Dr. Isilay Talay

Assistant Professor, Trinity Business School

Biography

Dr. Isilay Talay (linkedin.com/in/isilaytalay) is an Assistant Professor in Operations and Supply Chain Management in Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin.

She has been a full-time faculty member at Trinity Business School since 2020. She holds a PhD in Operations Management from Duke University (USA), an MSc in Industrial Engineering from Koc University (Turkey), and a BSc in Industrial Engineering from Istanbul Technical University (Turkey). She had practical training in healthcare operations and database management at Duke University Medical Centre, and she has previously worked as an Assistant Professor of Business Administration at Antalya Bilim University (Turkey).

She has been teaching at Trinity Business School (TBS) a variety of modules in the MSc, Flexible MBA, and undergraduate programmes, on the topics of Supply Chain Science (MSc, won a TBS teaching award in 2025/26), Decision and Risk Analysis (MSc), Business Decision Optimisation (MSc), Advanced Topics in Analytics (MSc), Quantitative Methods for Business (Undergraduate JF), Introduction to Operations Management (Undergraduate SF), and Operations Strategy (Flexible MBA).

Her research (https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=5Vi5Ow4AAAAJ) focuses on exploring and analysing factors driving uncertainty in organisations and supply chains, and on developing decision-making mechanisms to help assess and minimise the risks they pose. She has also successfully pursued cross-disciplinary research on other disciplines of business, such as Entrepreneurship, and Finance.

Publications and Further Research Outputs

Peer-Reviewed Publications

TALAY ISILAY,BAYRAM ORKUN, Efficient Payment System Selection in Global Supply Chains and International Trade Management, Ataturk University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences, 34, (3), 2020, p945 - 972Journal Article, 2020, DOI , URL
TALAY ISILAY, ÖZDEMIR AKYILDIRIM ÖZNUR, Optimal procurement and production planning for multi-product multi-stage production under yield uncertainty, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OFOPERATIONAL RESEARCH, 275, (2), 2019, p536 - 551Journal Article, 2019, DOI , URL
TALAY ISILAY, ÖZDEMIR AKYILDIRIM ÖZNUR, Datasets on mathematical modeling of multi-product multi-stage production to analyze the relationship between production yield, demand, and costs, Data in Brief, 22, 2019, p1027 - 1030Journal Article, 2019, DOI , URL
ÖZDEMIR AKYILDIRIM ÖZNUR,TALAY ISILAY, Optimal staffing of specialized programme trainees under uncertainty, Journal of the Operational Research Society, 66, (1), 2015, p66 - 75Journal Article, 2015, DOI , URL
Talay Isilay, Holmes Casey J, Kuo Paul C, Jennings Otis B, An Analytic Decision Support Tool for Resident Allocation, Journal of Surgical Education, 70, (1), 2013, p31 - 35Journal Article, 2013, DOI , URL
GAYON JEAN-PHILIPPE,TALAY ISILAY,KARAESMEN AHMET FIKRI,ÖRMECI ALIOGLU EGEMEN LERZAN, Optimal Pricing and Production Policies of a Make-To-Stock System with Fluctuating Demand, PROBABILITY IN THE ENGINEERING AND INFORMATIONAL SCIENCES, 23, (02), 2009, p205 - 230Journal Article, 2009, DOI , URL
ÖRMECI ALIOGLU EGEMEN LERZAN,GAYON JEAN PHILIPPE,TALAY ISILAY,KARAESMEN AHMET FIKRI, Optimal Policies under Different Pricing Strategies in a Production System with Markov-Modulated Demand, 22nd IFIP TC7 Conference, Turin, Italy, July 18-22, 2005, edited by F. Ceragioli, A. Dontchev, H. Futura, K. Marti, L. Pandolfi , 199, 2005, pp239 - 249Conference Paper, 2005, DOI , URL
BAYRAM ORKUN,TALAY ISILAY, Effective Supply Chain Management based on Financing Techniques in International Trade, Ankara, Turkey, Nobel Akademik Yayincilik, 2020, 108ppBook, 2020, URL
SOUMMAKIE BUSHRA,TALAY ISILAY, Efficiency and Performance Measurement of Turkish Universities via Data Envelopment Analysis, Hacettepe University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences, 38, (1), 2020, p115 - 138Journal Article, 2020, DOI , URL
TALAY DEGIRMENCI ISILAY,KARAYÜN ISMAIL,ÖZDEMIR AKYILDIRIM ÖZNUR, Cold Chain Logistics for Frozen Food at Tourism Destinations, Journal of Management Marketing and Logistics, 4, (2), 2017, p159 - 167Journal Article, 2017, DOI , URL
TALAY ISILAY, Asymptotic analysis and performance-based design of large scale service and inventory systems, Duke University, 2010Thesis, 2010, URL
TALAY ISILAY, Use of Internet of Things (IoT) in Cold Chain Logistics for International Trade, Third Sector Social Economic Review, 55, (2), 2020, p1169 - 1187Journal Article, 2020, DOI , URL
Atakan Adem Selanik, Orkun Bayram, Isilay Talay Degirmenci, Historical Development and Implementation Area of the Vienna Sales Agreement (Contract for the International Sale of Goods (CISG)), Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences, 17, (4), 2018, p1353 - 1367Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL
Orkun Bayram, Isilay Talay, Global supply chain design under fluctuating antidumping tax rates for export, Conference Abstract Book, EURO 2019-Dublin Congress Board, Dublin, Ireland, 23 - 26 JUNE 2019, 2019, pp103 - 103Meeting Abstract, 2019, URL
Isilay Talay, Orkun Bayram, Optimal payment scheme selection in global supply chains, Conference Abstract Book, EURO 2019-Dublin Congress Board, Dublin, Ireland, 23 - 26 JUNE 2019, 2019, pp103 - 103Meeting Abstract, 2019, URL
Uluslararasi ticaret ve tedarik zincirlerinde Blockchain uygulamalari in, editor(s)Yalcin, A. , Bilimsel Arastirmalar Kitabi Iktisadi ve Idari Bilimler, Ankara, Turkey, Akademisyen Yayinevi, 2018, pp277 - 288, [Orkun Bayram, Isilay Talay]Book Chapter, 2018, URL
Orkun Bayram, Isilay Talay, Mete Feridun, Can Fintech Promote Sustainable Finance? Policy Lessons from the Case of Turkey, Sustainability, 14, (19), 2022, p12414Journal Article, 2022, DOI , URL
Mete Feridun, Isilay Talay, Principles for responsible banking and sustainable development goals: an empirical investigation on European wholesale and retail banks, Applied Economics Letters, 31, (19), 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI , URL
Isilay Talay, Orkun Bayram, Nearshoring versus Offshoring under Uncertain Yield and Tardiness Penalty, 12th European Decision Sciences Conference, Dublin, May 29-June 1, 2022, Dublin City University, EDSI, the European Division of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI), 2022, pp56Conference Paper, 2022, URL
Meryemhan Gül, Isilay Talay, André van Stel, Orkun Bayram, Investigation of common success factors for refugee entrepreneurs in Türkiye, Migrant Entrepreneurship: Developments at the Intersection of Policy and Practice FINAL CONFERENCE OF THE PROJECT MIG.EN.CUBE, Bologna, Italy, April 27-28, 2023, edited by Daniela Bolzani, Giuseppe Simone , 2024, pp55 - 56Conference Paper, 2024
Kisito F. Nzembayie, Anthony Buckley, Isilay Talay, Experiential Pedagogies for Cultivating Entrepreneurial Mindsets: Action Design Learning as Tailored Framework, Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy, 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI , TARA - Full Text
Bayram O, Talay I, Kutlu SN, Impact of Fintech Innovation on Cross-border Payments: SWIFT vs. Blockchain, Boston University PLATFORM STRATEGY RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM, Boston University, 2024, 2024Conference Paper, 2024, URL

Dr Talay's research (https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=5Vi5Ow4AAAAJ) focuses on exploring and analysing factors driving uncertainty in organisations and supply chains, and on developing decision-making mechanisms to help assess and minimise the risks they pose. She has also successfully pursued cross-disciplinary research on other disciplines of business, such as Entrepreneurship, and Finance.

Transportation, logistics and supply chains, Economics and Business Administration,

Recognition

International Scientific Publication Award, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey 03/06/2015
International Scientific Publication Award, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey 09/06/2020
PhD Scholarship, Duke University Fuqua School of Business 2004-2010
MSc Scholarship, Koc University Graduate School of Sciences & Engineering 2002-2004

Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) Academic Member
INFORMS Regular Member
Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) Regular Member

Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management (ABS-3)
Session Chair for the session 'Global Supply Chains' in EURO2019 June 2019
Reviewer for Production Planning and Control (ABS-3)
Reviewer for Data in Brief (Scopus, ESCI)
Reviewer for Cogent Business & Management (ABS-1) 2025
Session Chair for the session 'Queuing Applications in Manufacturing and Maintenance' in INFORMS Annual Meeting October 2009
Reviewer for Bloomsbury Publishing (for a textbook on Quantitative Methods)
Editorial Board Member of the Humanities & Social Sciences Communications (SSCI/Q1) with the JCR category ranking of WoS, Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary 19/110. Jan 19, 2024
Reviewer for EurOMA 2023 Conference (3-5 July 2023) in Leuven
Session Chair for the session 'Global Operations' in 12th European Decision Sciences Institute (EDSI) Conference in 2022 May 2022
Reviewer for Financial Innovation (ABS-2)
Reviewer for European Journal of Operational Research (ABS-4)
Reviewer for Humanities & Social Sciences Communications (SSCI/Q1)
Reviewer for International Journal on Food System Dynamics (Scopus)
Session Chair for the session 'Supply Chain Finance' in POMS 2021 and 2022 Annual Conferences May 2021
Member of International Committee of Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) 2022-2023