Nazli Turken, PhD

Nazli Turken is an Associate Professor of Practice in Operations Management and Business Analytics area at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. She received her Ph.D. in Operations Management and M.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Florida. She also holds a B.S. in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University.  Her research interests span environmental sustainability in supply chains, e-commerce channel strategies, socially responsible operations, and neurodiversity and gender bias in communication and teaching. She studies proactive (biomimicry, circular economy, industrial symbiosis) and reactive approaches to sustainability in supply chains (strategic and tactical decisions as a response to regulations) using qualitative and quantitative methods.  She has taught business analytics, sustainable supply chains, and service operations management courses to MBA, M.S. and Ph.D. students. She advises MBA, M.S. student projects with various industries and topics ranging from machine learning applications and AI strategy to marketing, renewable energy, and telehealth. Industry partners include Amazon, Constellation, Cox Prosight, Danone, EQUUM, Exelon, JHU APL, Land O'Lakes, Merck, and Siemens.

Education

• Ph. D, Operations Management, University of Florida
• MS, Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Florida
• BS, Industrial Engineering, Pennsylvania State University

Research

Selected Publications

• Turken, N., Carrillo, J. and Paul, A., 2021. “The Impact of Mergers, Capacity Expansion and Adoptions on Animal Shelter Performance: A Queuing Analysis,” European Journal of Operational Research 292 (1), 299-310.
• Turken, N., Geda, A., and Takasi, V.D.G., 2021. “The impact of Co-location in Emissions Regulation Clusters on Traditional and Vendor Managed Supply Chain Inventory Decisions,” Annals of Operations Research, 1-50.
• Kumar, V., Dixit, A., Javalgi, R.G., Turken, N., 2021. “Can Artificial Intelligence Overshadow Human Intelligence in Marketing??" Accepted at Management Business Review.
• Turken, N., Cannataro,V., Geda, A. and Dixit, A., 2020. “Nature Inspired Supply Chain Solutions: Definitions, Analogies, and Future Research Directions,” International Journal of Production Research 58 (15), 4689-4715.
• Turken, N. and Geda, A., 2020. “Industrial Symbiosis and Supply Chains: A Review and Future Research Directions,” Resources, Conservation, and Recycling, 161, 104974, 1-21.
• Turken, N., Carrillo, J. and Verter,V., 2020. “Strategic Supply Chain Decisions Under Environmental   Regulations: When to Invest in End-of-Pipe and Green Technology”, European Journal of Operational Research, 283 (2), 601-613.
• Clouse, C., Dixit, A. and Turken, N., 2019. “The Role of Place Image in the Business Site Selection Decision: A Grounded Theory Approach”, Place Branding and Public Diplomacy 6 (2), 174-186.
• Turken, N., Carrillo, J. and Verter, V., 2017. “Facility Location and Capacity Acquisition under Carbon Tax and Emissions Limits: To Centralize or To Decentralize?”, International Journal of Production Economics, 187,126-141.

Working Papers

• Geda, A., Chhikara, A., Carrillo, J., and Turken, N., 2024.  “Channel Selection and Price Harmonization”
• Turken, N., Geda, A., “Outsourcing and Offshoring Decisions with Asymmetric Environmental Regulations”
• Rosca, E., Bals, L., Carmagnac, L., Ciulli, F., Seepma, A., Tate, W., Taylor, K., and Turken, N., 2024. “Novel Actors and Organizational Structures in Global Supply Chains: Advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals”

Teaching

Current

• Analytics Consulting Project
• M.S. Business Analytics and Risk Management (BARM) Statistical Analysis
• All programs Data Science: Statistics
• Full Time MBA Sustainable Supply Chains
• All programs Advanced Business Analytics, MBA

Previous

• Business Analytics
• Advanced Business Analytics
• Statistical Analysis
• Theory of Optimization (Doctoral level)
• Supply Chain Analytics (MBA and undergraduate level)
• Sustainable Supply Chain Management (Graduate level)
• Service Operations Management (Undergraduate level)

Honors and Distinctions

• Dean’s Award for Faculty Excellence, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School: 2020, 2021, 2022
• Carey Teaching Innovation Grant: 2022