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Kamer Toker-Yildiz

PhD Student
Marketing Department

Education

PhD, Management, University at Buffalo, Expected 2013
MEng, Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
BS, Industrial Engineering, Cankaya University, Ankara, Turkey

Research

• Social Media and Social Networks
• Social Influence and Consumer Behavior
• Consumer Purchase Behavior in Retail Industry
• Econometric Modeling and Bayesian Estimation

Teaching

MGM 301, Principles of Marketing, Summer 2011

Conferences and Publications

Toker, Kamer, Minakshi Trivedi, Ercan Yildiz and Huan Liu (2012), “The Role of Social Interactions and Incentives in Driving Consumer Behavior,” INFORMS Marketing Science Conference, Boston University, Boston, MA.

Toker Yildiz, Kamer, Sri Devi Duvvuri and Minakshi Trivedi (2011), “The Influence of Willingness-to-pay on Consumer’s Cross Category Purchase Behavior,” INFORMS Marketing Science Conference, Rice University, Houston, TX. 

Talukdar, Debabrata, Satheeshkumar Seenivasan and Kamer Toker Yildiz (2011), “Trends in Global Consumption Patterns and Role of “Neighborhood” Influence,” 2011 China India Consumer Insights Conference, New Delhi, India.

Seenivasan, Satheeshkumar, Debabrata Talukdar and Kamer Toker Yildiz (2009), “Is the World Becoming “Flat”? Role of Globalization in Driving Consumption Convergence Around the World,” INFORMS Marketing Science Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
 

Awards, Grants and Honors

• Fellow, 2012 AMA-Sheth Doctoral Consortium, University of Washington, Seattle WA
• Presidential Fellowship (2008–present), University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
• ORIE Departmental Fellowship (2005-06), Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
• Academic Excellence Award (2001-05), Cankaya University, Ankara, Turkey

Industry Experience

• Two years work experience in construction industry as Quality and Operations Manager (Turkey)
• Revenue Management consulting to Harrah’s Casino Hotel, Atlantic City, NJ (as part of the master’s project in Cornell University)
• Internship experiences as production planning and quality engineer in automotive industry (Turkey)