Hakan Ener
Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategy

Office
SFHB State Farm Hall Of Business
Office Hours
Tuesdays, 10 am - 12 pm
Office Phone
Email
- About
- Education
- Selected Research
Biography
Hakan Ener has created and taught entrepreneurship and strategy courses in the United States, Europe, and Brazil at undergraduate, graduate, and executive education programs.
Current Courses
MGT 440.001 Dynamics of Negotiation
MGT 440.002 Dynamics of Negotiation
MGT 340.001 Seminar In Management
MGT 340.002 Seminar In Management
PhD
INSEAD
France and Singapore
MBA
Bogazici University
Istanbul, Turkey
BA Economics
Bogazici University
Istanbul, Turkey
Book, Chapter
When Do Biotechnology Ventures Pursue International R&D Alliances?
Hakan Ener, Ha Hoang.
(2016), Academic Entrepreneurship: Translating Discovery to the Marketplace, The Johns Hopkins University Series on Entrepreneurship, Edward Elgar
Journal Article
RLI: cut costs in the casualty insurance business or expand in cyber insurance (again)?
Hakan Ener.
The CASE Journal, 1-11, (2025)
What makes search fund entrepreneurship different in Europe?
Hakan Ener, Antonio Davila.
European Management Journal, 41 (4), 488-498, (2023)
How does CEO technical expertise influence licensing-out at technology ventures?
Hakan Ener.
Technovation, 114, 887-906, (2022)
Do Prior Experiences of Top Executives Enable or Hinder Product Market Entry?
Hakan Ener.
Journal Of Management Studies, 56 (7), 1345-1376, (2019)
The Unfulfilled Promise of Biotechnology Firms: A Top Management Team-based Explanation
Hakan Ener.
Industrial And Corporate Change, 26 (5), 887-906, (2017)
Unpacking Experience Effects in Developing Novel Products for New Markets
Ha Thi Hoang, Hakan Ener.
Strategic Organization, 13 (4), 261-283, (2015)
Comparing board-level governance at MNEs and local firms: Lessons from Turkey
Guven Alpay, Muzaffer Bodur, Hakan Ener, Cem Talug.
Journal Of International Management, 11 (1), 67-86, (2005)
Other
The State of Cyber Insurance in the United States in 2024
Hakan Ener.
Katie School of Insurance, Illinois State University, (2025)
Written Case with Instructional Material
A Lean Start-up at Intuit Inc.: What Hypothesis to Test?
Hakan Ener.
Sage Business Cases, (2021), http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781529763973
BabySupplies: Entrepreneur-Investor Conflict, parts (A) (B) and (C)
Hakan Ener.
Originally published by IESE Business School Publishing, (2016)
Transformation at Aircraft Corporation Division
Hakan Ener.
Originally published by IESE Business School Publishing, (2016)
Presentations
MBA Teaching: Walk-in Strategy Teaching Clinic
Hakan Ener.
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, August 10, 2018
Explaining failed versus accomplished product market entry
Hakan Ener.
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, August 8, 2017