Dr. Gorkem Aksaray

Assistant Professor, School Office Trinity Business School

Biography

Dr. Gorkem Aksaray is an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin, where he also serves as co-director of the Business, Economic and Social Studies (BESS) programme. Before joining Trinity, he was a faculty member at Koç University in Istanbul. He holds a PhD in Organization and Management from Emory University and an MSc in Managerial Economics from the London School of Economics.

His research focuses on entrepreneurship, employment, and decision-making under uncertainty. Drawing on longitudinal panel data on individuals matched with aggregate economic data, he studies how structural, spatial, and financial factors shape mobility into and out of self-employment. His work has been published in leading journals including Management Science, European Management Review, Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, Strategic Change, and the Journal of International Money and Finance.

Alongside his research, Dr. Aksaray teaches advanced quantitative methods, mentors doctoral students, and contributes to the statistical programming community. As an educator, he is committed to fostering entrepreneurial thinking and helping students develop the skills to navigate complex business environments.

Publications and Further Research Outputs

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Aksaray, Gorkem, Thompson, Peter, Density Dependence of Entrepreneurial Dynamics: Competition, Opportunity Cost, or Minimum Efficient Scale?, Management Science, 64, (5), 2018, p2263-2274Journal Article, 2018, DOI
Aksaray, Gorkem, Marcus, Justin, Bridge employment in middle vs. late life for men and women: gendered social roles or life structures?, Work, Aging and Retirement, 2025Journal Article, 2025, DOI
Çerçil, İrfan, Aksaray, Gorkem, Monetary policy and inequality: Distributional effects of asset purchase programs, Journal of International Money and Finance, 157, 2025, p103384Journal Article, 2025, DOI
Koparan, Ipek, Aksaray, Gorkem, How do firms use their dynamic capabilities in strategic factor markets? The role of resource rarity, European Management Review, 22, (3), 2025, p834-850Journal Article, 2025, DOI
Koparan, Ipek, Aksaray, Gorkem, Manolova, Tatiana, Edelman, Linda, Executive Function and Entrepreneurial Opportunity Exploitation Under Risk and Uncertainty, Strategic Change, 2025Journal Article, 2025, DOI
Ipek Koparan, Gorkem Aksaray, Tatiana S. Manolova, Linda F. Edelman, Executive Function and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurial Opportunities: A Multidimensional Approach, Academy of Management Proceedings, 2024, (1), 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI
Teaching the role of AI in strategic decision-making within strategic factor markets using a word game in, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2026, pp290-316 , [Koparan, Ipek, Aksaray, Gorkem]Book Chapter, 2026, DOI
Çerçil, İrfan, Koç, Ayşe Sıla, Aksaray, Gorkem, Introducing a new Government Bond Market Distress Index: The case of Türkiye, Economics Letters, 269, 2026, p113305Journal Article, 2026, DOI , URL

Research Expertise

Keywords

Psychology and cognitive sciences, Economics and Business Administration,

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

Journal Reviewer - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ABS2 & Scimago Q1)