Murat KARAÖZ, Ph.D. Suleyman Demirel University Assistant Professor Department of Business Administration, IIBF 32260, Isparta TURKEY Phone: + 90 (246) 211 3084 Via Dean’s Secretary: + 90 (246) 211 3192 Fax: + 90 (246) 237 0920 e-mail: mkaraoz@iibf.sdu.edu.tr Technical University of Lisbon Research Fellow Center for Innovation, Technology and Policy Research/IN+ Instituto Superior Técnico Avª Rovisco Pais 1049-001 Lisbon-PORTUGAL Phone: +351 21 841 7404 Fax: +351 21 849 61 56 e-mail: Muratkaraoz@dem.ist.utl.pt I. EDUCATION • • • Ph.D. in Business Management, Süleyman Demirel University, Social Sciences Institute, 2003 M.A. in Economics, Cleveland State University, Ohio, USA, 1996. B.A. in Economics, Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, 1992 II. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE • March, 2004- Present, Assistant Professor in Department of Business Administration, Suleyman Demirel University • 2000- March, 2004, Lecturer in Department of Business Administration, Suleyman Demirel University • 1997-2000, Research Assistant in Department of Economics, Suleyman Demirel University III. PUBLICATIONS A. PAPERS APPEARED IN NATIONAL JOURNALS IN TURKEY 1. Murat Karaöz, “Balance of Payments in Turkey and an Application on Workers’ Remittance: Time Series Approach, 1970-1995, SDU, Faculty of economics and Administrative Sciences Journal, Vol 3, Fall 1998, Isparta, pp. 55-62. (In Turkish). 2. Murat Karaöz, “Effects of Highways on Economic Performance”, Economics Journal of Alumni Association of Istanbul University, Special Issue on Transportation Economics, November 1999, No 395, pp. 71-75. (In Turkish). 3. Abdullah Eroğlu, Murat Karaöz, “An Economic Discrete Time –Varying Demand Lot Sizing Model Considering The Bounded Learning Case: A Net Present Value Framework”, Gazi University Journal of Art and Science Institute, July 2001, Vol 14, No 3, pp. 969-979. 4. Mesut Albeni, Murat Karaöz, “Learning, Knowledge Accumulation and Innovation in Regional Development: A Perspective for Turkey”, SDU, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Journal, 8 (2), pp. 157-170, 2003. (In Turkish). 5. Murat Karaöz, Mesut Albeni, “Economic Development and Modern Innovation Theory”, SDU, Faculty of economics and Administrative Sciences Journal, 8 (3), pp. 191-210, 2003. (In Turkish). 6. Murat Karaöz, Bekir S. Oğuztürk, “Innovation in Regional Development: A Survey Investigation on the Lakes Region”, Journal of Management Studies of Çanakkale University, Vol. 2 (1), pp. 109-127, 2004. (In Turkish). 7. Murat Karaöz, “Technological Learning in Manufacturing Industries”, Gazi Universtiy, IIBF Journal, forthcoming, 2005. (In Turkish). 8. Murat Karaöz, Bekir Gövdere, “An Analysis of Spatial Distribution of Exports in Turkey: Lorenz Curve Approach”, Journal and Trade and Tourism Faculty of Gazi University, forthcoming, 2004. (In Turkish). B. INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS 9. Abdullah Eroğlu, Murat Karaöz, “Generalized Formula for the Periodic Linear Gradient Series Payment in a Skip Payment Loan with Arbitrary Skips”, The Engineering Economist, Vol 47 (1), pp.75-83, 2002. 10. Murat Karaöz, Mesut Albeni, “Dynamic Technological Learning Trends in Turkish Manufacturing Industries”, Technological Forecasting & Social Change, article in press, 2004. Available online: http://www.sciencedirect.com C. CONFERENCE PAPERS 11. Hasan İbicioğlu, Murat Karaöz, “A Survey Study on Creativity of Companies in Turkey”, 9th National Congress on Management and Organisation, 24 – 26 May 2001, Silivri, Istanbul, pp. 567-578. (In Turkish). 12. Murat Karaöz, Mesut Albeni, "An Evaluation on Technological Efforts in Turkey: Patent Activities", 3th Annual Information Technologies Congress, 7-9 October, 2004, Denizli, Turkey. (In Turkish). Available online: http://www.inovasyon.org IV. PROJECTS • Western Mediterranean Development Project, Supported by Federation of Turkish Chambers of Commerce and Markets. Preparation of Manufacturing Sector report, TOBB, 2002, Duty in the Project: Identifying the current situation and forecasting the future of the industries in some provinces of the Western Mediterranean region of Turkey. • Member of the Provincial Development Plan Team. The plan is to be submitted to Provincial Government Office. V. ACADEMIC RESEARCH INTERESTS Economics of Innovation and Technology, Regional Economics, Mathematical Economics, Entrepreneurship, New Business formation and Survival. VI. COURSES THOUGHT IN THE BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS DEPARTMENTS SINCE 2000 General Mathematics (I & II), Regional Economics, Industrial Organization, Math of Finance, Microeconomics.