Over the last month, it has been clear from the news that the impact of the global crisis has begun to make itself felt in Turkey. Every sector is measuring the dimensions of the earthquake. Before...
Last year venture capital funds spent US$3.3 billion in Turkey. Now everybody is wondering that the funds will do in 2009. There are those who think that the crisis might make it “difficult” for fu...
Bayram Aslan launched İçdaş in 1969 when iron began to be traded on the black market. Today the company, which in those days was producing 10,000 tons a year, is a giant with output of 10,000 tons ...
“One must stand firm in a crisis. We should know how to do the best thing with minimum damage and take advantage of any opportunities.” This is how Doğuş Holding boss Ferit Şahenk looks at crises. ...
What is on Turkish CEOs’ agenda? What the subjects which they are prioritizing and focusing on? Are they, like the rest of the world, interested in the threat from China or do the names of other co...
Is it difficult to enter the giants’ league or to stay there? In many sectors in Turkey, it is becoming increasingly difficult to enter the premier league. The gap between the leaders and those who...
Mark Mobius, the founder of the Templeton Fund, who is known as the Indiana Jones of the stock markets, believes that the risk of a global economic crisis has passed. What has facilitated this is t...
The CEOs of giant companies have to manage not just the companies but also the owners. There are even those professionals at the highest levels who devote 40 percent of their working hours to manag...
It is 62 years since Koç formed Turkey’s first foreign partnership with General Electric. Turkish groups which have followed the path laid out by Vehbi Koç are picking up speed by increasing the nu...
The rule does not change, whether it is a family-run, domestically-owned but professionally-managed or foreign company; newly recruited personnel and executives earn more than those who are already...
40 yaş ve altı yöneticilerin katılabildiği “Başarıya Yürüyenler Yarışması”nın internet üzerinden yapılan oylaması büyük heyecan yaratıyor. Oylama şu ana dek 29 bin oy kullanıldı. Ekim sonuna kadar ...
“Turkish executives are hardworking, flexible, calm in the face of risks, quick and ready to learn. It is because of these and many other positive characteristics they have come to the fore on a gl...
Cahit Paksoy runs the packaging and data processing groups at Yıldız Holding and he has a very busy agenda. At the same time as he is making the future projections of the data processing group, he ...
Sabancı has recently been one of the most active groups… On the one hand, they have been reviewing their sectors, and on the other they have been implementing new investments. The group has sold Pi...
The demand for energy is rising throughout the world. In order for Turkey not to suffer an energy crisis, US$130 billion needs to be invested in the sector by 2020. The major players are aware of t...