Dr. Arzu Karaman Akgul is an Associate Professor in the Department of Business Administration at Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey. She received her B.S. degree in industrial engineering from Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey, in 2001, her M.S. degree in industrial engineering, her M. A. degree in business administration from Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, in 2004, and her Ph.D. degree in management engineering from Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, in 2009. Her research fields include operations management, logistics management, and innovation management. She gives several lectures on operations management, logistics management, and innovation management in undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate levels.