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Regional technical efficiency in the Turkish agriculture: a note

Demir, N.; Mahmud, S. (University of Delhi * Delhi School of Economics, 1998)

A panel data, (67 provinces and the years 1993-1995) of the Turkish agriculture, was employed to estimate technical efficiencies for six agricultural regions and 67 provinces using maximum likelihood techniques (ML). ...

Agro-climatic conditions and regional technical inefficiencies in agriculture

Demir, N.; Mahmud, S. F. (Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc., 2002)

A survey of applications of the Technical Inefficiency Effects (TIE) model suggests that agro-climatic and other environment variables are customarily omitted in the model specifications. The justification for such an ...

Letting go of control to the learners: the role of the Internet in promoting a more autonomous view of learning in an academic translation course

Yumuk, A. (Routledge, 2002)

This study investigates how an Internet information search based programme in an academic course can encourage learners who have a traditional view of learning to take more responsibility for their own learning. The study ...

Structural change in agriculture and water requirements in Turkey

Sayan, S.; Demir, N. (Emerald Publishing Limited, 2003)

This paper investigates the effects of the post-1980 structural reforms in Turkey on the strength of inter-industry linkages between agricultural and non-agricultural sectors, and discusses the implications of the changing ...

Integrating financial analysis into presentations

Saatci, E. (Sage Publications, Inc., 2004-09)

The technical inefficiency effects of Turkish banks after financial liberalization

Demir, N.; Mahmud, S. F.; Babuscu, S. (Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2005)

The banking sector in Turkey has grown significantly over the last two decades of financial liberalization. One of the aims of the financial liberalization was to improve efficiency through restructuring programs including ...

The effect of property rights on the relationship between economic growth and pollution for transition economies

Solakoglu, E.G. (2007)

The paper measures changes in environmental quality in transition countries from 1987 to 2000 because of economic growth and environmental reforms. Indication of property rights may accelerate the growth process, as well ...

Measuring and evaluating efficiency of hospitals through total quality management: a multi-criteria data envelopment analysis model

Zaim, S.; Bayyurt, N.; Turkyilmaz, A.; Solakoglu, N.; Zaim, H. (Routledge, 2007)

The purpose of this study is to measure and evaluate the efficiency of 12 hospitals in Turkey using a multi-criteria Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) methodology. Number of beds, number of physicians and the critical factors ...

Foreign banks: executive jobs for Turkish women?

Culpan, O.; Marzotto, T.; Demir, N. (Emerald Publishing Limited, 2007)

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the employment policies and practices of Turkish banks and how these practices affect the hiring and promotion of women. Turkey's banking sector consists of state-owned, ...

The influence of M&As on firm value: the Turkish experience

Solakoğlu, M. Nihat; Orhan, M. (Springer, 2007)

World economies were exposed to several merger and acquisition waves within the last century. Moreover, more recently, a shift of M&A activities from regional to more global nature has been observed (Gugler et al 2003). ...

De l’intraculturel à l’interculturel: l’opération traduisante: exemples de quelques problèmes rencontrés lors de l’opération de décodage et de transcodage

Kaya, M. (Les Presses de l'Universite de Montreal, 2007-09)

This study aims to specify the translation problems encountered in the translation of former Turkmen President Saparmourat Türkmenbashi’s ‘Ruhnama’ from the source language into French. In addition to the basic translation ...

Problem-based learning in an intercultural business communication course: communication challenges in intercultural relationships in internationalizing small-or medium-sized enterprises

Saatci, E. (Sage Publications, Inc., 2008)

Teachers of intercultural business communication may want to consider using problem-based learning (PBL), an instructional approach that places learners in problem-solving situations, that is, students are presented with ...