Faculty
Dr. Gurkan I Akalin, Assistant Chair of Administration, Associate Professor
Office: 4008 - Lumpkin Hall
Phone: 217-581-6919
Email: giakalin@eiu.edu
Frequently Taught Courses
MBA 5660 - MBA Operations Management
MBA 5500 - MBA Quantitative Modeling
OSC 4820 - Business Analytics and Data Mining
OSC 4810 - Supply Chain and Logistics Management
BUS 3950 - Operations Management
Education
University of Texas at Arlington, College of Business
Ph.D. Business Administration in Management Science
Minor in Finance
Georgia Institute of Technology
Master of Science in Industrial Engineering
Specialization in Manufacturing and Logistics
University of Southern California
BSc. in Industrial & Systems Engineering and Information Systems Engineering
Minor in Economics
Selected Publications
Akalin, G. I. , Corredor. F, Karpak. B., Illia A. (2022). Impacts and Implications of Digital Technology Use in Supply Chain Preparedness and Response During the COVID-19 Pandemic Journal of Information Systems and Technology Management.
Illia, A., Lawson-Body, A., Akalin, G.I. ,White, L. (2022). The impact of innovation resistance, trust, and risk propensity on the use of investment apps. Issues in Information Systems
Akalin, G. I. (2020). How to Merge Business Analytics and Information Systems Curriculum. Western Decision Science Conference Proceedings p. 209 http://wdsinet.org/Annual_Meetings/2020_Proceedings/FinalSubmissions/209.pdf,
Abdiev, J. & Akalin, G. I. (2019). A Close Look Into Supplier Policy Changes in Response to Their Buyers’ Financial Stress, Studies in Business and Economics, 14(1), 5-16.
Illia, A., Lowson-Body, A., Lee, S. & Akalin, G. I. (2018) The Moderating Effect of Motivation to Comply and Perceived Critical Mass in Smartphones' Adoption. International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction, Vol. 14, Issue 3, Article 2.
Akalin, G. I. (2017). Are Decision Sciences Incorporated Sufficiently into Business School Program Designs in the Recent Surge of Business Analytics Field? Management Research in Practice, Vol. 9, Issue 4, pp. 22-37.
Akalin, G. I. & Prater, E. L. (2017) The Impact of the Late 2000s Global Financial Crisis on Trade Credit in Eastern Europe. Northeast Decision Sciences Institute Conference. Springfield, MA. 2017. Proceedings pp. 1024-1049.
Akalin, G. I., Huang, Z. & Willems, J. R. (2016). Is Supply Chain Management Replacing Operations Management in the Business Core Curriculum? Operations and Supply Chain Management: An International Journal (OSCM Journal), Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 119-130.
Akalin, G. I. & Prater, E. L. (2015). The Global Crisis of the Late 2000s and Currency Substitution: A Study of Three Eastern European Economies Russia, Turkey and Ukraine. Journal of Central Banking Theory and Practice, 4(2), 5-22.
Akalin, G. I. (2013). Allocating Marketing and Quality Spending in the Presence of Word-of-Mouth Effects. The Service Management and Science Forum Conference, Las Vegas, NV. 2013 Proceedings (Reviewed Conference Proceedings).
Akalin, G. I. & Prater, E. L. (2010). 529 Plans During the Global Financial Crisis of 2008, a Condensed Study on Returns and Volatilities of 529 Plans. Southwest Decision Sciences Institute Conference, Dallas, TX. Proceedings.
