008 - 12.2015

M.A. - Management Information Systems

Boğaziçi University
01.2005 - 12.2008

B.S. - Computer and Education Technology

Boğaziçi University
01.2000 - 12.2005

Skills

English (Proficient/Fluent), Dutch (Elementary), Turkish (Native)undefined

Research Goal

My primary research goal is to deepen and extend my research areas in digital innovation processes and promote both international research collaboration and cooperation among faculty members through a threefold strategy. First, I would like to continue my current applied research projects on innovation, investigating the innovation process of SMEs in the digital era. I am also interested in the development of theory and practice in this research line. Second, I would like to continue to publish my research outputs in internationally leading journals and conferences. Third, I am interested in developing skills to get grants by focusing on building both national and international collaborative relationships that complement my research interests, such as digital innovation, innovation processes, individual innovation, digitalization, and sustainability.

Positions

  • Associate Prof., Lectorate Finance Economic Innovation, University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, 07/2023
  • Senior Researcher in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, CAREM (Centre for Applied Research on Business and Economics), Amsterdam University of Applied Science, 09/2017
  • Assistant Prof., Amsterdam School of International Business, Amsterdam University of Applied Science, 09/2017, 02/2023
  • Visiting Scholar, LM Thapar School of Management, India, 01/2016
  • Assistant Prof., Northumbria University, 01/2018, 09/2018
  • Project Technic Team, Boğaziçi University Cyber Security Center, Istanbul, 10/2016, 08/2017
  • Specialist and Research Assistant, Department of Management Information Systems, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, 10/2008, 08/2017
  • Visiting Scholar, University of Texas at Dallas, 07/2011, 02/2012
  • Visiting Scholar, Open University of the Netherlands, 01/2011, 07/2011
  • Manager and Educational Technologist, Feyziye Schools Foundation, R&D Department, Istanbul, 09/2006, 07/2008
  • Internship: E-Learning Specialist, IBM, Istanbul, 01/2005, 09/2005

Publications

  • Evaluating the success of digital transformation and innovation processes of Dutch SMEs, Work in progress, Kör, B. & Wakkee, I.
  • How Organizational Factors Influence Success in Various Types of Innovation, In a journal article submission process, Kör, B.
  • The Double-Edged Sword effect of Women-Only Business Networks, Diana International Research Conference: Women’s Entrepreneurship: Implications for Policy, Sweden, Submitted, Stoker, S., Wakkee, I., & Kör, B.
  • Help! Which AI Should I Choose?, Human-Centred AI in Education and Practice Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 12/2023, Huijgens, H., Eskiyerli, D., & Kör, B.
  • The Influence of Problem-Based Learning Environment on Students’ Innovative and Entrepreneurial Skillset, Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research (IECER), Covilha, Portugal, 10/2023, Kör, B., Wakkee, I., Helmer, J., & Łobacz, K.
  • Digital Transformation In SMES: A Focused Review of The Research Literature, İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Araştırmaları Dergisi, 12, 2, 661-679, Yikilmaz, I., & Kör, B.
  • Letmelerin Kurumsal Sürdürülebilirlik Stratejileriyle İlgili Düzenlemeler ve Destekler (Regulations and Supports about Corporate Sustainability Strategies), İşletmelerde Sürdürlebilirlik Dinamikleri (Dynamics of Organizational Sustainability), Kör, B., Pekdemir, I. M., Second Ed., 404-440, Beta, İstanbul, Turkey
  • Analyzing and Visualising the Trends in Digital Transformation, Digitalization, and Digital maturity, High Tech Small Firms Conference: the path to excellence in knowledge based entrepreneurship, Munster, Germany, 11/2022, Kör, B.
  • The Role of Problem-Based Learning Approach on Students’ Innovative Behavior and Entrepreneurial Orientation, High Tech Small Firms Conference: the path to excellence in knowledge based entrepreneurship, Kör, B., Helmer, J., & Łobacz, K., 11/2022
  • Innovating Digitally: Developing Problem Based Learning Open Education Resources for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management Education, Conference research article submission process, Kör, B., Helmer, J. & Łobacz, K., 2022
  • Antecedents of Individual Innovative Behavior in the Digital Era, Academy of Management Meeting (AOM), 2022, Kör, B.
  • Analysing and visualising the trends in knowledge management: towards a normative knowledge management framework, International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies, 13, 1, 1-32, Kör, B., Mutlutürk, M., & Caniëls, M. C.
  • Addressing food loss and waste prevention, British Food Journal, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print, Kör, B., Krawczyk, A., & Wakkee, I.
  • How to promote managers’ innovative behavior at work: Individual factors and perceptions, Technovation, Kör, B., Wakkee, I., & van der Sijde, P.
  • Innovating digitally for services: A review of innovation process literature focused on digital innovation and service innovation, Procedia Computer Science, 192, 2797-2806, Helmer, J., Łobacz, K., Kör, B., & Wakkee, I.
  • Understanding human aspects for an effective information security management implementation, International Journal of Applied Decision Sciences, 14, 2, 105-122, Kör, B., & Metin, B.
  • The Role of Edge/Fog Computing Security in IoT and Industry 4.0 Infrastructures: Edge/Fog-Based Security in Internet of Things, Handbook of Research on Information and Records Management in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, 211-222, Mutluturk, M., Kör, B., & Metin, B.
  • Addressing Food Loss And Waste Prevention, ACIEK 2021- Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Knowledge Academy Conference, Best paper award in a high-quality piece of research, Kör, B., Krawczyk, A. C. & Wakkee, I.
  • An Investigation of Factors Influencing Entrepreneurial Intention amongst University Students, Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, 20, 1, Kör, B., Wakkee, I., & Mutlutürk, M.
  • How to Facilitate Different Types of Innovation Activities in Organizations?, Academy of Management Proceedings, 2020, 1, 13778, Academy of Management
  • Tech Scale-Ups in the Amsterdam City Region, Hogeschool van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, van Winden, W., Kör, B., Sierhuis, D., & Grijsbach, P.
  • Tackling Food Waste: Factors that influence food waste, Management Sciences and Future Challenges, 236, Cracow-Münster, Kör, B., Schreurs, E., & Wakkee, I.
  • Information Security Behaviour: The Influence of Organizational and Individual Factors, INEKA- Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Knowledge Academy Conference, Verona, Italy, 06/2019, Kör, B., Şentürk, T., Uzundönekoğlu, S., Metin B.
  • The Development of Entrepreneurial Intention amongst University Students: The Influence of Individual and Contextual Factors, Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research (IECER): Entrepreneurship for a Better Future, Utrecht, Netherlands, 10/2019, Kör, B., Wakkee, I., & Mutlutürk, M.
  • How to facilitate different types of innovation in an organization through entrepreneurial orientation and knowledge management, High Tech Small Firms 2019 Conference, Enschede, Netherlands, 05/2019, Kör, B.
  • Country of Origin Criteria for Digitalization with National IT Products, International Management Information Systems Conference 2019, Istanbul, Turkey, 10/2019, Özdemir, S., Mutlutürk, M., Kör, B., & Metin, B.
  • How to Promote Managers’ Innovative Behavior at Work: Effects of Innovativeness, Self-Leadership, Risk Taking and Gender Difference, High Technology Small Firms Conference on Science-based Business and Entrepreneurship, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 06/2017, Kör, B., Wakkee, I., & van der Sijde, P.
  • Revealing Trends in Knowledge Management Research: From 2010 to 2015, Istanbul
  • Niversitesi Isletme Fakültesi Dergisi, 46, Special Issue, 18, Kör, B.
  • Letmelerin Kurumsal Sürdürülebilirlik Stratejileriyle İlgili Düzenlemeler ve Destekler (Regulations and Supports about Corporate Sustainability Strategies), İşletmelerde Sürdürlebilirlik Dinamikleri (Dynamics of Organizational Sustainability), Kör, B., Pekdemir, I. M., 404-434, Beta, İstanbul, Turkey
  • Revealing Trends in Knowledge Management Research: From 2010 to 2016, İstanbul
  • Niversitesi İşletme İktisadı Enstitisü, Kör, B.
  • The Mediating Effects of Self-Leadership on Perceived Entrepreneurial Orientation and Innovative Work Behavior in the Banking Sector, SpringerPlus, 5, 1, 1829, Kör, B.
  • The relationship between knowledge management and innovation in Turkish Service and High-Tech Firms, International Journal of Business and Social Science, 4, 4, Kör, B., & Maden, C.
  • Evaluation and Efficiency of E-Learning Systems: Measuring the Success and Effectiveness of E-learning Systems with Test Tools, LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbrücken, Germany, Kör, B.
  • Impact of Knowledge Management on Innovation, European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 766, Academic Conferences International Limited, Pinar, I., & Kör, B.
  • Evaluation of Learning Management Systems with Test Tools, EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology, 2008, 1, 5261-5266, Kor, B., & Tanrikulu, Z.
  • Evaluation of E-Learning Systems: Standards and Choosing Test Tools, 2nd International Future-Learning Conference on Innovations in Learning for the Future 2008: E-Learning, 764-771, Kör, B., & Tanrıkulu, Z.

References

  • Prof. Dr. Ingrid Wakkee, Scientific Director, Center for Economic Transformation at Amsterdam University of Applied Science, i.a.m.wakkee@hva.nl, +31 6211 55094
  • Prof. Dr. Padmakumar Nair, Director, LM Thapar School of Management, India, pnair@thapar.edu, +91 82880 08191

Projects

Twin Green & Digital Transition, Developing Digital Dynamic Capabilities in Food & Beverage Sector, RAAK MKB Application, 03/2024 Dynamic Digital Change Agents in Food & Beverage Sector, Funded: Erasmus+ Program, Leading researcher at Amsterdam University of Applied Science, MKB Digital Workspace, University of Szczecin (Poland), Münster University of Applied Science(Germany), Momentum (Ireland), 2024, 2027 Digital Innovation, Funded: Erasmus+ Program, ID: KA203-6D66909, Leading researcher at Amsterdam University of Applied Science, Münster University of Applied Science, Momentum Marketing Services Limited, Ireland, European Universities Continuing Education Network, Belgium and European E-Learning Institute, Denmark, 2020, 2022 Digital Dynamic Capabilities and Innovation Management Online Course, Funded: COIL Grant Proposal, California State Polytechnical University MKB Digital Workspace Project, Funded: the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate, the Province of Noord-Holland, the Municipality of Amsterdam and Rabobank Amsterdam, Leading researcher in monitoring the results of digitalization processes of Dutch SMEs, 2020, 2023 Tech Scale-Ups in the Amsterdam City Region, Funded: Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences Research Fund, van Winden, W., Kör, B, Sierhuis, D. and Grijsbach, P.M.J., 2019, 2020 Mapping Microplastics: Collaborative social media analysis for social entrepreneurs, Funded: Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences Research Fund, Burcu Kör, Julia Planko, Wouter Meys, Carlo De Gaetano, Federica Bardelli and Maarten Groen, 2019, 2020 The Effects of Knowledge Management Processes on Different Innovation Types, Burcu Kör and Prof. Dr. Meltem Özturan, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Boğaziçi University Scientific Research Fund, 2016 Identifying Success Criteria of E-Learning Systems at Online Graduate Degree Program in Turkey and Evaluation of E-learning Systems, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Boğaziçi University Scientific Research Fund, 08/2007, 2008 The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey/ 2214, Leadership Center of University of Texas at Dallas, 07/2011, 02/2012

Additional Information

Research Interest: Innovation ecosystem, Digital Innovation, Individual Innovation, Digital Platforms, SMEs’ Digital Transformation, Digital Maturity, Entrepreneurship, Knowledge Management and Sustainability.

Computer &Research Skills: SPSS, SEM AMOS, R, Scientometric and bibliometric analysis, MAXQDA, Weka, Rapidminer, Netsis, Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, MS Project, Database (Access, SQL)

Languages: English (Proficient/Fluent), Dutch (Elementary), Turkish (Native)

Software

SEM AMOS

Microsoft Power BI

Database (Access, SQL)

Interests

Innovation ecosystem

Entrepreneurship

Digital Innovation

Sustainability

Timeline

Associate Prof.

Financial-Economic Innovation Research Center, Utrecht University Of Applied Sciences
07.2023 - Current

Assistant Prof.

Northumbria University
01.2018 - 09.2018

Senior Researcher in Innovation and Entrepreneurship

CAREM (Centre for Applied Research on Business and Economics), Amsterdam University of Applied Science
09.2017

Assistant Prof.

Amsterdam School of International Business, Amsterdam University of Applied Science
09.2017 - 02.2023

Project Technic Team

Boğaziçi University Cyber Security Center, Istanbul
10.2016 - 08.2017

Visiting Scholar

LM Thapar School of Management, India
01.2016

Visiting Scholar

Open University of the Netherlands
01.2011 - 07.2011

Research Assistant

Department of Management Information Systems, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul
10.2008 - 08.2017

Ph.D. - Business Management and Organization

Istanbul University
01.2008 - 12.2015

Manager and Educational Technologist

Feyziye Schools Foundation, R&D Department, Istanbul
09.2006 - 07.2008

Internship: E-Learning Specialist

IBM, Istanbul
01.2005 - 09.2005

M.A. - Management Information Systems

Boğaziçi University
01.2005 - 12.2008

B.S. - Computer and Education Technology

Boğaziçi University
01.2000 - 12.2005
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