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Prof. dr. M. (Murat) Tarakci

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Murat Tarakci
Chair of Innovation Strategy
Department of Technology and Operations Management
Rotterdam School of Management (RSM)
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Innovation Management

+31 10 4082332

tarakci@rsm.nl

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Murat Tarakci is Professor of Innovation Strategy at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. An innovation strategy inspires, directs, and calibrates innovation activities to achieve the organization’s strategic-level goals and to tackle the world's problems.

Accordingly, Murat's research examines how organizations are structured, function, and evolve in response to their environments. At its core, his work also aims to create a positive impact by helping organizations better address societal grand challenges through a deeper understanding of their underlying dynamics and mechanisms. His research has been published in leading academic journals and been featured in popular practitioner outlets.

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 (18)

  • Sting, F. J., Tarakci, M., & Recker, J. (2024). Performance Implications of Digital Disruption in Strategic Competition. MIS Quarterly, 48(3), 1263-1278. https://doi.org/10.25300/MISQ/2024/17999

  • Fewer, T. J., & Tarakci, M. (2024). CEO Political Partisanship and Corporate Misconduct. Academy of Management Journal. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2022.0909

  • Tarakci, M., Sting, F. J., Recker, J., & Kane, G. C. (2024). Three Questions to Ask About Your Digital Strategy. MIT Sloan Management Review. https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/three-questions-to-ask-about-your-digital-strategy/

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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

  • 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).

Academic (5)
Professional (1)

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

Activities

  • RSM BV
    Start date approval: 10 Nov 2022
    End date approval: 09 Nov 2025
    Place: ROTTERDAM
    Description: Teaching activities at RSM B.V.
  • AgileNow B.V.
    Start date approval: 06 Aug 2024
    End date approval: 05 Aug 2027
    Place: ROTTERDAM
    Description: Occasional consultancy
  • AkzoNobel
    Start date approval: 06 Aug 2024
    End date approval: 05 Aug 2027
    Place: CHRISTIAN NEEFESTRAAT 2
    Description: Advisor to the Chief Innovation Officer.
  • Journal of Management (Journal)
    Murat Tarakci (Member of editorial board)
    01 Jan 2023

    Activity: Editorial work (Academic)

  • Academy of Management Journal (Journal)
    Murat Tarakci (Member of editorial board)
    01 Aug 2019

    Activity: Editorial work (Academic)

  • Journal of Management Studies (Journal)
    Murat Tarakci (Editor)
    01 Jan 2018 - 01 Aug 2023

    Activity: Editorial work (Academic)

  • Small Group Research (Journal)
    Murat Tarakci (Member of editorial board)
    01 Jul 2016 - 01 Jan 2023

    Activity: Editorial work (Academic)

Courses

Strategy of Innovation

  • Study year: 2024/2025, 2023/2024, 2022/2023, 2019/2020, 2018/2019, 2017/2018, 2016/2017, 2015/2016
  • Code: BM02MI
  • Level: ERIM, Exchange, IM/CEMS, Master

Innovation Clinic

  • Study year: 2024/2025, 2023/2024, 2022/2023, 2021/2022, 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019, 2017/2018
  • Code: BMHONMI
  • Level: Master

Digital transformation in Healthcare

  • Study year: 2024/2025, 2023/2024, 2022/2023
  • Code: BMME186
  • Level: Master, Master, Master, Master, Master

OLD STYLE - MI Master Thesis

  • Study year: 2024/2025, 2023/2024, 2022/2023, 2021/2022, 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019, 2017/2018
  • Code: BMMTMI
  • Level: Master

Research Trajectory & Thesis

  • Study year: 2024/2025
  • Code: BMMTMI1
  • Level: Master

OLD STYLE - Research Fundamentals Course

  • Study year: 2024/2025, 2023/2024, 2022/2023, 2021/2022, 2019/2020, 2018/2019, 2017/2018, 2016/2017, 2015/2016
  • Code: BMRMMI
  • Level: Master

Past courses

MBI Master Thesis

  • Study year: 2023/2024, 2022/2023
  • Code: BMMTMBI
  • Level: Master

Innovatiemanagement

  • Study year: 2022/2023, 2021/2022
  • Code: BK2106
  • Level: Bachelor 2, Pre-master

Innovation Management

  • Study year: 2022/2023, 2021/2022
  • Code: BT2106
  • Level: Bachelor 2, Bachelor 3, Pre-master

Innovation in Practice

  • Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019
  • Code: BMME134
  • ECTS: 6 Level: Master

Causal Inference

  • Study year: 2019/2020
  • Code: BERMAMC021
  • Level: Master

Introduction

  • Study year: 2018/2019, 2017/2018
  • Code: BM01MI
  • ECTS: 1 Level: Master

Innovation Management: Research on Organizing in a Context of Uncertainty

  • Study year: 2016/2017
  • Code: BERMASC035
  • ECTS: 5 Level: Master

Disruptive innovations

  • Study year: 2015/2016
  • Code: BM12MIM
  • ECTS: 2 Level: Master

Featured in the media

Featured on RSM Discovery

Four ways to improve coordination among humanitarian organisations
Tuesday, 21 June 2022
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Mapping strategic consensus within and between teams
Thursday, 6 November 2014

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Visiting address

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

Postal address

Postbus 1738
3000 DR Rotterdam
Netherlands

+31 10 4082332

tarakci@rsm.nl