Lecturer of Strategic Management

Member of the School of Strategy and Entrepreneurship in the Australian School of Business

PhD in Organizations and Markets, Chicago GSB
MBA in Strategy, Middle East Technical University (METU)
BSc (Honors), MSc Electrical and Electronics Engineering, METU
BSc (Double Major, Honors) Mathematics, METU

Research Interests

Theoretical Interests
Social Network Analysis
Evolution of Networks
Social Exchange Theory
Organizational Ecology

Empirical Areas of Interest
Venture Capital Industry
Biotechnology

CV

Publications

Dobrev, Stanislav D., Salih Zeki Ozdemir, and Albert C. Teo, 2006, “The Ecological Interdependence of Emergent and Established Organizational Populations: Legitimacy Transfer, Violation by Comparison, and Unstable Identities”, Organization Science, 17(5):577-597

Stuart, Toby E., Salih Zeki Ozdemir, and Waverly W. Ding. 2007. "Vertical alliance networks: The case of University-biotechnology-pharmaceutical alliance chains.", Research Policy, 36:477-498.

Zhong, Xing and Salih Zeki Ozdemir, 2007, "Structure, Dynamics, and the Rate of Innovation: An Agent-based Model", Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings.

Working Papers
Zhong, Xing and Salih Zeki Ozdemir, "Structure, Learning and The Speed of Innovating: A Two Phase Model of Collective Innovation Using Agent Based Modeling" (Under Review).

Recent Conference Presentations
“Social Balance Sheet, Social Capital and Reciprocation in the US VC Industry” Presented at Academy of Management Conference, Philadelphia, PA, August 2007

“Structure, Dynamics, and the Rate of Innovation: An Agent-based Model” Presented at Academy of Management Conference, Philadelphia, PA, August 2007 (with Xing Zhong)

“Can I Trust You For A Relation? Social Assets and Social Liabilities on Selecting Recipient of First Co-investment in the US VC Industry” Presented at Academy of Management Conference, Atlanta, GA, August 2006

“Legitimation, Agglomeration and Focused Identities in the Creation of New U.S. Venture Capital Firms” Presented at London Business School, Breaking Boundaries – Next Generation Entrepreneurship Conference, London, England, 2006 (with Stanislav D. Dobrev)

“Emergence of Innovation in Social Structure” Presented at Academy of Management Conference, Honolulu, HI, 2005 (with Xing Zhong)

“The Ecological Interdependence of Emergent and Established Organizational Populations: Financial Cooperatives and Commercial Banks in Singapore, 1925-1995” Presented at American Sociological Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA, 2005 (with Stanislav D. Dobrev and Albert Teo)

Current teaching activities
MBA Program

• Strategy
• Strategies for Growth

Contact details
Tel: +61 2 9385 9728
Fax: +61 2 9385 5722

Room 570, ASB
Email: salih.ozdemir@agsm.edu.au