Isin Guler
Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Sarah Graham Kenan Scholar and Area Chair for Strategy and Entrepreneurship
Isin Guler Aran examines issues related to innovation strategy and international expansion. In her early work, she examined why venture capitalists fail to terminate investments in portfolio firms. She has taken a social network approach to understanding why pharmaceutical firms achieve success in research and development. She also examines international expansion strategies of venture capital firms from a network perspective.
Her work has been published in prestigious research journals such as Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management, Strategic Management Journal and Journal of International Business Studies.
She is an editorial board member at Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management, Organization Science and Strategic Management Journal.
Dr. Guler Aran previously held faculty positions at Sabanci University’s School of Management in Istanbul and and Boston University.
She received her PhD in management from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where she also earned her master’s degree in managerial science and applied economics. She received her MBA and her bachelor’s degree in management from Middle East Technical University.
