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Productive efficiency of Turkish wind farms: a two-stage data envelopment analysis
(Bilkent University, 2019-09)This thesis estimates the relative productive efficiency of Turkish wind farms to discover their inefficiency reasons using a two-stage Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). We choose three input variables and two output variables ... -
A case study : analysis of Alke Cilt Estetigi ve Sagligi AS with respect to cosmetic industry and the recommendation of new strategy development
(Bilkent University, 1996)The high profitability and the great potential in the cosmetic sector in Turkey is attracting many firms to this field. According to their scarce resources each firm tries to achieve a competitive position with respect to ... -
A case study : measuring service quality of a hotel using SERVQUAL method
(Bilkent University, 1996)In this study, service quality of Bilkent Hotel is measured. The study starts with the literature survey on the quality and the service quality. The different definitions of service quality is given and file most popular ... -
Financial statement as an indicator : sensitivity analysis of the balance sheet
(Bilkent University, 1993)NANCIAL STATEMENT AS AN INDICATOR SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF THE BALANCE SHEET Different interest groups try to gather information about companies for various reasons. Several information types are evaluated and used for ... -
Service quality : a case study on the comparative measurement of service quality in a commercial bank
(Bilkent University, 1997)Increased competition and Turkey's entrance to the Customs Union with the European Union has boosted a quality movement throughout all sectors. In the service sector, banks have been the leaders for grasping the importance ... -
An investigation of the effects of latest inventory valuation in Turkey : a case study
(Bilkent University, 1996)In this study; the effect of latest changes in the tax codes regarding the use of Last In First Out ( LIFO ) method of inventor}' valuation as a means of overcoming the effect of inflation is examined in a case study. ... -
Foreign currency translation accounting : an application of statement 52
(Bilkent University, 1995)This thesis presents an application of the Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 52, Foreign Currency Translation process on financial statements of an importing firm in Turkey. As it requires in the statement ... -
Organically modified silica nanostructures based functional coatings for practical applications
(Bilkent University, 2015)In the past decades, the fabrication of superhydrophobic surfaces have received considerable attention due to the variety of potential applications ranging from biology to industry. Although significant progress has been ... -
Old Hittite polychrome relief vases and the assertion of kingship in 16th century BCE Anatolia
(Bilkent University, 2015)The Old Hittite polychrome relief-decorated vases have attracted scholarly interest since the first substantial fragment was discovered at Bitik in the 1940s. Academics have concurred that the vases illustrate cult practice, ... -
Winter in the land of Rum : Komnenian defenses against the Turks in Western Anatolia
(Bilkent University, 2015)Castles constitute the most abundant group of Byzantine remains in Anatolia, and offer historians and archaeologists the opportunity to more fully understand both Byzantine settlement patterns and defensive systems through ... -
Cyberspace as a locus for urban collective memory
(Bilkent University, 2013)However salient the concept of cyberspace is, this study is an exploration of the relationship of people with their places. With a socio-spatial approach, this work sets forth a theoretical plexus between collective ... -
Quality and production control with opportunities and exogenous random shocks
(Bilkent University, 2005)In a production process, opportunities arise due to exogenous or indigenous factors, for cost reduction. In this dissertation, we consider such opportunities in quality control chart design and production planning for ... -
Diagnosing organizational culture in the army
(Bilkent University, 2001)Every time I go to a successful battalion, I am struck by how well the things are going on and the sense of leadership in which all personnel are eager to be a member of that battalion. Also I was taken by surprise by the ... -
Greek influence in the anthropomorphic representation of deities in Hellenized Asia : Parthia, Nemrut Dağı, and Gandhara
(Bilkent University, 2003)This thesis analyzes the varying utilization of the Greek idea of anthropomorphic representation of deities in the Hellenized western Asia. In order to explore the different ways in which Greek models were absorbed and ... -
The impulsive effects created by the use of color on food and beverage packages: their relations with the symbolic meanings of foods and beverages
(Bilkent University, 1994)The intention of this study is to aiialyze the role of symbolic meanings and physical attributes of foods and beverages reflected by the use of color on their packages in the creation process of impulsive effects. -
Lighting merchandising areas in shops
(Bilkent University, 1995)The purpose of this study is to evaluate the factors affecting the lighting design of the merchandising areas and depending on the findings, to achieve lighting criteria that are necessary to constitute a comfortable ... -
Narrative techniques in Doris Lessing's stories and sketches
(Bilkent University, 1996)The aim of this thesis is to analyze the themes of Doris Lessing's short stories and sketches, with particular reference to the narrative techniques developed mainly by the French Structuralists Roland Barthes and Gerard ... -
Narrative strategies in Ford Madox Ford's Parade's End and The Good Soldier
(Bilkent University, 1996)In opposition to theories which gave the author pride of place as the creator of literary works embodying definite meanings, the French thinker Roland Barthes maintained that it was the reader, and not the author, ... -
The environmental ethic in Wordsworth's poetry
(Bilkent University, 1995)Wordsworth's poetry, with its emphasis on the independent existence and consciousness of nature , has a distinctive place in the Romantic movement. His interest in the external world is not, of course, totally new and ... -
Dystopia and Doppelgangers: the Gothic indictment
(Bilkent University, 1997)
