Areas of expertise
Strategic Management, Entreprneurship and Research Methods
Membership of professional bodies
- Appointed as Visiting Professor at the University of Cagliari, Italy, Year, 2017.
- Altinay, L. (2017)Keynote address and Meet the Editors session, “Franchise Partnerships in Emerging Economies”, Challenges of Marketing Communications in a Globalized World Conference, Zaragoza, Spain
- Altinay, L. (2017) “Current and Future Trends in Service Management”, Association of North America Higher Education International (ANAHEI) Lecture series
- Altinay, L. (2017) Keynote address, “Changing Landscape in Higher Education: Implications for Research Innovation”, 4th International Tourism and Hospitality Conference, Cyprus
- Forthcoming: Altinay, L. (2017) Keynote address, Global Conference on Services Management (GLOSERV), Tuscany, Italy
- Invited Keynote Speaker to the 17th National Tourism Conference, Bodrum, Turkey, 20-23rd October, 2016.
- Invited Keynote Speaker to the VIII Astana Economic Forum, Kazakhstan, Sustainable Development and Green Economy in Kazakhstan: Conditions and Prospects, 21st May, 2015.
- Invited keynote speaker to the VI Postgraduate Conference Management, Hospitality and Tourism, School of Management, Hospitality and Tourism of the University of Algarve, Portugal,
- 10th July 2015
Invited keynote speaker to the International Conference of Young Scholars: ‘Innovative Economy of Kazakhstan: Sustainable Development in the conditions of Globalisation’, Organised in the frames of VI Astana Economic Forum, 21st of May, 2014.
Invited keynote speaker at the 14th International Conference on Knowledge, Culture and Change in Organizations taking place at the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford, August 4-5, 2014.
Invited keynote speaker at the 3rd International Tourism Conference, Hungry, June, 2014.
Invited to serve as a member of the Business & Economics Panel in the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2014, by the University Grants Committee (UGC) of Hong Kong.
Chosen as an Outstanding Reviewer by Emerald for the significant contribution made as a Reviewer to International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management throughout 2014.
Chosen as an Outstanding Reviewer by Emerald for the significant contribution made as a Reviewer to Journal of Services Marketing throughout 2012.
Invited Keynote Speaker at the International Conference on Management, Leadership and Innovation towards a Better Changing World, ‘Changing Nature of Management Research: Implications for Research Innovation’. Bucharest, Romania, 7-9th November, 2013.
Invited speaker at The L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan, Research Seminar to the Faculty Deans in Social Sciences, ‘Research Strategies, Structures and Processes’, 3rd of October, 2013.
Invited keynote speaker to the GIKA (Global Innovation and Knowledge Academy) Conference, Valencia, 9-11th July, 2013.
Invited keynote speaker to the International Conference of Young Scholars: ‘Current Trends in Economics and Management: View of the Youth’, Organised in the frames of VI Astana Economic Forum, 22nd of May, 2013.
Invited keynote speaker to the Franchising and Entrepreneurship Seminar, organised by the Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey, 18th March, 2013.
Opportunities and Challenges in Higher Education, PhD research seminar to PhD Students, Near East University, 27th Dec, 2012.
Future of Hospitality and Tourism Research: How to gain and sustain competitive advantage, PhD seminar to PhD students, Eastern Mediterranean University, 24th Dec, 2012. Visiting Professor responsible for PhD student research methods training, The L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan, Years 2012-2014.
Guest Speaker, Research Seminar on ‘Research Project Management: Learning from the experience of previous academic grant applications’, International Conference on Interdisciplinary Research in Education, Cyprus, 15-17th of May, 2012.
Guest Speaker, Research Seminar on ‘Grounded Theory Analysis with an application to hospitality research’, London College of Fashion, 23rd February, 2012.
Guest Speaker, Research Seminar entitled, ‘Publish or Perish’, Mahasarakham University, Thailand, 2nd February, 2012.
Guest Speaker Disseminating the findings of the ESRC funded project ‘Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship’, Romanian-American University, Bucharest, Romania, 12th January, 2012.
Workshop on ‘How to Get Your Paper Published’, Romanian-American University, Bucharest, Romania, 13th January, 2012.
Dissemination seminar on ‘Franchise Partner Selection and Relationship Development: Perspectives of Macau Franchisees’, Macau Institute, Macau, 2nd December, 2011.
Guest speaker lecturing on ‘Socio-cultural Factors and Entrepreneurial Orientation of Ethnic Firms’, at Daniels College of Business, University of Denver, 18th Nov, 2011.
Research Seminar to Business School Academics at IIMT (Indian Institute of Management and Technology) on ‘Getting your paper published’, 17th of May, 2011.
Visiting Professor, College of Administrative Sciences and Economics, Business School, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey, Years 2010-2012.
A 2011 finalist for the Most Successful Turk Award in the UK.
Visiting Professor, Faculty of Economics, Department of Business Studies and Environment, University of Piemonte Orientale (ranked 8th in Italy for the quality of research output and 1st amongst the newer Italian universities), Italy, 2009/2010.
Visiting Speaker, Tourism Recreation and Sport Management Department Seminar Series, Seminar on ‘Linking Research to Curriculum Development and Delivery’, University of Florida 2011, March 21-23.
Invited Research Seminar to the PhD students on ‘PhD Research Journey: Rhetoric and Realities’, Tourism Recreation and Sport Management Department Seminar Series, University of Florida 2011, March 21-23.
Guest speaker at the seminar on ‘Franchise Partner Selection and Relationship Development’, Macau Institute, Macau, 2nd December, 2010.
Research Seminar to the members of Faculty of Economics, Department of Business Studies and Environment, University of Piemonte Orientale on ‘how to get your academic papers published’, May, 2010.
Guest speaker at the AIM (Advanced Institute of Management) workshop on Research Bid Writing, jointly organised by Oxford Brookes University, Surrey and Kingston University Business Schools, “Learning from Experience”, 24th of October 2009, Oxford.
Visiting Lecturer responsible for Research Methods Teaching at Tourism School Sant Ignasi, Barcelona / Maastricht Business School, Maastricht, 2009/2010.
Presentation to a group of senior academics from Tourism School Sant Ignasi, Barcelona / Maastricht Business School, Maastricht on ‘Teaching Research Methods’, 3rd June 2009, Barcelona.
A dissemination workshop/seminar ‘Social Embeddedness and Entrepreneurial Orientation in Ethnic Small Firms in the UK’ at the London School of Economics and Political Science as part of China in Comparative perspective seminar series to which both academics and practitioners were invited, the research findings of the ESRC funded project were presented, 6th of October 2008.
Guest speaker at the University of Kent, Kent Business School, Hospitality Management Symposium, 2 June 2008, “Future of Hospitality Research”.
Guest speaker, at a practitioner and policy making conference organised by Andy Love, MP, head of small business parliamentary group, ‘Turkish speaking businesses in London’, June, 2007.
An invited lecture entitled ‘International Expansion of a Hotel Company: Challenges and Opportunities’ to a group of academics and practitioners at Finnmark University College at Norway. The lecture drew on PhD research findings, 2001, September.
An invited lecture entitled ‘Teaching and Learning Experience in the UK’ to a group of academics and students at Eastern Mediterranean University in Cyprus, 2004 June.
A seminar entitled ‘Opportunities for Collaborative Research’ to a group of academics at Americanos College in Cyprus, 2005 July.
Conferences
- Brookes, M. and Altinay, L. (2015) 'Franchise Knowledge Transfer and Institutionalisation'. Paper presented at the 13th Annual APacCHRIE Conference, Auckland, June.
- Brookes, M. and Altinay, L. (2014) 'Evaluating Knowledge Transfer in Franchise Partnerships'. Paper presented at the 7th International Conference on Services Management, Macau, December.
- Brookes, M. and Altinay, L. (2013) 'Factors Influencing Entrepreneurial Orientation and Growth of SMEs'. Paper presented at the Industry Seminar presented at Institute for Tourism Studies, Macau, November.
- Brookes, M. and Altinay, L. (2013) 'Strategic Marketing for SMEs in Retail, Hospitality and Tourism'. Paper presented at the Guest Lecture presented at Institute for Tourism Studies, Macau, November.
- Brookes, M., Altinay, L., Madanoglu, M. and Aktas, G. (2013) 'The effect of franchisor’s role performance, cultural sensitivity and communication on franchisees’ trust in and satisfaction with franchise partnerships'. Paper presented at the Global Innovation and Knowledge Academy (GIKA) Conference, Valencia, Spain, July.
- Brookes, M., Yeung, R. and Altinay, L. (2013) 'Franchising in emerging markets:franchise purchase'. Paper presented at the Academy of Marketing, University of Glamorgan, Cardiff, July.
- McLean, J., Altinay, L., James, P. and Adesola, S. (2013) 'The Influence of Organisational Variables on Knowledge Management in New Product Development'. Paper presented at the 6th International Conference on Services Management, Cyprus, June.
- Brookes, M., Altinay, L. and Aktas, G. (2013) 'Franchisee Business Start-up from an Entrepreneurial Process Perspective'. Paper presented at the 6th International Conference on Services Management, Cyprus, June.
- Waligo, V., Altinay, L. and Daniele, R. (2013) 'Opportunity Exploitation in Social Entrepreneurship: The Influence of a Resource Constrained Environment'. Paper presented at the 6th International Conference on Services Management, Cyprus, June.
- Brookes, M., Yeung, R. and Altinay, L. (2013) 'Trend of franchising hospitality and retail services in Macau'. Paper presented at the APAC CHRIE Conference, University of Macua, Macau, May.
- Brookes, M., Altinay, L. and Aktas, G. (2013) 'Evaluating Knowledge Transfer in International Franchising'. Paper presented at the 22nd Annual CHME Research Conference, Queen Margaret University, Scotland, May.
- Brookes, M., Altinay, L. and Aktas, G. (2013) 'Selecting Franchise Partners In Emerging Markets'. Paper presented at the Industry Seminar, Izmir, Turkey, March.
- Brookes, M., Altinay, L. and Yeung, R. (2012) 'Examining Franchising through an Entrepreneurial Lens'. Paper presented at the Annual EuroCHRIE Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland, October.
- Brookes, M., Altinay, L. and Yeung, R. (2012) 'Franchisee Perspectives on Relationship Development: Preliminary Findings from a Macau Study'. Paper presented at the 21st Annual CHME Research Conference, Birmingham, May.
- Papadaki, A. A. and Altinay, L. (2012) 'Service Innovation Implementation In International Hotel Chains'. Paper presented at the 2nd Advances in Hospitality and Tourism Marketing & Management Conference (AHTMMC), Corfu, Greece, May.
- Brookes, M., Altinay, L. and Yeung, R. (2012) 'An Examination of Franchisee Business Start Up through an Entrepreneurial Lens'. Paper presented at the Oxford Brookes and Burgundy Business School Joint Conference, Oxford, May.
- Altinay, L., Madanoglu, M. and Arasli, H. (2012) 'The interface between learning capability, entrepreneurial orientation and SME Growth in North Cyprus'. Paper presented at the 2nd INBAM Conference, Valencia, March.
- Brookes, M. and Altinay, L. (2011) 'Selecting Franchise Partners'. Paper presented at the Annual CHME conference, Leeds, May.
- Altinay, L. and Brookes, M. (2011) 'Franchise Partner Selection: Perspective of Franchisees'. Paper presented at the Oxford Brookes Business School - Burgundy Business School Joint Research Conference, Dijon, May.
- Altinay, L. and Brookes, M. (2011) 'Franchise Partner Selection: Franchisee Perspectives'. Paper presented at the Annual Eirass Conference, San Diego, January.
- Datta, P. and Altinay, L. (2010) 'Innovation in Social Entrepreneurship: Cases from India'. Paper presented at the ISBE Conference, London, December.
- Altinay, L. and Brookes, M. (2010) 'International Franchise Partnerships'. Paper presented at the Seminar presented to industry and government representatives, IFT, Macau, December.
- Brookes, M. and Altinay, L. (2010) 'The Factors that Influence Knowledge Transfer in International Master Franchise Partnerships.'. Paper presented at the Annual Eurochrie Conference, Amsterdam, October.
- Brookes, M. and Altinay, L. (2010) 'The Factors that Influence Knowledge Transfer in International Master Franchise Partnerships'. Paper presented at the Annual Eurochrie Conference, Amsterdam, October.
- Ekinci, Y., Altinay, L. and Saunders, M. (2010) 'An Investigation of the Interface between Strategic Orientations, Organizational Learning and SME Growth in the Retail Industry'. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Retailing and Services Science (EIRASS), Istanbul, Turkey, July, pp. ,
- Brookes, M. and Altinay, L. (2010) 'Knowledge Transfer in International Franchise Partnerships'. Paper presented at the Annual Business School Research Conference, Oxford, June.
- Brookes, M. and Altinay, L. (2009) 'Franchise Partner Selection'. Paper presented at the 4th Annual International Conference on Services Management, Oxford, May.
- Bowen, D. and Altinay, L. (2008) 'The dynamic game: Skirting beyond access problems in academic tourism research'. Paper presented at the 3rd International on Services Management, Penn State University, P.A., May.
- Altinay, L. and Wang, C. (2007) 'Socio-cultural background, entrepreneurial behaviour of the firm and its growth'. Paper presented at the First International Colloquium on Ethnic Entrepreneurship: Changing Faces of Ethnic Entrepreneurship, Bradford University School of Management, March.
- Altinay, L. and Roper, A. (2003) 'The influence of organisational structure on corporate entrepreneurship: empirical findings from an international hotel group'. Paper presented at the British Academy of Management Conference, Harrogate, Yorkshire, September.
- Okumus, F., Karamustafa, K. and Altinay, L. (2002) 'Impacts of the recent economic crisis in Turkey on the Turkish hotel sector: empirical findings from Mugla and Nevsehir regions'. Paper presented at the British Academy of Management Conference, London, September.
- Okumus, F. and Altinay, L. (2002) 'Facilitating and maintaining qualitative research access into international hotel groups'. Paper presented at the CHME Research Conference, Leeds Metropolitan University, April.
- Okumus, F., Karamustafa, K. and Altinay, L. (2002) 'Impacts of the recent economic crisis in Turkey on the Turkish Hotel Sector: empirical findings from Mugla and Nevsehir regions'. Paper presented at the CHME Research Conference, Leeds Metropolitan University, April.
- Altinay, L. and Roper, A. (2002) 'The entrepreneur role of the development directors in franchising: empirical findings from an international hotel group'. Paper presented at the British Academy of Management Conference, London, January.
- Altinay, L. and Roper, A. (2001) 'International hotel development: people make it happen'. Paper presented at the 10th Annual CHME Research Conference, South Bank University, London, April.
Other experience