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Our Target Is To Double In Size Within Three Years
Dr. Erdal Karamercan is CEO of the Eczacıbaşı Group… He says that 2004 went very well and that the group had a turnover of $2.3 billion. “This turnover represents a growth of over 30 percent,” he s...
What Has Changed In The ‘Best Sellers’ League?
2004 was a boom year for every sector as sales rose rapidly. But growth varied according to the sector. Naturally, there were changes in the respective market shares of companies. In some sectors t...
Konjonktur
HOPES FOR A FOURTH YEAR The Turkish economy grew by 9.7 percent in the first nine months of 2004. The growth rate, which had been very high during the first half of the year, slowed in the third ...
We Shall Be A Savings And Loans Bank
Like many executives, Oyakbank General Manager Hakan Eminsoy is very happy with the figures for 2004. He says: “Our total assets reached TL 6.5 quadrillion and our profits TL 110 trillion. We doubl...
The Champions Of The R&D League
One of the most important items in terms of the EU economic criteria is R&D expenditure. In this regard, Turkey’s record is not good at all. Investments in R&D account for 0.7 percent of Gr...
Presenteeism Results In Losses Of Billions Of Dollars
Every executive has been faced with the same scenario. “I’m sick. I can’t come today.”… But this classic situation is now being replaced by a new problem called ‘Presenteeism’. There are those who ...
Demand For Housing Will Last At Least 20 Years
Atila Şenol is Board Chairman of Mesa, one of the leaders of the housing sectors. He says that housing started to pick up in 2003 and really began to gather pace in 2004. He believes that this boom...
Conjuncture
ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF THE EU PROJECT Despite the conditions related to the Cyprus issue, Turkey has entered a new era, as the European Union (EU) decided on a date for the launching of accession neg...
How To Measure Success In 2005?
How do you measure success in the world of business? Is it an increase in turnover, profit, exports and the number of customers? These will always be important criteria. But, as they look to the fu...
Population Delivers Seven Critical Messages
The rate of population increase, the rise in the number of female heads of households, the size of households, the ageing population and the proportion of young people… Recent research on populatio...
Time To Grow On The Blue Ocean
In order to prepare their book the “Blue Ocean”, Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne conducted research on 30 sectors using data going back more than 100 years. The study covered more than 150 examples ‘B...
Critical Warnings From Gurus
Growth, competition, profitable customers, restructuring, creativity, innovative organization and others… Towards the New Year, the business world is looking for the answers of critical questions. ...
Which Companies Need Pirates
Adam Morgan is one of the world’s leading brand experts. His new book ‘The Pirate Inside’ draws attention to a very interesting issue. It explains the ‘pirates’ inside companies. He says that compa...
“Supply Industry Targets Turnover Of Us$18 Billion”
Orhan Sabuncu is the automotive group chair of Orhan Holding, one of the giants of the Turkish automotive supply industry… He notes that the figures in the automotive market will double in size in ...
Cross Border Stores!
In recent years Turkish entrepreneurs have proved their global success in exports. Now a major store offensive has begun… Each year Turkish companies are opening tens of new stores everywhere from ...