Ezgi Arslan, PhD.
Ezgi is an industry analyst at AIMultiple.
Research focus at AIMultiple
- AI agent applications in finance where she combines her finance expertise with emerging AI tools.
- Sustainability where she relies on her academic research background.
- Procurement technologies where she bases upon her experience in finance.
- Surveys and sentiment analysis for user insights where she rests on her academic experience.
- Network security, including firewalls, firewall management, and orchestration where she applies her industry analysis experience.
Professional experience
Ezgi worked both in academia and the industry before:- Çankaya University as Part-time Teaching Staff
- TED Ankara College as Education Support Specialist
- TED University as Teaching Assistant
- AKFEN Holding Inc. as Finance Specialist
Education
Graduated with a PhD. from the Department of Business and Administration at Bilkent University.
Academic publications
- Arslan ETanyeri-Günsür B. (2025). Ambitious sons and understanding daughters: investor perceptions of gender and the valuation of family firms". Gender in Management: An International Journal, 1-22, DOI: 10.1108/GM-11-2024-0636.
- Alp, E. (2024). An Examination of Factors in Financial Asset Valuation. Nişantaşı Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 12 (Special Issue), 60-72. DOI: 52122/nisantasisbd.1467788.
- Tanyeri A. B., and Alp E. (2023). Law as an external governance mechanism: valuation of family firms in countries with differing judicial protection of shareholder rights. Corporate Governance: An International Review, 1-22, DOI: 10.1111/corg.12484.
Conference presentations
- Alp, E. (2023) Impact of the Corporate Sustainability Performance on Financial Performance and the Institutional Shift Amidst Covid-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Türkiye. In: ICGS 2023 CGIR Junior Scholar Consortium and Paper Development Workshop – held in Madrid, Spain on October 20, 2023.
- Alp, E. (2023) The Effect of Corporate Sustainability Activities of Financial Performance. In: 1. Conference of Economics and Society – held in Ankara, Türkiye on December 6-7, 2023.
- Alp, E. (2022) Shareholder activism, and organizational form. In: 19TH EIASM Workshop on Corporate Governance – held in Strasbourg, France on November 8-9, 2022.
- Alp, E., and Tanyeri A. B. (2021). Gender perceptions of investors and the valuation of family firms. In: RENT 2021 Conference – XXXV Research in Entrepreneurship Conference – held in Turku, Finland on November (17) 18-19, 2021.
- Alp, E. (2020). Value of Shareholder Voting Rights and Family Firm Related Mechanisms. In: 3rd AEM and TIM PHD Programs-Joint Paper Development Online Workshop, Bergamo on May 25-26, 2020.
Latest Articles from Ezgi
Sentiment Analysis Benchmark Testing: ChatGPT, Claude & Qwen
Achieving precise labeling of emotions and sentiments, as well as detecting irony, hatefulness, and offensiveness, remains a challenge, requiring further testing and refinement. We tested 10 large language models across five sentiment tasks: emotion, hatefulness, irony, offensiveness, and sentiment. We ranked them by average accuracy across all five. The results highlight clear distinctions between the…
Top 10 Alternative Data Use Cases for Investment
Investors are always seeking new sources of data to gain an edge in their investment strategies. Alternative data can provide unique, non-public insights into companies, industries, and markets. Explore why alternative data is important for investment, the top 10 alternative data use cases, and more: Perceptions of social media have been shown to influence stock…
Top AI Document Generator Tools
AI document generators promise to create documents, presentations, and even websites from a short prompt. We tested how well several popular tools can generate different types of outputs, including: We tested AI Doc Maker by asking it to create documents about AIMultiple without providing any company details. The results were not perfect but fair. It…
Agentic AI Finance Benchmark: FinRobot vs FinRL vs FinGPT
79% of executives report that their companies have started adopting AI agents, yet 34% are currently using them in accounting and finance.27 We conduct a benchmark on 3 agentic AI finance tools tailored for financial workflows. Results suggest that We present benchmark results alongside use cases and implementation challenges. The findings highlight several important patterns:…
Pros & Cons of Top 7 RPA Alternatives to Consider
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is a beneficial technology that can automate up to 70-80% of rules-based processes.38 However, ~40% of companies fail to reach their expectations of cost reduction after RPA implementation.39 This is because RPA is not the right fit for every process, and there are potential pitfalls of RPA implementation, such as costly…
Top 15 AI Excel Tools Benchmarked
79% of companies claim to have adopted AI agents, and two-thirds of those users say these agents have boosted productivity in measurable ways.1 We test and compare 15 AI Excel tools to see how they handle real spreadsheet work. We ran two benchmarks. Quadratic and GPT for Excel scored the highest. Summary of other results:…
AI Agent Vulnerability with 192 Real-life Incidents
Understanding how AI agent vulnerability makes systems fail, whether through security exploits, guardrail breakdowns, or data exposure, has become critical as these systems take on increasingly autonomous roles in business workflows. To map the real-world risk landscape of AI agents, we reviewed 192 documented vulnerability incidents spanning March 2016 to May 2026, drawing on sources.…
Top 7+ Open Source Firewall Options: Features & Types
Network security statistics reveal that Open source firewalls provide a cost effective solution to network security. Explore the features, types, and challenges of top open source firewalls as well as a comparison of open source firewalls and commercial firewalls: * Based on data from B2B review platforms ** Based on data from LinkedIn Inclusion criteria:…
Top Firewall Management Tools: Analysis & Comparison
As the CISO of an enterprise managing firewalls from multiple vendors, I have seen that a unified firewall management tool is essential to streamline configuration & ensure compliance, and reduce the complexity & workload. I have compiled the top 5 solutions. Click the links to understand the rationale behind each selection: See the top multi-vendor…
18 Procurement Case Studies & Lessons Learned
Effective procurement practices are necessary across all industries. By examining procurement case studies in various sectors, from non-profit to technology, healthcare, and beyond, we gain valuable insights into the impact of procurement solutions and best practices that can drive success in any industry. By examining procurement case studies from different sectors, we uncover how organizations…
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