The University of Texas at Dallas,International Management Studies, | Richardson, TX

The University of Texas at Dallas, Management and Administrative Sciences | Richardson, TX

Boğaziçi University, Economics | Istanbul, Turkey

Dr. İrem Demirkan obtained her B.Sc. from Boğaziçi University, Department of Economics in 2000; M.A. in Management and Administrative Sciences from The University of Texas at Dallas in 2006; and Ph.D. in International Management Studies and Strategic Management from the same university in 2007. After completing her Ph.D., Dr. Demirkan worked in various prestigious academic institutions in United States, where she taught entrepreneurship, strategic management, and international management courses. Her areas of research are innovation strategy, organizational networks, executive decision-making, and the strategic implications of blockchain technology. Her research focuses on how strategy is enacted through practice, particularly in dynamic and innovation-driven environments. She has published articles in prestigious management journals including Management Science, Journal of Management, Journal of Business Research, IEEE-Transactions on Engineering Management, Group Decision and Negotiation, R&D Management among others.

Journal Articles

• Lukoianove, T., Mihalache-Okeef, A., Demirkan, I., Jiang, C., Chintakananda, A., & White III, G. O. (2025). Emerging methodologies in socio-political risk research: An introduction. Journal of International Management, 101264. Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
• Acikgoz, A., Demirkan, I., Dayan, M., Acikgoz, F., & Latham, G. P. (2024). The relationship among informational diversity, dynamic capabilities, and innovative performance in turbulent environments: evidence from R&D teams. R&D Management, 55 (1), 87-107. SSCI
• Kiessling, T. S., Demirkan, S., & Demirkan, I. (2023). CEO and Ecosystem Knowledge Management for Firm Performance. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 71, 9426-9439, SSCI
• Li, J., Demirkan, I., Lee, Y., & Cortes, A. F. (2022). Guest editorial New trends in entrepreneurship: a global context. New England Journal of Entrepreneurship, 25(1), 2-4.
• Demirkan, I., Srinivasan, R., & Nand, A. (2022). Innovation in SMEs: the role of employee training in German SMEs. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development. 29 (3), 421-440. Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
• Acikgoz, A., Demirkan, I., Latham, G. P., & Kuzey, C. (2021). The relationship between unlearning and innovation ambidexterity with the performance of new product development teams. Group Decision and Negotiation, 30(4), 945-982.SSCI
• Demirkan, S., Demirkan, I., and McKee, A. (2020) “Blockchain Technology in the future of Business”, Journal of Management Analytics, 7 (2), SSCI
• Demirkan, I., Demirkan, S., and Kiessling, T. (2020) “Predicting Unethical Actions by Top Management: Development of An Antecedent Measure, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, SSCI
• Demirkan, I., Yang, Q., and Jiang, C. (2019) “Corporate Entrepreneurship of Emerging Market Firms: Current research and future directions”, New England Journal of Entrepreneurship
• Demirkan, I. (2018) “The impact of firm resources on innovation”, European Journal of Innovation Management, 21 (4): 672-694.- SSCI
• Demirkan, S., & Demirkan, I. (2017) “The strategic role of non-audit services on audit market”, Journal of Accounting and Finance, 17(3): 42-53.
• Demirkan, I. (2015) “Resource diversity in cross-border joint ventures and performance implications” International Journal of Strategic Business Alliances, 4 (4): 221-243.
• Demirkan, S. and Demirkan, I. (2014) “Implications of strategic alliances for earnings quality and capital market investors” Journal of Business Research, 67: 1806-1816.- SSCI
• Ozer, M., Demirkan, I., and Gokalp, O. (2013). “Collaboration networks and innovation: Does corporate lobbying matter?” Journal of Strategy and Management, 6(3): 286-308.- ESCI
• Demirkan, I., David L. Deeds, and Demirkan, S. (2013). “Exploring the role of network characteristics, knowledge quality, and inertia on the evolution of scientific networks”, Journal of Management, 39(6): 1462-1489. – SSCI
• Demirkan, I. and Demirkan, S. (2012). “Network Characteristics and Patenting in Biotechnology, 1990- 2006”, Journal of Management, 38(6): 1892-1927.- SSCI
• Demirkan, I. and Demirkan, S. (2010). “The effect of industry life cycles and strategic allianceson employment contract modeling”, Global Economics and Management Review, 16: 115-129.
• Lin, Z.J., Yang, H. and Demirkan, I. (2007). “The performance consequences of ambidexterity in strategic alliance formations: Empirical investigation and computational theorizing”, Management Science, 53: 1645-1658.- SSCI

Book Chapters

• Their Impact on Firm Innovation Output”. In Barak S. Aharonson, Shmuel Ellis, Israel Drori, Terry L. Amburgey, Uriel Stettner (Ed.), Technology, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Competitive Strategy (2013th ed., vol. 13). Emerald Publishing, ISBN: 978-1-78190-489-3
• Demirkan, I. (2014). Aile Şirketlerinde Yenilikcilik: Radikal-Koklu ve Marjinal Artan Yenilikcilik Faaliyetlerini Etkileyen Faktorler. Ulusal Yönetim ve Organizasyon Kitabı, ISBN: 9978-605-4769-66-7, sayfa: 116-126.

Books

• Demirkan, I, (2025). Blokzincir Teknolojisinin Yönetim ve Organizasyon Stratejileri etkisi üstüne Kuramsal Yaklaşımlar, Gazi Kitabevi, Çankaya / Ankara. ISBN: 9786253659691

Conference Proceedings:

• Demirkan, I., Srinivasan, R., and Nand, A. (2018) Innovation in SMEs: The Role of Effective Resource and Knowledge Management Capabilities, 2018 Academy of Management Proceedings, (1), 15436.
• Demirkan, I, Demirkan, S. (2018) Predicting Unethical Actions of Managers: The Case of Corporate Asset Purchases, Academy of Management Proceedings (1), 15412
• Acikgoz, A, Demirkan, I, and Kuzey, C. (2018) Team Unlearning, Innovation Ambidexterity, andNew Product Development Performance, Academy of Management Proceedings (1), 11373
• Demirkan, I. (2015) Which Resources Matter the Most to Firm Innovation? A Study of the US Biotechnology Industry, Academy of Management Proceedings (1), 14746
• Demirkan, I., & Deeds, D. L. (2009). When Metworks Matter: Network Content and Innovation Output (Summary) Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, 29(15), 2.
• Demirkan, I. and Deeds, D.L. (2007). “Research collaboration networks and innovation output” Academy of Management Conference Proceedings, p1-p6.

Under Review and Works in Progress

• Managerial Ability, CEO Overconfidence, and Firm Value, Journal of Business Research, with Tuba Toksoz, Seb Demirkan, Barry Mishra (Revise & Resubmit)
• The impact of CEO Overconfidence on firm performance: A Firm’s life cycle perspective Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics, with Tuba Toksoz, Seb Demirkan, & Barry Mishra (Revise & Resubmit)
• Selecting Best-Fit Alliance Decision Makers to Minimize Bias and Enhance Alliance Performance, Jeffrey Cummings (under review) Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4649365 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4649365, with
• Microfoundations of Strategic Action: A Comparative Case Study of Top Management Teams with Fulya Almaz, Mehmet Barca & Beykan Cizel (under review) Available at SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm?abstractid=5293454
• Blockchain: Are Managers Linked In?, with Andrea Lamoreaux and Natalie Gerhardt (working paper)
• Immigrant Employee Silence, with Clara Ma (working paper)