Professor Erzurumlu’s research and teaching interests span technology management, supply chain and operational innovation, social innovation and sustainable entrepreneurship. Sinan takes an operational lens to decision making and risk management, focusing on how entrepreneurial firms set up and improve business models by leveraging operational constraints around resources, processes and the resulting capabilities. In particular, he studies the relationship between operations design and business model innovation to stimulate technology commercialization and growth. He also examines corporate social innovation and sustainability strategies for established organizations and startups.