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Dr. Emrah Bilgic is a Lecturer in Business Analytics with over ten years of experience in Higher Education. He holds an Associate Professorship in Turkiye and has an extensive background in teaching analytics-related modules. He holds Fellowship status (FHEA) with the Higher Education Academy, recognising his professional practice and commitment to excellence in teaching and learning in UK Higher Education. He has previously been involved in various research projects in the United States, Sweden, and the United Kingdom and Turkey.

He has extensive experience teaching a range of undergraduate and postgraduate modules, including Operations Research, Operation Management, Project Management, Marketing Analytics, Statistical Decision Making, and Research Methods. His teaching approach combines theoretical foundations with practical applications, aimed at equipping students with analytical and decision-making skills relevant to real-world challenges.

Articles (Scopus or WoS Indexed)
1) Bilgic, E., Cakir, O., Kantardzic, M., Duan, Y., Cao, G. (2021). Retail analytics: store segmentationusing Rule-Based Purchasing behavior analysis. The International Review of Retail, Distribution andConsumer Research, 31(4), 457-480.

2) Tuncalı Yaman, T., Bilgiç, E., Fevzi Esen, M. (2021) Analysis of traffic accidents with fuzzy and crispdata mining techniques to identify factors affecting injury severity. Journal of Intelligent & FuzzySystems, 42(1), 575-592.

3) Esen, M. F., Bilgic, E., Basdas, U. (2019). How to detect illegal corporate insider trading? A datamining approach for detecting suspicious insider transactions. Intelligent Systems in Accounting,Finance and Management, 26(2), 60-70.

Book Chapters in International Publishers

1) Bilgic, E. (2020), Human Resources Information Systems: A Recent Literature Survey", Turkmenoglu,M.A. and Cicek, B. (Ed.) Contemporary Global Issues in Human Resource Management, EmeraldPublishing Limited, Bingley, pp. 73-87. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80043-392-220201008

2) Polat, S., Esen, F., Bilgic, E. (2019). Analysis of the 5Vs of Big Data in Virtual Travel Organizations.In Big Data and Knowledge Sharing in Virtual Organizations (pp. 43-70). IGI Global.

Selected International Conference Papers 

1) Bilgic, E., Duan, Y. and Karagoz, S., (2024) BUSINESS ANALYTICS EDUCATION: A LITERATURE REVIEW AND IMPLICATIONS. MCCSIS 2024, p.198.

2) Yaman, T. T., & Bilgic, E. (2019, October). Is Business Analytics Education Sufficient in BusinessSchools? The Case in Turkish Business Schools. In 2019 3rd International Conference on DataScience and Business Analytics (ICDSBA) (pp. 152-156). IEEE.

3) Bilgic, E., & Duan, Y. (2019, April). E-commerce and business analytics: A literature review. InInternational Conference on Digital Economy (pp. 173-182). Springer, Cham.

4) Bilgic, E., Kantardzic, M., Cakir, O. (2015, July). Retail store segmentation for target marketing. InIndustrial Conference on Data Mining (pp. 32-44). Springer, Cham.

Other Publications (Indexed Journals)

1) Bilgic, E., Türkmenoğlu, M. A., & Koçak, A. (2020). Examining Digitalization in the Context of Logistics Management. Akademik İzdüşüm Dergisi, 5(1), 56-69.

2) Bilgic, E., Türkmenoğlu, M. A., & Bozoğlu Batı, G. (2019). Business analytics and value chain: A comprehensive and systematic literature review. Erciyes Üniversitesi İktisadi Ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi(54), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.18070/erciyesiibd.510774

3) Bilgic, E. (2019). Market Basket Analysis with R programming Language: An Application on consumer purchasing behavior of a Supermarket in Mus. Anemon Muş Alparslan Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 7(3), 89-97. https://doi.org/10.18506/anemon.462998

4) Bilgic, E., & Çakır, Ö. (2019). Store Segmentation Of Retail Chains Via Socioeconomic Approach. Marmara Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Dergisi, 41(2), 338-363. https://doi.org/10.14780/muiibd.665054

5) Esen, M., & Bilgic, E. (2018). Decision Making With Topsis And K-Medoids: An Application On Customer Recovery With R Programming Language. Yönetim Ve Ekonomi Araştırmaları Dergisi, 16(1), 221-237. https://doi.org/10.11611/yead.446094

Business Analytics

Business Analytics, Research Methods

• PGCert in Empowering Education (FHEA), 2025, Â鶹ӰԺ, Leicester/UK
• PhD, 2016 Marmara Business School, Business Analytics, Istanbul/Turkey
• MA, 2007 University of Skovde, Finance, Skovde/Sweden
• BSc, 2005 Osmangazi University, Statistics, Eskisehir/Turkey

Contemporary Sustainability Issues (2023-2024-2025)

Business Research and Analysis (2023-2024-2025)

Business Analytics (2024-2025)

Supply Chain Management (2025)

British Academy of Management