➤ BERC Director
➤ Jennings and Rebecca Jones Chair of Excellence in Urban and Regional Planning
➤ Associate Professor of Management at MTSU

Previous Position

Associate Director, Business and Economic Research Center, Jones College of Business, Middle Tennessee State University

Teaching Interests

• Strategic Management
• Management of Innovation
• International Business
• Economic Competitiveness

Research Areas

• International business
• Regional economic development
• Economic impact analysis
• Competitive dynamics
• Strategic management

Education

• PDBP in Management and Marketing, 2012
  Warrington College of Business Administration
  University of Florida
  Concentration: Strategic management, international business, entrepreneurship
• Ph.D. in Political Science, 2001
  University of Connecticut
  Concentration: International political economy, regional economics, and political dynamics
• M.A. in Political Science, 1994
  Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
  Syracuse University
  Concentration: Comparative Politics, geopolitics, and political economy
• B.A. in Public Administration, 1989
  Faculty of Political Science
  Ankara University, Turkey
  Concentration: Public administration, public finance, and administrative law

Contact

• murat.arik@mtsu.edu
• 615-898-5424
• Business and Economic Research Center
  Middle Tennessee State University
  P.O. Box 102
  1301 E. Main St.
  Murfreesboro, TN 37132