There are some strengths which all companies need in order to stay ahead of their rivals and be successful… They are virtually the same in every sector… But each sector also has its special conditi...
McKinsey is one of the most important consulting companies in the world… For years it has provided consulting services to a large number of companies in Turkey and contributed to the changes they h...
Anadolu Group Automotive Group President Metin Ecevit’s expectations for 2006 are not very optimistic. “I don’t think the market will grow,” he says. “It may even contract by 5-10 percent.” Then he...
Competition is increasing, new players are entering every field. A new era is beginning in the world of business as the result of low-inflation and falling prices. In such an environment it is thos...
Güler Sabancı, the chair of the board of Sabancı Holding, says: “A new era is starting in Turkey.” She says that in this era Sabancı will grow rapidly. “We grew 20 percent in 2005 and we shall achi...
Over the last 10 years we have witnessed in rapid succession ‘the information economy’, ‘the experimental economy’ and ‘the attraction economy’. Now Saatchi and Saatchi global CEO Kevin Roberts say...
There has been an increase in the number of requests that Turkish companies with high quality production, branding and regular exports have been receiving from abroad for dealership agreements. Jus...
This year Capital has once again conducted its closely watched survey of the most powerful names in Turkey and compiled a list of the ‘Most Powerful Members of the Business World”. The 30 most powe...
From automotives to foodstuffs, white goods and chemicals… They have managed companies in different sectors under diverse competitive conditions. Some have worked in exports, others mostly on the d...
The current account deficit closed 2004 at record levels. At the beginning of 2005 the government set a target of reducing the deficit a little. Economists were less optimistic but were expecting t...
Ahmet Çalık is a businessman who does business on a global scale but is rarely in the limelight in Turkey… His 23 companies in two countries employ 15,000 personnel. Annual sales have reached $935 ...
Henkel is one of the world’s chemical giants. It has been active in Turkey for 50 years. It has an annual turnover of €250 million with brands such as Persil, Tursil, Vernel, Pritt, Fa and Dixi. Er...
Since it was privatised Petrol Ofisi, which is currently the largest private sector company in Turkey, has undergone a transformation. Following the appointment of Jan Nahum as its new general mana...
There are tens of producers in the poultry sector in Turkey. Moreover, the sector is currently suffering from excess capacity. But, even so, there are also some striking examples of companies which...
Auer was one of the most important white goods brands of the 1970s. But a series of crises has meant that in recent years the brand has almost been forgotten. In 2004 it was bought by the Ulubaş Gr...