Dr. Gorkem Aksaray

Dr. Gorkem Aksaray

Assistant Professor, School Office Trinity Business School


Biography

Dr. Gorkem Aksaray is an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin. Before joining Trinity College, he served on the faculty at KoƧ University in Istanbul, Turkey. He holds a PhD in Organization and Management from Emory University, and a MSc in Managerial Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences. His primary research interest is examining mechanisms underlying the dynamics of entrepreneurial entry and exit. He specifically studies structural, spatial, and financial factors affecting mobility into and out of self-employment and performance by utilizing longitudinal panels of individuals and matched aggregate economic data. His research has appeared in major scientific journals and conference proceedings.

Publications and Further Research Outputs

  • Gorkem Aksaray; Peter Thompson, Density dependence of entrepreneurial dynamics: Competition, opportunity cost, or minimum efficient scale?, Management Science, 64, (5), 2018, p2263 - 2274Journal Article, 2018, DOI

Research Expertise

Employment and self-employment/entrepreneurship Job mobility Organizational theory Strategic human capital

Economics, Business & Management,

Recognition

  • European Academy of Management Present
  • Academy of Management Present
  • Irish Academy of Management Present