In the last few years more than 50 foreign brands have entered the retail sector in Turkey. This number is expected to rise rapidly as the economy continues to recover and more world-famous brands ...
Richard Farson is the author of the book “Whoever Makes The Most Mistakes Wins”, in which he offers a new take on the concept of success. He explains that, without taking risks, without first tasti...
Tekfen was one of the first major groups in Turkey to make investments in agriculture, The group started in the 1970s with the fertilizer company Toros Gübre and is now continuing to expand road. E...
By the time our magazine has been published Turkey will have a new monetary policy system. The Turkish Central Bank will move to an inflation targeting regime from 1 January 2006. Today, it is inc...
There are companies in Turkey which have more than 40 years experience in building homes. These companies have to date built thousands, even tens of thousands, of homes. From this perspective, it i...
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...