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Füsun Ülengin Sabancı Business School Faculty Member (216) 483 9683 fusunulenginsabanciunivedu

Personal Web

http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/fulengin

Jobs

Faculty Member

Education

B.Sc. in Managerial Engineering at Istanbul Technical University (1983)

M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering at Bogazici University (1985)

Ph.D. (degree earned) in Managerial Engineering at Istanbul Technical University (1989)

Ph.D. (proficiency and thesis proposal stages completed, thesis not submitted) Waterloo University, Engineering Faculty, Management Sciences Department (1987-1989)

Post-Doc at Birmingham University, Engineering Faculty, Production Engineering (1989-1990)

Areas of Interest

Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Multi-criteria Decision Making, Decision Support Model for Macro-systems

Memberships

World Conference on Transport Research Society (Scientific and Steering Committee Member, Vice Chair responsible for Publications)

Özaydın, Özay and Kabak, Özgür and Topcu, Y. Ilker and Ülengin, Füsun and Önsel Ekici, Şule (2025) "Analysis of direct and indirect relations among sustainable development goals and transportation targets", Transport Policy, Vol.171, 270-281 (SSCI)

Karadayı, Melis Almula and Aydın, Umut and Ülengin, Füsun and Ülengin, Burç (2025) "Evaluation of OECD countries' agricultural trade performance: proposal of a dynamic model", Endüstri Mühendisliği Dergisi, Vol.36, No.2, 236-270 (NA)

Uray, Nimet and Ülengin, Füsun and Ulengin, Burc and Beyhan, Hidayet and Sirkeci, Kubra and Aydın, Gizem Kaya (2024) "Economic contractions and effectiveness of marketing activities: a case from the automotive industry". Published Online First https://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41270-024-00314-1

Kaya, Gizem and Aydin, Umut and Ulengin, Burc and Karadayi, Melis Almula and Ülengin, Füsun (2023) "Spread of covid-19 in European countries: are stringencies effective? [Avrupa ülkelerinde covid-19'un yayılması: devlet politikaları etkili mi?]", Hacettepe Sağlık İdaresi Dergisi, Vol.26, No.3, 707-722 (NA)

Gündeş, Eda Helin and Ülengin, Füsun and Ülengin, Burç and Zeybek, Ömer (2023) "Changes in shopping habits during COVID-19", SN Business and Economics, Vol.3, No.3 (NA)

Kaya, Gizem and Aydın, Umut and Ülengin, Burç and Karadayı, Melis Almula and Ülengin, Füsun (2023) "How do airlines survive? An integrated efficiency analysis on the survival of airlines", Journal of Air Transport Management, Vol.107 (SSCI)

Kaya, Gizem and Aydin, Umut and Karadayi, Melis Almula and Ülengin, Füsun and Ulengin, Burc and Icken, Ayhan (2022) "Integrated methodology for evaluating the efficiency of airports: a case study in Turkey", Transport Policy, Vol.127, 31-47 (SSCI)

Ülengin, Füsun and Cekyay, Bora and Işık, Mine and Özaydın, Özay and Kabak, Özgür and Toktas-Palut, Peral and Onsel Ekici, Şule and Topçu, Y. İlker (2021) "A simulation-based approach for improving the largest border crossing between Europe and Turkey", Transport Policy, Vol.114, 350-363 (SSCI)

Kabak, Özgür and Önsel Ekici, Şule and Ülengin, Füsun (2020) "Analyzing two-way interaction between the competitiveness and logistics performance of countries", Transport Policy, Vol.98, 238-246 (SSCI)

Çekyay, Bora and Kabak, Özgür and Ülengin, Füsun and Ulengin, Burç and Toktaş Palut, Peral and Özaydın, Özay (2020) "A multi-commodity network flow and gravity model integration for analyzing impact of road transport quotas on international trade", Research in Transportation Economics, Vol.80 (SSCI)

Topçu, İlker and Ülengin, Füsun and Kabak, Özgür and Onsel Ekici, Şule and Ünver, Berna (2020) "A decision support methodology for increasing the efficiency of the largest border crossing between Europe and Turkey", Research in Transportation Economics, Vol.80 (SSCI)

Akkan, Can and Karadayı, Melis Almula and Ekinci, Yeliz and Ülengin, Füsun and Uray, Nimet and Karaosmanoğlu, Elif (2020) "Efficiency analysis of emergency departments in metropolitan areas", Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Vol.69 (SCI, SSCI)

Aydın, Umut and Karadayi, Melis Almula and Ülengin, Füsun (2020) "How efficient airways act as role models and in what dimensions? A superefficiency DEA model enhanced by social network analysis", Journal of Air Transport Management, Vol.82 (SSCI)

Önsel Ekici, Şule and Kabak, Özgür and Ülengin, Füsun (2019) "Improving logistics performance by reforming the pillars of Global Competitiveness Index", Transport Policy, Vol.81, 197-207 (SSCI)

Topçu, İlker and Ülengin, Füsun and Kabak, Özgür and Işık, Mine and Ünver, Berna and Önsel Ekici, Şule (2019) "The evaluation of electricity generation resources: the case of Turkey", Energy, Vol.167, 417-427 (SCI, SSCI)

Kabak, Özgür and Ülengin, Füsun and Önsel Ekici, Şule (2018) "Connecting logistics performance to export: a scenario-based approach", Research in Transportation Economics, Vol.70, 69-82 (SSCI)

Teoman, Seyhan and Ülengin, Füsun (2018) "The impact of management leadership on quality performance throughout a supply chain: an empirical study", Total Quality Management and Business Excellence, Vol.29, No.11-12, 1427-1451 (SSCI)

Ekinci, Yeliz and Uray, Nimet and Ülengin, Füsun and Duran, Cem (2018) "A segmentation based analysis for measuring customer satisfaction in maritime transportation", Transport, Vol.33, No.1, 104-118 (SCI)

Ülengin, Füsun and Işık, Mine and Önsel Ekici, Şule and Özaydın, Özay and Kabak, Özgür and Topçu, İlker (2018) "Policy developments for the reduction of climate change impacts by the transportation sector", Transport Policy, Vol.61, 36-50 (SSCI)

Cekyay, Bora and Toktaş Palut, Peral and Kabak, Özgür and Ülengin, Füsun and Özaydın, Özay and Ülengin, Burç (2017) "Analysis of the impact of bilateral and transit quotas on Turkey's international trade by road transport: an integrated maximum flow and gravity model approach", Research in Transportation Economics, Vol.66, 70-77 (SSCI)

Çinicioğlu, Esma Nur and Ulusoy, Gündüz and Önsel Ekici, Şule and Ülengin, Füsun and Ülengin, Burç (2017) "Exploring the interaction between competitiveness of a country and innovation using Bayesian networks", Innovation and Development, Vol.7, No.2, 175-209 (NA)

Karadayı, Melis Almula and Ekinci, Yeliz and Akkan, Can and Ülengin, Füsun (2017) "İstanbul için acil servis birimlerinin etkinliğinin kategorik veri zarflama analizi ile değerlendirilmesi (Evaluating efficiency of emergency departments using categorical data envelopment analysis for Istanbul)", Journal of Yasar University, Vol.12, 31-39 (NA)

Bilir, C. and Ekici, S. O. and Ülengin, Füsun (2017) "An integrated multi-objective supply chain network and competitive facility location model", Computers & Industrial Engineering, Vol.108, 136-148 (SCI)

Kabak, Özgür and Ülengin, Füsun and Çekyay, Bora and Önsel Ekici, Şule and Özaydın, Özay (2016) "Critical success factors for the iron and steel industry in Turkey: a fuzzy DEMATEL approach", International Journal of Fuzzy Systems, Vol.18, No.3, 523-536 (SCI)

Önsel Ekici, Şule and Kabak, Özgür and Ülengin, Füsun (2016) "Linking to compete: logistics and global competitiveness interaction", Transport Policy, Vol.48, 117-128 (SSCI)

Kabak, Özgür and Ülengin, Füsun and Önsel Ekici, Şule and Özaydın, Özay and Aktaş, Emel (2014) "Cumulative belief degrees approach for analyzing the competitiveness of the automotive industry", Knowledge-Based Systems, Vol.70, 15-25 (SCI)

Ülengin, Füsun and Önsel, Şule and Aktaş, Emel and Kabak, Özgür and Özaydın, Özay (2014) "A decision support methodology to enhance the competitiveness of the Turkish automotive industry", European Journal of Operational Research, Vol.234, No.3, 789-801 (SSCI)

Ekinci, Yeliz and Uray, Nimet and Ülengin, Füsun (2014) "A customer lifetime value model for the banking industry: a guide to marketing actions", European Journal of Marketing, Vol.48, No.3-4, 761-784 (SSCI)

Ülengin, Füsun and Özaydın, Özay and Ülengin, Burç and Kopp, Andreas and Önsel Ekici, Şule and Kabak, Özgür and Aktaş, Emel (2013) "Are road transportation investments in line with demand projections? A gravity-based analysis for Turkey", Transport Policy (SI), Vol.29, 227-235 (SCI)

Ekinci, Yeliz and Ülengin, Füsun and Uray, Nimet (2013) "Using customer lifetime value to plan optimal promotions". Published Online First http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02642069.2013.763929

Aktaş, Emel and Ülengin, Füsun and Topçu, İlker and Gündeş, Eda Helin, "The efficiency of nations in the struggle against the COVID-19 pandemic", Handbook of Research on Healthcare Standards, Policies, and Reform, Comite, Ubaldo (ed.), USA: IGI Global, April 2022, 282-319

Aydın, Umut and Karadayı, Melis Almula and Ülengin, Füsun and Ülengin, Kemal Burç, "Enhanced performance assessment of airlines with integrated balanced scorecard, network-based superefficiency DEA and PCA methods", Multiple Criteria Decision Making: Beyond the Information Age, Topcu, Y. İlker and Özaydın, Özay and Kabak, Özgür and Önsel Ekici, Şule (eds.), Switzerland: Springer Cham, March 2021, 225-247

Onan, Kıvanç and Ülengin, Füsun and Sennaroğlu, Bahar, "Locating temporary storage sites for managing disaster waste, using multiobjective optimization", Industrial Engineering Non-Traditional Applications in International Settings, Bidanda, Bopaya and Sabuncuoğlu, İhsan and Kara, Bahar Y. (eds.), Boca Raton: CRC Press, November 2014, 99-114

Aktaş, E., Ozaydin, O., Bozkaya, B., Ulengin, F., Onsel, S. (2013) ,”Optimizing Fire Station Locations for Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality”, Interfaces, May-June 2013, Vol.43, No.3

Çinicioglu, E., Önsel, Ş., Ülengin, F. (2012)”Competitiveness Analysis of Automotive Industry in Turkey Using Bayesian Networks”, Expert Systems With Applications 39 (2012), pp. 10923-10932, DOI information: 10.1016/j.eswa.2012.03.032

Aktas, E., Agaran, B., Ulengin, F., Onsel, S. (2011) “The Use of Outsourcing Logistics Activities: The Case of Turkey, Transportation Research-C, Vol.19, pp.833-852

Toktaş-Palut, P., Ülengin, F., 2011. Coordination in a two-stage capacitated supply chain with multiple suppliers, European Journal of Operational Research, 212, 43-53.

Kabak, Ö., Ülengin, F. (2011) “Possibilistics Linear Programming Approach for Supply Networking Decisions”, European Journal of Operational Research (EJOR) (doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2010.09. Vol. 209 (2011) 253–264

Ülengin, D., Kabak, Ö., Önsel, Ş., Aktaş, E. Parker, B.R. (2010),. The Competitiveness Of Nations And Implications For Human Development, Socio-economic Planning Sciences (SEPS), Reference: SEPS385,DOI information: 10.1016/j.seps.2010.10.001Reference: SEPS385

Gümüş, A.T., Güneri, A.F., Ulengin, F. (2010), “A New Methodology for Multi-Echelon Inventory Management in Stochastic and Neuro-Fuzzy Environments, International Journal of Production Vol. 128, pp. 248–260

Kabak, Ö., Ülengin, F. (2010) A demand forecasting methodology for fuzzy environments, Journal of Universal Computer Science, vol 16, issue 1, page 121-139

Ülengin, F.,Kabak,Ö.,Onsel,Ş., Ulengin, B., Aktaş, E.(2009) . “A problem-structuring model for analyzing transportation–environment ... European Journal of Operational Research (EJOR)(2009), doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2009.01.

Önsel, Ş., Ülengin, F., Ulusoy, G., Aktaş, E., Kabak, Ö, Topçu, Y.İ. (2008), “A New Perspective on the Competitiveness of Nations”, Socio-Economic And Planning Science, 42, 221-246 Kabak Ö, Ülengin F., Aktaş E., Önsel Ş., Topcu Y.İ. (2008) “Efficient shift scheduling in the retail sector through two-stage optimisation” European Journal of Operational Research (EJOR) 184(1), 76-90 (SCI) Kabak, Ö., Ülengin, F. (2006), A Fuzzy Logıc Approach to Evaluate the Relatıve Posıtıon of Countrıes ın terms of Sustainable Development, Journal of Transnational Management, Volume 12, Issue, 4, pp.3-33

Aktaş E., Ülengin F., Şahin Ş.Ö., (2007), An Artificial Neural Network Application in Health Care Management, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Vol.741, Issue 2, pp.130-146 )

Önsel, Ş., Ülengin, F., Aktaş, E., Kabak, Ö., Topçu, Y.İ., (2006), “An Integrated Transportation Decision Support System for Transportation Policy Decisions. The Case of Turkey”, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Volume 41, Issue 1, January 2007, Pages 80-97

Önsel Sahin S., Ülengin,F, Ülengin B. (2006), “A Bayesian Causal Map For A Dynamic Inflation Analysis: The Case Of Turkey”, European Journal Of Operational Research, 175, Issue 2, pp.1268-1284 (SCI)

Aktas E., Ulengin F. (2005), Outsourcing Logistics Activities in Turkey, Journal of Enterprise Management, Journal of Enterprise Information Management, Volume 18 Number 3, Special Issue (pp. 316 - 329)

Ülengin, F., Uray, N.(2004) “Adoption of Information Technology in Supply Chain Management: Experiences of Turkish Firms “, Journal of Transnational Management Development, Vol.10, No.2, pp.3-31

Topcu Y.I., Ulengin F. (2004) “Energy for the Future: An integrated decision aid for the case of Turkey”, Energy, Volume 29, Issue1, January 2004, p. 137-154

Özen Ü., Ulengin F. (2004) “Exploring the Differences of Managers’ Mental Model”, Journal of Transnational Management Development, Volume 9, Issue 2 and 3

Şahin Ş.Ö, Ulengin F., Ulengin B. (2004) “Using neural networks and cognitive mapping in scenario analysis: The case of Turkey's inflation dynamics”, European Journal of Operational Research,

Uray, N., Ülengin, F. (2003) “Logistics Organization Dilemma: Turkish Managers’ Perspective”, Journal of Euromarketing, Vol. 13, No.1, pp.27-51

Ülengin, F., Ülengin, B., Önsel, Ş.(2001 ), “A Power-Based Measurement Approach to Specify Macroeconomic Competitiveness of Countries”, Socio-Economic and Planning Science; v.36 pp.179-192

Ülengin F., Ülengin B., Güvenç Ü. (2001), “Living environmental preferences of the inhabitants of İstanbul: A modified hierarchical information integration model”, Social Indicators Research, Vol.57, pp.13-41

Ülengin, F., Topcu, Y.İ., Önsel , Ş.(2001) , “An Integrated Decision Aid System for Bosphorus Water Crossing Problem”, European Journal of Operations Research(EJOR) in V.134/1, pp.181-194

Ülengin, B., Ülengin, F., Güvenç Ü., (2001), "A Multi-Dimensional Approach for Urban Quality of Life: Istanbul Case", European Journal of Operations Research (EJOR) V.130, pp.361-374

Ülengin, F. and Uray, N.(1999), "Current Perspectives in Logistics: Turkey as a Case Study", International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, V.29, n.1, pp-22-50

Ülengin, F., Ülengin, B., Güvenç, Ü.(1998), "Relative Evaluation of Development for 32 Countries: A Multidimensional Approach”, Yapı Kredi Economic Review, vol.8 no:2 pp:3-23

Ülengin, F.,Topcu, Y.İ. (1997), "Cognitive Map-KBDSS Integration in Transportation Planning", Journal of Operational Research Society (J. Opl. Res. Soc.), Vol. 48, No. 11, pp.1065-1075 ( received the supporting award of TUBITAK and Istanbul Technical University as an international paper of A category)

Ülengin, F., Önsel, Ş. (1997),” Cognitive Maps of Three Turkish Politicians: The issue of Privatization", Review of Social, Economic and Administrative Studies ”, vol.11, no: 1. pp.151-173

Ülengin, F., Ülengin, B. (1994), “Forecasting Foreign Exchange Rates: A comparative Evaluation of AHP”, OMEGA, Vol.22, N.5, pp.505-519 (received the supporting award of TUBITAK as an international paper of category B).

Ülengin, F. (1994), “Easing the Traffic in Istanbul: At What Price?”, Journal of Operational Research. Society (J. Opl. Res. Soc.), Vol.45, N. 7, pp.771-785. (Received the supporting award of TUBITAK as an international paper of A category).

Bookbinder, J.H., Ülengin, F. (1992), “Budget Allocation and Profit for Logistics and its Interfaces”, International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, Vol.21, No.7, pp.22-28

Bookbinder, J.H., Ülengin, F.(1988), “Models for Improving Grain Transportation in Western Canada”, The Logistics and Transportation Review, Vol. 24, No.4, pp. 349-368