Dr. Gorkem Aksaray

Assistant Professor, School Office Trinity Business School

Biography

Dr. Gorkem Aksaray is an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin. Before joining Trinity College, he served on the faculty at Koç University in Istanbul, Turkey. He holds a PhD in Organization and Management from Emory University, and a MSc in Managerial Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences. His primary research interest is examining mechanisms underlying the dynamics of entrepreneurial entry and exit. He specifically studies structural, spatial, and financial factors affecting mobility into and out of self-employment and performance by utilizing longitudinal panels of individuals and matched aggregate economic data. His research has appeared in major scientific journals and conference proceedings.

Publications and Further Research Outputs

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Gorkem Aksaray; Peter Thompson, Density Dependence of Entrepreneurial Dynamics: Competition, Opportunity Cost, or Minimum Efficient Scale?, Management Science, 64, (5), 2018, p2263 - 2274Journal Article, 2018, DOI
Koparan, Ipek, Aksaray, Gorkem, How do firms use their dynamic capabilities in strategic factor markets? The role of resource rarity, European Management Review, 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI

Employment and job mobility Entrepreneurship Organizational & behavioral theory Strategic human capital

Psychology and cognitive sciences, Economics and Business Administration,

Recognition

Memberships

European Academy of Management Present
Academy of Management Present
Irish Academy of Management Present