ISLER, Didar Büyüker; KEKLİK, Belma; KORTUNAY, Nevin(Epoka University Press, 2008-03-28)
Development in information and communication technologies within the globalization concern to cause strategical importance of competition. So, to be successful in today’s competitive world, firms concentrated on competitive ...
OGUT, Adem; ATTAR, Melis(Epoka University Press, 2008-03-28)
The new economy, by the courtesy of the information age, requires knowledge-based organizations and in turn new leaders to quickly respond to changes in resources, technologies, marketing and distribution systems. By the ...
Bayraktutan, Yusuf; Arslan, Ibrahim; Karatay, Pelin(Epoka University Press, 2008-03-28)
21. century is called as Knowledge and Communication Age. In this age, countries develop some policies about electronic structuring which enable them to be a knowledge society. Given these developments states start to cast ...
CAN, Ali; TAS, Sabahattin(Epoka University Press, 2008-03-28)
Health services have the biggest share in the national income of developed countries. Also the share of health expenditure in the family budgets has similar characteristics. As parallel, the both of shares have been ...
MEMISOGLU, Dilek; DURGUN, Ayse(Epoka University Press, 2008-03-28)
Although corruption is a very old incident, the first theoretical studies about it began in 1960s and applied ones began after 1990s. Since corruption is an extensive concept, various definitions can be made for it. It is ...
Bayyurt, Nizamettin; Duzu, GOKHAN(Epoka University Press, 2008-03-28)
In this paper, the efficiency of manufacturing companies of China, one of the countries (BRIC: Brazil, Russia, India, China) that are expected to dominate the world economy in 2050's, and Turkey, that is an attracting ...
DEMIR, Yusuf; KALAYCI, Seref; CELİK, Ismail(Epoka University Press, 2008-03-28)
Increasing competitive environment’s pressure on business organizations during globalization process and after it prompts finance managers to be more cautious about business financing and establishing capital structure. ...
KARAGOZ, Murat(Epoka University Press, 2008-03-28)
The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of terrorism and other factors on Turkey’s tourism sector using unit root tests for known structural break points. We found that the tourist arrivals series is trend ...
DEMİRAL, M. Fatih; GUNGOR, Ibrahim; ORUC, Kenan Oğuzhan(Epoka University Press, 2008-03-28)
A typical application area of vehicle routing problem (VRP) is School Bus Routing Problem. In this problem, mainly, it is aimed to minimize total service time, length, number of vehicles operating etc. and maximize the ...
ONDER, Kubra; DURGUN, Ayse(Epoka University Press, 2008-03-28)
It appears that tourism in Turkey, which is a tourism country, developed rapidly especially after 1980 and struggled to gain competitive advantage in international tourism sector. In this context, the aim of this study is ...
Bayraktaroglu, Serkan; Kutanis, Rana Ozen; Turkay, Oguz(Epoka University Press, 2008-03-28)
This paper provides an analysis and evaluation of the main perspectives on global challenges faced by the Turkish tourism sector. The issues involved are; the evaluation of the transformation process of hospitality ...
Ozgen, Huseyin; Baser, Rifat; Mimaroglu, Hande(Epoka University Press, 2008-03-28)
Performance appraisal is a tool that provides management with valuable information regarding the quality of the human resources the organizations possess which may serve as a basis for important human resource decisions ...
YILMAZ, Emine; OZER, GOKHAN(Epoka University Press, 2008-03-28)
The purpose of this article is to investigate the reasons behind the information technology (IT) usage of accountants. On this account in the study, based on the Theory of Reasoned Action developed by Ajzen and Fishbein, ...
AKTURK, Ahmet; SENOL, Hasan(Epoka University Press, 2008-03-28)
In this study, it has been mentioned that conservatism concept which is one of the accounting principles and searched that whether the companies traded in ISE Public Industrial Index are conservative or not, there is a ...
AKYUZ, Yilmaz; BULCA, Handan; UC, Mustafa(Epoka University Press, 2008-03-28)
Nowadays, an extremely fast developments are faced, in every field. The increase on international business activities, investment decisions, and pace of transformation in capital markets which are affected by the technological ...
BIRGILI, Erhan; AKAYTAY, Ali; GUMUS, Fatih B.(Epoka University Press, 2008-03-28)
Insurance sector has more powerful effect on every countries' economy especially in developed countries. Insurance sector has more subsector like health, retirement, fire, accident, car etc. Car insurance subsector has ...
TOPAL, Yusuf; ELITAS, Cemal; ERKAN, Mehmet(Epoka University Press, 2008-03-28)
Insurance appeared so as to defend individuals against the losses and the costs that will occur depending on the various conditions along with the necessity of taking precautions beforehand throughout the people’s life. ...
McAdams, Michael A.(Epoka University Press, 2008-03-28)
Urban transport is one of the most important elements for the development of sustainable urban areas in middle income economies. In many of these countries, the amount of vehicles on highway facilities in their urban areas ...
Ristovska, Milena(Epoka University Press, 2008-03-28)
The theory and practice have confirmed the importance of good governance and quality institutions for the economic growth. The issue of building well-functioning market economy and institutions supporting it is a rather ...
Akin, Mustafa Seref(Epoka University Press, 2008-03-28)
This study reflects the survey’s results conducted among Kyrgyz people on their assessment on their satisfaction levels during capitalism and communism. Survey’s results indicate that people have a great dissatisfaction ...