Strategic Design and Innovative Thinking in Business Operations The Role of Business Culture and Risk Management

Hasan Dinçer is an Associate Professor of Finance at Istanbul Medipol University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey. He has worked in the finance sector as a portfolio specialist and his major academic studies focuses on financial instruments, performance evaluation, and economics. He is the executive editor of the International Journal of Finance and Banking Studies (IJFBS) and the founder member of the Society for the Study of Business and Finance (SSBF).

Ümit Hacıoğlu is an Associate Professor of Finance at Istanbul Medipol University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey. Dr. Hacioglu has BAs in Business and International Business from Beykent University. He received his MBA from Beykent University and his PhD in Finance and Banking from Kadir Has University. He has published extensively in major academic journal focusing on financial markets, behavioral finance, performance evaluation, and economics of markets. He edits and serves on several journals related to his core research areas—behavioral finance and financial decision making.

Serhat Yüksel is Assistant Professor of Finance in İstanbul Medipol University. Before this position, he worked as a senior internal auditor for seven years in Finansbank, Istanbul,Turkey and 1 year in Konya Food and Agriculture University as an assistant professor.