University of Illinois at Chicago, Management Information Systems, 2012

Marmara University, Engineering Management, 2003

Istanbul Technical University, Industrial Engineering,1986

Melike Findikoglu holds a PhD in Management Information Systems from the University of Illinois, Chicago, and completed postdoctoral research at Technion, Israel. Before academia, she held managerial roles in financial services and management consulting. Her research focuses on value creation through alliances, particularly in high-tech industries, the strategic use of information systems, and organizational resilience. She also has a long-standing interest in ICT-enabled transformation within organizations and societies, especially  in the healthcare industry. Her work has been published in top-tier journals, including Strategic Organization, Journal of Small Business Management, European Journal of Information Systems, and Journal of Information Technology. She currently serves as a Senior Associate Editor at European Management Journal in the Business Strategy and Organizational Theory domains.

Value Creation through Alliances, Stakeholder Orientation, Organizational Resilience, Institutional Complexity, Organizational IS Strategies, Digital Transformation and its Effects on Work, AI Integration

Journal Publications

• Findikoglu, M., Ranganathan, C., & Watson-Manheim, M. B. (2021). Partnering for prosperity: small IT vendor partnership formation and the establishment of partner pools. European Journal of Information Systems, 30(2), 193-218.
• Findikoglu, M., & Lavie, D. (2019). The Contingent Value of the Dedicated Alliance Function, Strategic Organization, 17(2), 177-209.
• Findikoglu, M., & Watson-Manheim, M.B. (2016). Linking Macro-level Goals to Micro-level Routines: EHR-enabled Transformation of Primary Care Services, Journal of Information Technology, 31(4), 382-400.
• Findikoglu, M. & Watson-Manheim, M.B. (2015). Do Small and Medium-sized IT Firms Form Service Partnerships with Non-Local IT Firms: An Assessment of Facilitators, Journal of Small Business Management, 53(4), 986-1010.

Book Chapters

• Findikoglu, M., & Lavie, D. (2019) Dedicated Alliance Function and Partner-Specific Experience: Alternative Mechanisms for Managing Interpartner Risk in Strategic Alliances In T.K. Das (Ed.), Managing Interpartner Risks in Strategic Alliances, Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings

• Blank, T. H., & Findikoglu, M. (2025). From Startup to Scale-up: Exploring Founder CEO Decision-Making in Pre-Acquisition Phase. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2025, No. 1, p. 13868)
• Dothan, A., & Findikoglu, M. (2024). Antecedents of Minority-Owned SME Resilience. In Academy of Management Proceedings, (Vol. 2024, No1., p. 14906).
• Findikoglu, M., & Erden, Z. (2024). Managing Institutional Complexity in Constrained Work Practices. In Academy of Management Proceedings, (Vol. 2024, No. 1, p. 15153).
• Neumann, K., & Findikoglu, M. (2023). Alliance Experience and Stakeholder Orientation. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2023, No. 1, p. 17996).
• Findikoglu, M., & Erden, Z. (2022). Practitioners’ Responses to Conflicting Institutional Logics: Evidence from Primary Care. In Academy of Management Proceedings, (Vol. 2022, No. 1, p. 14417).
• Findikoglu, M., & Lavie D. (2015). The Contingent Value of Dedicated Alliance Function. In Academy of Management Proceedings, (Vol. 2015, No. 1).
• Findikoglu, M., & Lavie, D. (2014). Organizational Contingencies and the Value of Partnering Experience. In Academy of Management Proceedings, (Vol. 2014, No. 1, p. 10781).
• Findikoglu, M. (2012). Understanding Small and Medium-sized IT Firms' Partnership Development Practices. In Academy of Management Proceedings, (Vol. 2012, No. 1).

Case studies

• Findikoglu, M. (2019). In “Good Times and Bad Times: The Effect of Political Relations between Nations on Firms’ International Management Strategies, Case Study for Coller School of Management / Tel Aviv University.

Current Projects

• Findikoglu, M., & Erden, Z. (ZHAW). Managing Institutional Complexity in Partially-Autonomous Practice Settings Constrained Work Practices (submitted to EMJ- R&R)
• Dothan, A. (IDC Herzliya), & Findikoglu, M. Ethnic Minority-owned SMEs and Organizational Resilience (submitted to ERD – R&R)
• Neumann, K. (Innsbruck Uni.), & Findikoglu, M. Alliance Experience and Stakeholder Orientation
• Findikoglu M., & Eyiusta Maden, C. Integration of Artificial Intelligence in Managerial Decision-Making: A Study of Managerial Perspectives.
• Hadasa-Blank Tali (Hadassah College), & Findikoglu M. Micro-Foundations of Entrepreneurial Decision- Making in Acquisition Context.

Information Systems Project Management (MIS 324), Introduction to Management Information Systems (MIS 311), Fundamental of E-Business (MIS 306), Digital Transformation in Business (MIS 305)