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“Our target for 2008 is to become a global giant”
Oğuz N. Özgen is general manager of Erdemir, a company which is always on the agenda,... Özgen has been working at Erdemir for 25 years and made the following comment on the acquisition by Oyak: “W...
Is the low number of households an obstacle to consumption?
There are 17.5 households in Turkey. The average size of a household is 4.2 people. However, this figure is very different to the one in developed countries with a similar population. In Germany, w...
Two stores a week!
The most aggressive retailers in the world, which include companies such as Advance Auto Parts, Bed Bath & Beyond and Autozone open more than 10 stores every month. Even if it is not the same a...
The new favourite in transfers
The booming economy and rising investments have resulted in considerable activity in transfers of middle and lower tier management. During the first 40 days of 2007 alone the demand at human resour...
“We shall grow rapidly in every field in finance”
Rüşdü Saracoğlu is someone who has spent virtually his entire career in the world of finance. At the moment he heads the banking and insurance operations of the Koç Group. In fact, he was the main ...
The leaders in social responsibility in Turkey
For years in Turkey the concept of ‘corporate social responsibility’ has been regarded as synonymous with charitable works. Today the concept is being evaluated in its true sense to include...
“We lost time in textiles”
Sabancı Holding Textile Group President Yakup Güngör describes Sabancı Holding’s strategy in textiles as ‘globalizing production and supply’ and ‘vertical integration’. The target is to move beyond...
April expectations in the economy
Last month, when Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said: “April is a very auspicious month” while he was announcing the results of the budget, most people assumed he was referring to the beginnin...
How did they maintain their record leaderships
İş Bankası, Ülker, Arçelik, İpana, Pınar, Vitra and others… Most of them have been the market leaders in Turkey ever since they were founded and have never given way to their rivals. It is not luck...
Why is the number of managers increasing so rapidly?
Subjects such as lean organization and horizontal structuring have recently come onto companies’ agendas. The main reason for this is the desire to adapt quickly to increasing competition. But chan...
“My new passion is borne on the wind”
Muzaffer Akpınar is one of the most important professional executives in Turkey… In June he stepped down as CEO of Turkcell. A short time later he made a rapid entry into the energy sector as an ow...
The secret of success is going out in the field
Tactics which are formulated while sitting in the clubhouse just don’t work any more. If a coach wants his team to be successful then he must be close to the pitch. Above all, in an intensely compe...
“Four new projects coming in 2007”
Hüsnü Özyeğin is one of the most important businessmen Turkey has produced over the last 20 years… He was successful first as a professional executive and then raised this success to a new level wh...
The production paradigm is changing!
In export sectors such as automotives, TVs, white goods and clothing, the production models are dependent on imports. The chemistry of production, its basic structure, is changing. This is bringing...
“We want to expand the market”
Hazım Ellialtı is Eti’s new CEO. His arrival resulted in many of the inflexible systems at Eti being changed. Ellialtı believes that there is no reason why in the future Eti cannot record double di...