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MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN
The mission of our graduate programs is to prepare
individuals for academic research and teaching careers.
The programs aim to train future researchers who will
be able to conduct cutting-edge research, publish
in reputable international journals, and contribute
significantly to their fields. Since 1996, we have been
offering Master of Science (M.S.) and Doctor of
Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in three areas: Decision
Science/ Operations Management, Finance, and
Marketing. A total of 127 students have been accepted
to the programs and 36 graduates have already started
successful careers.
There are several reasons to choose Bilkent Faculty of
Business Administration (FBA) M.S./Ph.D. programs
including high faculty-to-student ratio, rich library
resources, conference support to graduate students,
and attractive job offers after graduation. We are also
proud of the quality of our students, the frequency of
seminars/academic activities, the physical conditions
of our facilities, and the proximity to other major
universities. I would suggest another criterion that
should be considered by all students searching an M.S./
Ph.D. programs: the reputation of the Business School.
This should be one of the most important criteria since
the school at which you get your degree is as important
as having the degree. There are a few external bodies
that accredit business schools and the Association
to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
accreditation signals the global hallmark of excellence
in business education. Bilkent Business School is
the first business school in Turkey with the AACSB
accreditation.
In sum, I can conclude that Bilkent FBA is the right
address for an M.S./Ph.D. in business. Apply now and
take your first step towards an international academic
career.
Prof. Erdal Erel
If you have a passion for creating and disseminating
knowledge, our M.S./Ph.D. program is just right for you.
Bilkent FBA graduate program is designed to train
scholars and researchers who are dedicated to learning,
teaching, and creating knowledge in universities in
Turkey and abroad. The main objective of our program
is to prepare you for careers in academia and research
institutions in such a way that you will be able to make
original and significant contributions to your field
through high caliber research.
Programs of study are designed for the specific
research interests of each candidate and assist the
students to master the social, economic, behavioral, and
mathematical sciences through courses from various
departments in Bilkent University. Our exchange partner
universities also provide additional opportunities for
coursework, joint research, and networking. Visiting
scholars and graduate students from abroad add to the
diversity of our community.
The Faculty of Business Administration at Bilkent
University offers M.S. and Ph.D. degrees for those
interested in advanced study of the theory and practice
of management in three areas:
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DECISION SCIENCE/OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
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FINANCE
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MARKETING
M.S. and Ph.D. in DECISION SCIENCE/OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
The field of Decision Science studies judgments
and decisions made by individuals, groups and
organizations. Research in this area can be classified
into three categories: the normative approach
studies how people should make decisions if they are
making choices in their best interests; the descriptive
approach delves into the psychology of individuals
and groups to understand how people actually make
decisions; and the prescriptive approach develops
methods and techniques to improve decision making.
By its nature, Decision Science research is highly
interdisciplinary, maintaining ties with fields such as
psychology, economics, and statistics. Decision Science
at FBA focuses on a number of challenging research
themes which include judgment under risk, dealing
with uncertainty, choosing among risky alternatives,
judgmental forecasting, forecast support systems, risk
perception and risk communication.
Operations Management is concerned with gaining
knowledge, skills, and expertise needed to manage and
advance the efficiency and productivity of business
operations. Operations Management studies emphasize
the development of models, methods, applications, and
algorithms as they apply to problems in production and
services. Management of resources, the distribution
of goods and services to customers, and the analysis
of queuing and inventory systems are also within
the scope of Operations Management. The research
interests of the Operations Management faculty follow
up-to-date business practices and needs, with emphasis
on revenue management, perishable and recyclable
inventory control, supply chain contracts, production
and customer order scheduling, and coordination issues
in inventory management, supply chain scheduling, and
new product development.
Faculty: Emre Berk, Nagihan Çömez, Erdal Erel, Ayşe
Kocabıyıkoğlu, Dilek Önkal, Doğan Serel, Deniz Yenigün.
Ph.D. dissertations and places of first and current
employment
TOY, Ayhan Özgür. Quality and Production Control
with Opportunities and Exogenous Random Shocks.
Supervisor: Dr. Emre Berk. September 2005. Assistant
Professor at Turkish Naval Academy.
GÖNÜL, M. Sinan. User Perspective in Judgmental
Adjustments: Nested Adjustments and Explanations.
Supervisor: Dr. Dilek Önkal. July 2007. Assistant
Professor at TOBB University and Assistant Professor at
METU.
GÜVENÇ, Gülbanu. Values and Risk Perception: A
Cross-Cultural Examination. Supervisor: Dr. Dilek Önkal.
February 2008. Research Fellow at Carnegie Mellon
University and Marie Curie International Outgoing
Fellow at Newcastle University.
HAZIR, Öncü. Models and Algorithms for Deterministic
and Robust Discrete Time/Cost Trade-Off Problems.
Supervisor: Dr. Erdal Erel. May 2008. Postdoc at Pierre
& Marie Curie University and Assistant Professor at TED
University.
M.S. thesis and places of first and current employment
BAYAR, Aslı. A Continuous Review Inventory System
in a Random Environment. Supervisor: Dr. Emre Berk.
September 1998. Ph.D. Student at Bilkent University and
Associate Professor at Bahçeşehir University.
ATASEVEN, Çiğdem. Manufacturing Strategies
of Turkish Firms: An Empirical Study on Business
Environmental Factors and Competitive Priorities.
Supervisor: Dr. Emre Berk. July 2006. Ph.D. Student at
University of South Carolina.
ERGENE, Erim. Replenishment Decisions Under
Quantity Discounts and Expiry Dates. Supervisor: Dr.
Emre Berk. August 2006. General Manager at Erim Çelik
Hasır Ltd. Şti.
M.S. and Ph.D. in FINANCE
The graduates of our M.S. in Finance program will
have an intermediary level understanding of financial
theory, application and quantitative research tools
that will enable them either to continue onto the Ph.D.
program of their choice or to work for the financial
industry as researchers, consultants or regulators. Our
M.S. program is recognized as the program partner
of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute.
This partnership allows our students to prepare
themselves for the CFA exams and place them with an
advantageous position when seeking to enter into the
finance industry.
The graduates of the Ph.D. program are expected to
conduct original research that contributes to the theory
and application of financial economics and to pursue
academic careers in prestigious universities. To achieve
this objective, students are equipped with a rigorous
training in research methods and financial theory.
The finance faculty conducts empirical and theoretical
research in specialized fields of asset pricing,
corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, financial
intermediation, real estate finance, derivatives markets,
financial risk management, market efficiency and
market microstructure.
Research support includes excellent computing facilities
and library, as well as access to financial databases
such as DataStream, The Center for Research in
Security Prices (CRSP), Euromonitor International’s
Global Market Information Database (GMID), Global
Development Finance (GDF), ISI Emerging Markets,
International Financial Statistics, World Development
Indicators (World Bank), Security Database Corporation
M&A Database.
Faculty: Levent Akdeniz, Aslıhan Altay-Salih, Kürşat
Aydoğan, Burcu Esmer, Zeynep Önder, Süheyla
Özyıldırım, A. Başak Tanyeri.
Ph.D. dissertations and places of first and current
employment
GÜRSOY, Güner. Equity Ownership Structure and Its
Consequences: An Empirical Investigation in Turkish
Firms. Supervisor: Dr. Kürşat Aydoğan. November 2001.
Assistant Professor at Turkish Military Academy and
Associate Professor at Maltepe University.
BAYAR, Aslı. Three Essays on the Behavior of French
Stocks Cross-Listed on the German Stock Markets.
Supervisor: Dr. Zeynep Önder. February 2002. Assistant
Professor at Çankaya University and Associate
Professor at Bahçeşehir University.
NEKHILI, Ramzi. Exploration of USD-DEM Exchange
Rate Returns at different time Horizons and Its
Implication to Risk Management. Supervisor: Dr. Aslıhan
Altay-Salih. September 2002. Assistant Professor
at Eastern Mediterranean University and Associate
Professor at University of Wollongong, Dubai.
ARISOY, Yakup Eser. Asset Pricing in a Multiperiod
Securities Market with Nonnegative Wealth Constraints.
Supervisor: Dr. Aslıhan Altay-Salih. July 2007. Assistant
Professor at IESEC, Lille Catholic University and
Lecturer at Lancaster University.
ŞENDENİZ YÜNCÜ, İlkay. Essays on Financial
Development and Economic Growth. Supervisor:
Dr. Kürşat Aydoğan. July 2007. Postdoc at Tilburg
University and Visiting Assistant Professor at IESEG
School of Management.
UNGAN, Ayşe Ece. Essays on Market Discipline in
Emerging Markets. Supervisor: Dr. Selçuk Caner. CoSupervisor: Dr. Süheyla Özyıldırım. December 2007.
Branch Manager at Alternatif Bank.
UMUTLU, Mehmet. Financial Liberalization, Foreign
Equity Investment and Volatility in Emerging Stock
Exchanges. Supervisor: Dr. Levent Akdeniz. October
2008. Postdoc at Tilburg University and Postdoc at
Lancaster University.
M.S. thesis and places of first and current employment
İLKUÇAN, Ayça. The Effects of Political and Economic
News on the Intradaily Performance of the Istanbul
Stock Exchange. Supervisor: Dr. Zeynep Önder.
September 2004. Senior Associate at İş Investment.
SİYAHHAN, Baran. Privatization of Forests: A Real
Options Approach. Supervisor: Dr. Selçuk Caner.
February 2005. Ph.D. student at Vienna Graduate
School of Finance and Associate Professor at Aarhus
School of Business
KÜÇÜKBAHÇIVAN, Yüsra. Does Derivative Usage Affect
Firm-Level Risk? Supervisor: Dr. Aslıhan Altay-Salih.
January 2008. Bank Inspector at Isbank.
ÇAŞKURLU, Tolga. Testing the Effects of Oral
Interventions on the Covariance of Exchange Rates
in a State-of-the-Art Computational Environment.
Supervisor: Dr. Aslıhan Altay-Salih. July 2009. Ph.D.
Student at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
KUŞAKCIOĞLU, Gözde Zeynep. The Sensitivity of Loan
Growth and the Existence of Bank Lending Channel
During the New Regulatory Environment in Turkey.
Supervisor: Dr. Süheyla Özyıldırım. January 2010. Ph.D.
Student at METU.
ERDURMUŞ, Ali. Performance Characteristics of
Investable Hedge Funds Indexes. Supervisor: Dr. Levent
Akdeniz. May 2010. Specialist at Capital Market Board.
KARA, Mahmut. The Impact of Non-Pricing Strategies
on the Financial Intermediary Role of Turkish Banks.
Supervisor: Dr. Süheyla Özyıldırım. May 2010. Senior
Associate at Undersecretariat of Treasury.
HEKİMOĞLU, Mert Hakan. Stock-Market Reactions to
Mergers of Non-Financial Turkish Firms. Supervisor:
Dr. A. Başak Tanyeri. September 2010. Ph.D. Student at
Syracuse University.
AKDAĞ, Muhammed. Common Risk Factors in the
Returns of Stocks Trading in the İstanbul Stock
Exchange. Supervisor: Dr. Aslıhan Altay-Salih. June 2011.
Financial Analyst at Ziraat Bank.
CAKOVA, Uğur. Capital Structures of Determinants of
Turkish SMEs in a Manufacturing Industry. Supervisor:
Dr. Zeynep Önder. September 2011. Ph.D. Student at
Tilburg University.
M.S. and Ph.D. in MARKETING
The objective of our marketing Ph.D. program is to train
intellectually curious individuals in the craft of marketing
scholarship. We seek to produce graduates who have the
ability and motivation to conduct important, meaningful
and impactful research and take positions in leading
universities in Turkey and abroad. The program offers
students a broad background in social sciences and indepth specialization in a particular area of marketing,
such as consumer culture theory, consumer decision
making, marketing strategy or social marketing.
Our Marketing Ph.D. program integrates a solid analytical
training with a scholarly theoretical emphasis. The
program is based on four pillars: strong analytics,
strong theory, sound research skills, and international
experience. International experience entails activities
such as a semester or a year abroad and international
seminars or conferences at Bilkent and elsewhere and
helps future academics get acquainted with the global
nature of scholarship and research.
Marketing M.S. program is also research-focused and
aims to equip students with an in-depth knowledge of
marketing theory and research for their future careers.
Upon completion of the program individuals can
continue their education in a marketing Ph.D. program or
seek marketing-related positions in companies.
Faculty: Ahmet Ekici, Güliz Ger, Destan Kandemir, Olga
Kravets, Özlem Sandıkcı.
Ph.D. dissertations and places of first and current
employment
KARABABA, Eminegül. Origins of a Consumer Culture
in an Early Modern Context: Ottoman Bursa. Supervisor:
Dr. Güliz Ger. June 2006. Lecturer at University of Exeter
and Visiting Assistant Professor at METU.
YENİCİOĞLU, Mehmet Baskın. Consumers and Their
Brands: Acting Out Personal Mythologies in a ‘Global’ Brand
Community. Supervisor: Dr. Güliz Ger. September 2006.
Academic Fellow at University of Reading and Subject
Area Leader and Lecturer at University of Reading.
TARI, Berna. Exploring Local and Global Ideals of Beauty
in Turkey: Discourses and Practices of Plastic Surgery
Patients and Physicians. Supervisor: Dr. Özlem Sandıkcı.
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Ahmet Ekici. July 2008. Assistant
Professor at TOBB University.
ÖMERAKİ, Şahver. Branded Gated Communities:
Marketing and Consumer Perspectives. Supervisor: Dr.
Özlem Sandıkcı. August 2010. Assistant Professor at
Doğuş University.
M.S. thesis and places of first and current employment
TOKMAN, Aslı. Negotiating Tradition, Modernity and
Identity in Consumer Space: A Study of a Shopping Mall
and Revived Coffeehouse. Supervisor: Dr. Fabian Faurholt
Csaba. September 2001. Marketing Manager at Ülker.
COŞKUNER, Gökçen. “New” Clothing: Meaning and
Practices. Supervisor: Dr. Özlem Sandıkcı. September
2002. Ph.D. Student at University of Wisconsin-Madison
and Assistant Professor at Chapman University.
ERTİMUR, Burçak. Gold and Gold Jewelry: Exploration
of Consumer Practices. Supervisor: Dr. Özlem Sandıkcı.
September 2003. Ph.D. Student at University of
California-Irvine and Assistant Professor at Feirleigh
Dickinson University.
İLKUÇAN, Altan. Gentrification, Community and
Consumption: Constructing, Conquering and Contesting
“The Republic of Cihangir”. Supervisor: Dr. Özlem
Sandıkcı. February 2004. Ph.D. Student at METU.
AKKOÇ, Ali Utku. Consumption of Counterfeit Designer
Brands: Reasons, Practices and Consequences.
Supervisor: Dr. Ahmet Ekici. September 2005. Ph.D.
Student at University of Alberta.
KEMMING, Jan Dirk. Nation Brand Image in Political
Contexts- The Case of Turkey’s EU Accession. Supervisor:
Dr. Özlem Sandıkcı. June 2006. Creative Director for
Weber Shandwick Continental Europe.
YILDIRIM, Gülberk. Does Social Exclusion Motivate
Consumption to Satisfy the Need to Belong? Supervisor:
Dr. Destan Kandemir. May 2009. CIS Analytics Specialist
at Kraft Foods.
KARATAŞ, Mustafa. Where Religion, Community
and Consumption Meet: a Qualitative Inquiry into the
Consumption Practices of a Religious Community.
Supervisor: Dr. Özlem Sandıkcı. July 2011. Ph.D. Student
at INSEAD.
Comments of Recent Graduates and Current Students
“Bilkent University
Faculty of Business
Administration attracted
me with its accreditation
and world class
education. Since I also
had my undergraduate
degree here, I have known
the quality of the faculty.
There is nice interaction
among faculty members and the master
students.
“When I searched the finance
programs in Turkey, I noticed
that Bilkent FBA is the best
program in the sense that
it provides the theorical
background along with the
responsible research attitude.
By way of the academic
seminars, Bilkent FBA not
only makes us aware of
the recent papers, but also prepares us for the
academic presentation manner.”
The best part of being a Bilkent FBA student
is that you know that you are a part of a
prestigious university’s well-known faculty
meaning that your education is recognized all
over the world.”
Naime Geredeli
Ph.D. Student in Finance
Duygu Akdevelioğlu
M.S. Student in Marketing
“After receiving my M.S.
degree, I decided to pursue
an academic career and
applied to Bilkent University.
The internationally known
faculty and the high quality in
teaching and research were the
crucial factors in my decision
to select Bilkent FBA. I also
thought that the connections of Bilkent FBA with
the other leading universities and academics would
help me to initiate joint projects with them and
improve my vision. In fact, my professors guided
me to write papers and my advisor helped me to
make an academic visit to Technion in Israel during
my studies; these helped me a lot to develop
myself. Consequently, I found opportunities to
work in leading universities in France after my
graduation. In this respect, I strongly advice Bilkent
FBA to those who would like to start a successful
academic career.”
“I feel that the program’s
strengths came from (1) the
finance seminar series with
international researchers
from top schools
presenting their work; (2)
the research requirement
to start working on joint
articles starting from
the first semester of the
Ph.D. program; and (3) exchange opportunities
with the wide network of partner universities
throughout the world.”
Yakup Eser Arısoy, Ph.D., 2007,
Lecturer at Lancaster University,
Management School
Lancaster, U.K.
Öncü Hazır
Assistant Professor, TED University
“Bilkent M.S. program in
Marketing has attracted
me with its prominent
faculty who are also active
researchers and who are
generous with their time
and knowledge. The keen
interest of faculty in working
with us and exposing us to
the newest theoretical and
research developments in the field along with a
multidisciplinary curriculum are the characteristics
of M.S. program. The program also provides
students with a friendly environment and peer
support where everybody is open to hearing
and contributing to each other’s ideas. With its
academic reputation and breadth of its training,
the program has been the gateway for me to an
academic career, and helped me get accepted to
the Ph.D. program of INSEAD, which is one of the
top business schools of the world.”
Mustafa Karataş
Ph.D. Student at INSEAD.
“As an academician working
in a foreign country, I observe
that the Ph.D. program of
Bilkent University Faculty of
Business Administration is
known in the world because of
its academic success.
Unlike the other Ph.D.
programs, the requirement of
having a publication in a reputable journal in order
to graduate from Ph.D. Program helps the students
to find good academic jobs after graduation.”
Ilkay Şendeniz Yüncü, Ph.D., 2007.
Assistant Professor of Finance
IESEG School of Management, Lille, France
“For those who want to
take part in an outstanding
graduate program in
marketing in Turkey, Bilkent
offers a great opportunity.
Faculty members have
excellent knowledge on their
fields and they offer valuable
graduate courses. They are
also extremely research
oriented, which encourages graduate students to
start publishing early in their carriers. Moreover,
the department regularly hosts international
marketing seminars, providing graduate students
with a chance to meet many well-known mentors
and become a part of the academic network
before even completing the program. Bilkent
University is the right place for those who
are interested in understanding and studying
consumers and marketing from a qualitative
research perspective. As such, the program may
not suit those who are interested in experimental
design or modeling. Applicants should also be
aware that they might be required to find and
attend courses outside the department/university,
which could delay the completion of the program.”
Meltem Türe
Ph.D. Candidate in Marketing
Selected Recent Publications of Faculty Members
N.Acur, D. Kandemir, H. Boer, “Strategic Alignment and
New Product Development: Drivers and Performance
Effects,” Journal of Product Innovation Management,
vol. 29, pp. 304-318 (2012)
N. Çömez, T. Kiessling, “Joint Inventory and Constant
Price Decisions for a Continuous Review System”,
International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics
Management (Forthcoming)
N. Acur, D. Kandemir, P.C. Weerd-Nederhorf, M.
Song, “Exploring the Impact of Technological
Competence Development on Speed and NPD
Program Performance,” Journal of Product Innovation
Management, vol. 27, pp. 915-929 (2010)
E. Erel, J.B. Ghosh, “Minimizing weighted mean absolute
deviation of job completion times from their weighted
mean,” Applied Mathematics and Computation, vol. 217,
pp. 9340-9350 (2011)
L. Akdeniz, W.D. Dechert, “The Equity Premium in
Consumption and Production Models?,” Macroeconomic
Dynamics, vol.16, no.1 (2012)
P. Ayton, D. Önkal, L. McReynolds, “Effects of ignorance
and information on judgements and decisions,”
Judgement and Decision Making, vol. 6, pp. 381-391
(2011)
E. Berk, Ü.Gürler, “Newsboy Inventory Problem[reprint],”
Methods and Applications of Statistics in Business,
Finance and Management Science, N. Balakrishnan,
(Eds.), John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2010)
S. Caner, S. Özyıldırım, A.E. Ungan, “How Sensitive
Are Bank Managers to Shareholder Value?,” Journal of
Financial Services Research (Forthcoming)
M.M. Cornett, B. Tanyeri, H. Tehranian, “The Effect
of Merger Anticipation on Bidder and Target Firm
Announcement Period Returns,” Journal of Corporate
Finance, vol. 17, pp. 595-611 (2011)
N. Çömez, K.E. Stecke, M. Çakanyıldırım, “Meeting
Correlated Spare Part Demands with Optimal
Transshipments,” International Journal of Strategic
Decision Sciences, vol. 1, pp. 1-27 (2010)
N. Çömez, K.E. Stecke, M. Çakanyıldırım, “Multiple InCycle Transshipments with Positive Delivery Times,”
Production and Operations Management (Forthcoming)
N. Çömez, K.E. Stecke, M. Çakanyıldırım, “In-Season
Transshipments among Competitive Retailers”,
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
(Forthcoming)
E.F. Gençtürk, D. Kandemir, “Subsidiary Marketing
Strategy Implementation (SM.S.I): The Missing Link of
International Marketing Strategy Research”, Handbook
of Research in International Marketing, S.C. Jain, D.
Griffith (Eds.), Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. (2011)
G. Ger, O. Kravets, Ö. Sandıkcı, “International Marketing
at the Interface of the Alluring Global and the
Comforting Local”, Marketing Management: A Cultural
Perspective, L. Peñaloza, N. Toulouse, L.M. Visconti
(Eds.), pp. 30-42, Routledge (2011)
P. Goodwin, D. Önkal, M. Thomson, “Do Forecasts
Expressed as Prediction Intervals Improve Production
Planning Decisions?” European Journal of Operational
Research, vol. 205, pp. 195-201 (2010)
L. Gümüşlüoğlu, Z. Karakitapoğlu-Aygün, “Bilgi
Çalışanlarının Adalet ve Güçlendirme Algılarının Örgüte,
Lidere ve İşe Bağlılık Üzerindeki Etkisi,” Türk Psikoloji
Dergisi, vol. 25, pp. 21-36 (2010)
M. Harvey, D. Griffith, T. Kiessling, M. Muller, “A Multilevel Model of Global Decision-Making: Developing a
Composite Global Frame-of- Reference,” Journal of
World Business, vol. 46, pp. 177-184 (2011)
M. Harvey, T. Kiessling, M. Moeller, “Globalisation and
the Inward Flow of Immigrants: Issues Associated with
the Inpatriation of Global Managers,” Human Resource
Development Quarterly, vol. 22, pp. 177-194 (2011)
O. Hazır, M. Haouari, E. Erel, “Discrete time/cost tradeoff problem: A decomposition-based solution algorithm
for the budget version,” Computers and Operations
Research, vol. 37, pp. 649-655 (2010)
O. Hazır, M. Haouari, E. Erel, “Robust scheduling
and robustness measures for the discrete time/cost
trade-off problem,” European Journal of Operational
Research, vol. 207, pp. 633-643 (2010)
O. Hazır, E. Erel, Y. Gunalay, “Robust optimization
models for the discrete time/cost trade-off problem,”
International Journal of Production Economics, vol. 130,
pp. 87-95 (2011)
M.H. Hekimoglu, B. Tanyeri, “Türk Şirket birleşmelerinin
satın alınan şirketlerin hisse senedi fiyatları üzerindeki
etkileri,” İktisat İşletme ve Finans Dergisi, vol. 26, pp. 5370 (2011)
N. Hoşal-Akman, “The Effect of IFRS Adoption on
Financial Disclosure: Does Culture Still Play a Role?,”
American International Journal of Contemporary
Research, vol. 1, pp. 6-17 (2011)
N. Hoşal-Akman, C. Şımga-Muğan, “An Assessment
of the Effects of Teaching Methods on Academic
Performance of Students in Accounting Couses,”
Innovations in Education and Teaching International, vol.
47, pp. 251-260 (2010)
D. Kandemir, E.F. Gencturk, O.T. Koc, “Pazar Bilgisi
Yönetiminin İnovasyon Yeniliği Üzerindeki Etkisi,” İktisat
İşletme ve Finans Dergisi, vol. 26, pp. 33-63 (2011)
D. Kandemir, N. Acur, ”The Examination of Strategic
Decision Making Flexibility in New Product
Development,” Journal of Product Innovation
Management (Forthcoming)
E. Karababa, G. Ger, “Early Modern Ottoman
Coffehouse Culture and the Formation of the Consumer
Subject,” Journal of Consumer Research, vol. 37, pp.
737-760 (2011)
T. Kiessling, M. Harvey, M. Moeller, “Supply-chain
Corporate Venturing through Acquisition: Key
Management Team Retention,” Journal of World
Business, vol. 47, pp. 81-92 (2012)
A. Kocabıyıkoğlu, I. Popescu, “An Elasticity Approach
to the Newsvendor with Price Sensitive Demand,”
Operations Research, vol. 59, pp. 301-312 (2011)
O. Kravets, Ö. Örge, “Iconic brands: A socio-material story,”
Journal of Material Culture, vol. 10, pp. 205-323 (2010)
O. Kravets, Ö. Sandıkcı, “Marketing for Socialism: Soviet
TeZhe Enterprise in the 1930s,” Business History Review
(Forthcoming)
Z. Önder, S. Özyıldırım, “Banks, Regional Development
Disparity and Growth: Evidence from Turkey,”
Cambridge Journal of Economics, vol. 34, pp. 975-100
(2010)
Z. Önder, S. Özyıldırım, “Political Connection, Bank
Credits and Growth: Evidence from Turkey,” World
Economy, vol. 34, pp. 1042-1065 (2011)
D. Önkal, M. Lawrence, K.Z. Sayım, “Influence of
differentiated roles on group forecasting accuracy,”
International Journal of Forecasting, vol. 27, pp. 50-68
(2011)
D. Önkal, K.Z. Sayım, M. Lawrence, “Wisdom of groups:
how does role-playing affect consensus forecasts,”
Omega - International Journal of Management Science
(Forthcoming)
S. Özyıldırım, “Intermediation Spread, Bank Supervision
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