Dr. Zeynep Erden Özkol

Education

2014-2017 : ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Senior researcher at the Chair of Strategic Management and Innovation, Prof. Georg von Krogh

Dec 2010-2014: ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Post Doc at the Chair of Strategic Management and Innovation, Prof. Georg von Krogh

July 2006-Dec 2010: ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Research Assistant and Doctoral Student at the Chair of Strategic Management and Innovation, Prof. Georg von Krogh, research focus: Organizational knowledge creation

October 2003-June 2006: RWTH Aachen, Aachen/Germany
Master of Science in Production Engineering (Mechanical Engineering)

September 1998-June 2003: Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering (Major)
Psychology (Minor)

September 1997-June 1998: Süleymançakır High School, Eskişehir, Turkey
September 1995-June 1997: Eskişehir Fatih Science High School, Eskişehir, Turkey
September 1991-June 1995: Eskişehir Anadolu High School, Eskişehir, Turkey

Practical Experience

November 2005-May 2006: Laboratory for Machine Tools of RWTH Aachen (WZL), Germany
Student Assistant in the Department of Production Systematic
February 2003-June 2003: Efes Pilsen Beverage Group, Ankara/Turkey
Project: Optimization of the inventory layout and the shipment of the products
Simulation of the inventory material flow with ARENA
July 2002-August 2002: DaimlerChrysler AG, Kassel/Germany
Internship in the Production Department of Axle Transmission
July 2001-Aug. 2001: FORD OTOSAN, Eskişehir/Turkey
Internship in Production Planning and Axle Production Departments

Publications

• Ben-Menahem, S., von Krogh, G., Erden, Z., Schneider, A. (Forthcoming) “Coordinating Knowledge Creation in Multidisciplinary Teams: evidence from Early-stage drug Discovery,” Academy of Management Journal
• Erden, Z., Klang, D., Sydler, R., & von Krogh, G. (2015). “How can We Signal the Value of Our Knowledge? Knowledge-based Reputation and its Impact on Firm Performance in Science-based Industries” . Long Range Planning, 48(4).
• Erden, Z., Klang, D., Sydler, R., & von Krogh, G. (2014). “Knowledge-flows and firm performance”, Journal of Business Research, 67(1)
• Erden, Z., Schneider, A., & von Krogh, G. (2014). The multifaceted nature of social practices: A review of the perspectives on practice-based theory building about organizations. European Management Journal, 32(5), 712-722.
• Schneider, A., Erden, Z., Widmer, H., Koch, G., Billy, C., & von Krogh, G. (2012). Rethinking leadership in drug discovery projects. Drug discovery today, 17(23), 1258-1262
• Erden, Z., Von Krogh, G., & Kim, S. (2012). Knowledge Sharing in an Online Community of Volunteers: The Role of Community Munificence. European Management Review, 9(4), 213-227
• Erden, Z., & von Krogh, G. (2011). Clusters in the biopharmaceutical industry: toward a new method of analysis. Drug discovery today, 16(9), 450-456
• Erden, Z., von Krogh, G., Nytorp, C., & Hultberg, M. (2009). Strategic groups in the biopharmaceutical industry: implications for performance. Drug discovery today, 14(15), 726-730
• Erden, Z., Von Krogh, G., & Nonaka, I. (2008). The quality of group tacit knowledge. The Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 17(1), 4-18.
• von Krogh, G., Kim, S., & Erden, Z. (2008, October). Fostering the knowledge-sharing behavior of customers in interorganizational healthcare communities. In Network and Parallel Computing, 2008. NPC 2008. IFIP International Conference on (pp. 426-433). IEEE.
• Erden, Z. (2010) Essays on Organizational Knowledge and its Impact on Performance: Towards an Integrative View of Ontological Levels, Doctoral Thesis
  
• Erden, Z. (2006) The Interaction of Complexity and Production Planning, Master Thesis
• Erden, Z. (2005) Current State and Potentials of Backward Simulation in Production Planning, Study-integrated Thesis

Academic Talks and Conferences

• Z. Erden, A. Schneider, G. von Krogh, Uncovering the perspectives to practice-based theory building in 73nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Lake Buena Vista, FL, 06/08 2013
• Z. Erden, A. Schneider, G. von Krogh, A review of the empirical literature on social practices in Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, 10/9 2012
• Z. Erden, D. Klang, R. Sydler, Elitist Firms: Do status and reputation based on knowledge stocks drive firm performance? in 72nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, MA, 08/07 2012
• Z. Erden, A. Schneider, G. von Krogh, A review of the empirical literature on social practices in 28th EGOS Colloquium, Helsinki, Finland, 07/06 2012
• Z. Erden, A. Schneider, G. von Krogh, A review of the empirical literature on social practices in EURAM Annual Conference, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 06/07 2012
• Z. Erden, A. Schneider, G. von Krogh, A Review on Social Practice Literature – Epistemological, Ontological, Political, and Ethical Cuts in MT Research Seminar Series, Zurich, Switzerland, 02/14 2012
• A. Schneider, Z. Erden, G. von Krogh, Enabling Factors for High Quality Group Tacit Knowledge in INFORMS Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC, 11/14 2011
• A. Schneider, Z. Erden, G. von Krogh, Enabling Factors for High Quality Group Tacit Knowledge in Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, Miami, FL, 11/09 2011
• A. Schneider, Z. Erden, G. von Krogh, Researching Sociomateriality in 27th EGOS Colloquium, Gothenburg, Sweden, 07/09 2011
• G. von Krogh, Z. Erden, What drives performance of biopharmaceutical firms in Pharmacology and Toxicology Seminar Series, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, 12/01 2010
• Z. Erden, D. Klang, R. Sydler, G. von Krogh, The Impact of Knowledge Structures on Firm Performance in the Biopharmaceutical Industry in Informs Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, 11/09 2010
• G. von Krogh, Z. Erden, D. Klang, R. Sydler, How Stocks of Knowledge impact on Firm Performance in the Biopharmaceutical Industry in Paper Presentation, Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, Rome, 09/14 2010
• Z. Erden, D. Klang, R. Sydler, G. von Krogh, How Stocks of Knowledge Impact on Firm Performance in the Biopharmaceutical Industry in Knowledge in Organizations Conference, Monte Verità, 05/30 2010
• Z. Erden, D. Klang, R. Sydler, G. von Krogh, Organizational knowledge flow and firm performance in the biopharmaceutical industry in Strategic Management Society Conference, Washington, DC, 10/11-10/14 2009
• Z. Erden, G. von Krogh, S. Kim, Knowledge Sharing in Communities: The Role of 'Community Munificence' in presentation at the INFORMS annual meeting, San Diego, 10/11 2009
• Z. Erden, G. von Krogh, Ce. Nytorp, M. Hultberg, Strategic Groups In The Biopharmaceutical Industry: Implications For Performance in presentation at EURAM in Liverpool, UK, 05/11-05/14 2009
• Z. Erden, G. von Krogh, C. Nytorp, M. Hultberg, Strategic Groups In The Biopharmaceutical Industry: Implications For Performance in presentation at EGOS 2009, Barcelona, 2009
• G. von Krogh, S. Kim, Z. Erden, Fostering the knowledge sharing behavior of customers in interorganizational healthcare communities in IFIP Conference on Network and Parallel Computing, Shanghai, 11/17-20 2008
• Z. Erden, Knowledge Sharing in Inter-Organizational Communities: The Role of Community Building, Knowledge Activist and Leadership in EGOS conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2008
• Z. Erden, The quality of group tacit knowledge, EURAM conference, Ljubljana, 2008
• Z. Erden, Saving lives through community munificence, PhD Seminar: Publishing in Management, Technology, and Innovation, EPFL, Lausanne, 2008
• Z. Erden, Knowledge sharing in communities, EURAM Doctoral Colloquium, Bled, 2008
• Z. Erden, The quality of group-tacit knowledge, AOM Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, 2008
• Z. Erden, The Quality of Group Tacit Knowledge in Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, San Diego, 10/14-17 2007
• G. von Krogh, I. Nonaka, Z. Erden, Speed of socialization in Organizational Knowledge Creation: A model and preliminary results in Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, San Diego, 10/14-17 2007
• Z. Erden, The Quality of Group-Tacit Knowledge, Informs Annual Meeting, Seattle, 2007

Media Coverage

Z. Erden. 2014. “"Kümelenmeyle kapali inovasyondan acik innovasyona" Optimist Dergisi, Mart 2014 Sayisi.

Z. Erden. 2013. “Memories from a Swiss Education”, Swiss Chamber of Commerce in Turkey e-Bulletin, Nr. 06-2013.

Teaching

Practicing Strategy: Elective Course for master students at D-MTEC (2014-...)

Discovering Management: Elective Course for bachelor and for master students (2024-...)

Perspectives on Organizational Knowledge: Theory Course for PhD students at D-MTEC. (2011-...)

Strategic Management: Core Course for master students at D-MTEC (2010-..)

Management Research (Basics of Scientific Work): Elective Course for master students at D-MTEC master students. (2012-...)

Supervisions

Coaching and supervising master thesis at ETH-Zurich.

Spyridon Thomas, who was tutored by Zeynep Erden received the Student Prize 2009 from the SEW-EURODRIVE Foundation due to his outstanding master thesis.

Roshan Tantirimudalige, who was tutored by Zeynep Erden received the ETH Medal Award 2010 for his outstanding Master Thesis

Awards

The article "The quality of group tacit knowledge" written by Zeynep Erden, Georg von Krogh, and Ikujiro Nonaka received JSIS Best Paper Award 2008.

The article "Knowledge Sharing in an Online Community of Volunteers: The Role of Community Munificence" written by Zeynep Erden, Georg von Krogh, and Seonwoo Kim received EMR Best Paper Award 2012.

The article "Knowledge-Flows and Firm Performance" written by Z. Erden, D. Klang, R. Sydler, G. von Krogh received Collaboration Best Paper Award 2012, D-MTEC, ETH Zurich

Organizer

Chair of session, "Organising Creativity For Innovation: Organisational Climate" at EURAM Conference 2013, Istanbul

Extra-curricular Activities

Jury in TIMES Local Qualifications Zurich, December 2010.