Prof. dr. M. (Murat) Tarakci

Rotterdam School of Management (RSM)
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Fellow ERIM
Field: Logistics & Information Systems
Affiliated since 2008

Murat Tarakci is Professor of Innovation Strategy at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. 

Murat's mission is to create a positive impact by inciting innovative organizations well-poised to address the world’s current challenges. His research and education activities focus on how organizations formulate and execute strategies to manage innovations. An innovation strategy inspires, directs, and calibrates innovation activities to achieve the organization’s strategic-level goals and to tackle the world's problems.

His research has been published in leading academic journals such as Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, and Journal of Operations Management. His research has also been featured in popular media outlets, including Financial Times and Harvard Business Review.

Murat recognizes that an organization’s ability to innovate for the greater good requires a collaborative effort. Accordingly, he regularly coaches executives and helps organizations with their innovation and strategy-related challenges.

 

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Publications

  • Academic (16)
    • van Balen, T., & Tarakci, M. (2024). Recruiting Talent through Entrepreneurs’ Social Vision Communication. Organization Science, 35(1), 326-345. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2023.1671

    • Sting, F. J., Tarakci, M., & Recker, J. (Accepted/In press). Performance Implications of Digital Disruption in Strategic Competition. MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/378395051_Performance_Implications_of_Digital_Disruption_in_Strategic_Competition

    • Heyden, M. L. M., Tarakci, M., Rouleau, L., & Raes, A. (2023). Remembering Steven W. Floyd's Impact on Middle Management Research. Journal of Management Studies, 60(7), 1924-1928. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12992

    • Tarakci, M., Heyden, M. L. M., Rouleau, L., Raes, A., & Floyd, S. W. (2023). Heroes or Villains? Recasting Middle Management Roles, Processes, and Behaviours. Journal of Management Studies, 60(7), 1663-1683. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12989

    • Renault, M.-A., & Tarakci, M. (2023). Affective Leadership in Agile Teams. California Management Review, 65(4), 137-157. https://doi.org/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00081256231179993

    • Berchicci, L., & Tarakci, M. (2022). Aspiration formation and attention rules. Strategic Management Journal, 43(8), 1575-1601. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.3371

    • Ruesch, L., Tarakci, M., Besiou, M., & Van Quaquebeke, N. (2022). Orchestrating coordination among humanitarian organizations. Production and Operations Management, 31(5), 1977-1996. https://doi.org/10.1111/poms.13660, https://doi.org/10.1111/poms.13660

    • Arslan, B., & Tarakci, M. (2022). Negative Spillovers Across Partnerships for Responsible Innovation: Evidence from the 2014 Ebola Outbreak. Journal of Management Studies, 59(1), 126-162. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12607

    • Porck, J., Knippenberg, D., Tarakci, M., Ates, NY., Groenen, P., & de Haas, M. (2020). Do Group and Organizational Identification Help or Hurt Intergroup Strategic Consensus? Journal of Management, 46(2), 234-260. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206318788434

    • Sting, F., Stevens, M., & Tarakci, M. (2019). Temporary deembedding buyer-supplier relationships: A Complexity Perspective. Journal of Operations Management, 65(2), 114-135. https://doi.org/10.1002/joom.1008

    • Ates, NY., Tarakci, M., Porck, J., Knippenberg, D., & Groenen, P. (2018). The Dark Side of Visionary Leadership in Strategy Implementation: Strategic Alignment, Strategic Consensus and Commitment. Journal of Management, 46(5), 637-665. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206318811567

    • Acar, OA., Tarakci, M., & van Knippenberg, D. (2018). Creativity and Innovation under Constraints: A Cross-disciplinary Integrative Review. Journal of Management, 45(1), 96-121. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206318805832

    • Balen, T., Tarakci, M., & Sood, A. (2018). Do disruptive visions pay off? The impact of disruptive entrepreneurial visions on venture funding. Journal of Management Studies, 56(2), 303-342. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12390

    • Tarakci, M., Ates, NY., Floyd, S., Ahn, Y., & Wooldridge, B. (2018). Performance Feedback and Middle Managers’ Divergent Strategic Behavior: The Roles of Social Comparisons and Organizational Identification. Strategic Management Journal, 39(4), 1139-1162. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.2745

    • Tarakci, M., Greer, LL., & Groenen, P. (2015). When does power disparity help or hurt group performance? Journal of Applied Psychology, 101(3), 415-429. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000056

    • Tarakci, M., Ates, NY., Porck, J., van Knippenberg, D., Groenen, P., & de Haas, M. (2013). Strategic Consensus Mapping: A New Method for Testing and Visualizing Strategic Consensus Within and Between Teams. Strategic Management Journal, 35(7), 1053-1069. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.2151

  • Professional (9)
    • Meeker, A., van Balen, T., & Tarakci, M. (2024). For Start-Ups Seeking Talent, a Lofty Purpose Can Backfire. Harvard Business Review, 2024(2024). https://hbr.org/2024/03/for-start-ups-seeking-talent-a-lofty-purpose-can-backfire

    • Bicer, I., Tarakci, M., & Kuzu, A. (2022). Using Uncertainty Modeling to Better Predict Demand. Harvard Business Review (digital). https://hbr.org/2022/01/using-uncertainty-modeling-to-better-predict-demand

    • Acar, OA., Tarakci, M., & Knippenberg, D. (2019). Why Constraints Are Good for Innovation. Harvard Business Review.

    • Ates, NY., Tarakci, M., Porck, J., Knippenberg, D., & Groenen, P. (2019). Why Visionary Leadership Fails. Harvard Business Review.

    • Balen, T., Tarakci, M., & Sood, A. (2018). Disruptive Startups Get Funding More Easily, but Less of It. Harvard Business Review.

    • Tarakci, M. (2016). Are leaders needed to improve team performance? RSM Discovery - Management Knowledge, 28(4), 14-15. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/94702

    • Tarakci, M., Greer, LL., & Groenen, P. (2015). Why aspiring leaders should cultivate skill over charm. Financial Times.

    • Tarakci, M., Greer, LL., & Groenen, P. (2015). “Leadership Qualities” vs. Competence: Which Matters More? Harvard Business Review.

    • Tarakci, M. (2014). Mapping strategic consensus within and between teams. RSM Discovery - Management Knowledge, 19(3), 16-17. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/77134

  • Academic (1)
    • Ates, NY., Tarakci, M., Ahn, Y., Floyd, S., & Wooldridge, B. (2017). A Psychological Perspective on Middle Managers’ Strategic Championing Behavior. In Handbook of Middle Management Strategy Process Research Edward Elgar Publishing.

  • Internal (1)
    • Tarakci, M. (2013). Behavioral strategy: strategic consensus, power and networks. [Doctoral Thesis, Erasmus University Rotterdam]. Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR).

  • Professional (1)
    • Arslan, B. (Author), & Tarakci, M. (Author). (2020). How to Keep COVID-19 from Derailing Ongoing Partnerships. Web publication/site, Management Insights.

  • Journal of Management (Journal)

    Editorial work (Academic)

  • Academy of Management Journal (Journal)

    Editorial work (Academic)

  • Role: Daily Supervisor
  • PhD Candidate: Timo van Balen
  • Time frame: 2014 - 2019
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Tatjana Schneidmüller
  • Time frame: 2015 - 2020
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Magnus van Haaren
  • Time frame: 2022 -
Disengagement in Corporate Accelerators
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Pragathi Mavinakere Swamygowda
  • Time frame: 2022 -
2016
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2015
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2015
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2015
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2015
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2015
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2014
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2013
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2013
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As: Contact, Coordinator
2013
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Address

Visiting address

Office: Mandeville Building T09-33
Burgemeester Oudlaan 50
3062 PA Rotterdam

Postal address

Postbus 1738
3000 DR Rotterdam
Netherlands