Browsing by Subject "Strategic planning."

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A case study: strategies for a medium size construction company group: Tavşanoğlu group of companies
(1996) Tavşanoğlu, Ömer
In highly competitive environment of construction industry, analysis of the industry, designation of the trends and synchronizing them with activities of a construction company is essential for the survival of the company. The main purpose of this thesis is to develop strategies for a medium size construction company group; Tav§anoglu Group of Companies. In doing that, the construction environment and how it behaves is explained with historical, economical, legal and competitive dimensions with the structure of the industry and trends in the industry. As being a case study Tav§ano^u Group of Companies; which is operating in domestic market is introduced and its activities are explained. Generic strategies and market opportunity matrix is proposed for Tav^anoglu Group of Companies with an appropriate structural model and supporting systems.
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Competitiveness of Turkish construction firms in international markets and a case study: GAMA Industrial Plants Manufacturing and Erection Corp
(1995) Sarıbaş, Aşkın
The main purpose of this thesis is to find out and analyze the competitiveness and problems of Turkish construction firms in international markets. In doing that, the environment surrounding, some insights like globalization, new world order and trends in international contracting were also stressed and emphasized. Furthermore, an industry analysis by using Porter’s framework (Porter 1980) was also carried out. As being a case study, GAMA-Industrial Plants Manufacturing and Erection Corp. which is operating in both domestic and global construction markets and ranked as 94th biggest contractor in the world in 1994, was also introduced by making its competitiveness analysis and strategical planning with implementation proposals.
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A decision consultancy case on strategy formulation of a livestock project
(1994) Akar, Mustafa
The purpose of this thesis is to assist in a project that combines decision support mechanisms and their probable results to assist top management in decision making. Government regulation obliges the subject firm to enter daily cattle artificial insemination business. This study covers an analysis for the industry structure, financial estimation and present value calculations, suggested value chain, marketing strategy, and sei-vice guarantee - quality with a motivation program.
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The dilemma of developing an industry code of conduct in a medium of widespread corruption
(1996) Ateş, Özgür
This study analyzes the relations between suppliers and the buyers (decision makers) in the health care products in Turkey. The analysis of the study showed that to establish a code of conduct in the industry, is practically impossible at the moment due to the lack of favorable conditions, basically the corruptive environment. This study is divided into eight parts. However the main concentration was on ten case episodes, analysis of the cases and strategies related to negotiation. Cases were developed based on the data collected through personal interviews.. The Action Research methodology was employed during the study. This method includes evaluation of agreed upon actions related to the data gathenng, information, information shanng, action planning, and lessons learned from the case studies. Also a search conference was held in in March 1995,in Antalya for three days, which is a particapatory planning method. The participants, who were 35-40 stakeholders from the health care products sector, designed the future of the sector, and the strategies to implement them. An official organization (association) called SADER (Sağlık Gereçleri Üreticileri ve Temsilcileri Derneği/ Association of Health Care Product Manufacturers and Representatives) was established to develop honest, fair and trustworthy relations between (suppliers) and the buyers. It is expected this organization will play an important role in the years ahead in achieving its main goals since SADER members control 80 percent of the market. It is also predicted that all parties namely suppliers, buyers, and the domain, involved will get mutual benefits out of this action plan. The episodes analyzed in the text will give an analytical perspective to the reader, i.e. the problems between parties can easily be solved through effective communication and understandings. Based on the analysis of the available data and review of the findings several recommendations are made to alleviate some of the problems that exist between suppliers and the buyers. Findings are classified under the learning perspective which indicates how a necessary change takes place and the cultural and social perspective where characteristics of the domain is reviewed on the individual as well as the societal level.
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Essays on endogenous time preference and strategic interaction
(2013) Turan, Agah Reha
This thesis includes three self contained essays on the existence and qualitative properties of equilibrium dynamics under endogenous time preference. In the Örst essay, we reconsider the optimal growth model proposed by Stern (2006). We prove the almost everywhere di§erentiability of the value function and uniqueness of the optimal path, which were left as open questions and show how a small perturbation to the price of future oriented capital qualitatively changes the equilibrium dynamics. Almost none of the studies on endogenous time preference consider the strategic interaction among the agents. In the second essay, by considering a strategic growth model with endogenous time preference, we provide the su¢ cient conditions of supermodularity for dynamic games with open-loop strategies and show that the stationary state Nash equilibria tend to be symmetric. We numerically show that the initially rich can pull the poor out of poverty trap even when sustaining a higher level of steady state capital stock for itself. Lastly, in the third essay, we consider the socially determined time preference which depends on the level of Ösh stock and characterize the basic Öshery model under this setup. We provide existence of collusive and open-loop Nash equilibria and compare the e¢ ciency and qualitative properties of them.
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Product rollover strategy and inventory policy of a monopoly manufacturing substitutable products
(2010) Koca, Esma
In many industries, effective management of product rollovers is extremely important for being able to survive. In management of product rollovers, timing decision; i.e., time to introduce of a secondary product and time to phase out a primal product is critical. Inventory policy is another factor that affects management of rollovers. In this study, we analyze primary rollover strategy of a monopoly manufacturing two substitute products together with its contingency strategies over a two period planning term. Specifically, we consider four different primary rollover strategies, namely Base Strategy, IS Strategy, ISES Strategy and IFES Strategy, derived with existence/non-existence of the products. Base Strategy is associated with the case where we decide to introduce and sell only the primary product. On the other hand, IS Strategy brings introduction of a newer (secondary) product in the second period. If monopoly chooses to make its move with IFES Strategy, it introduces both of the products simultaneously in the first period while phasing out the primary product in the beginning of the next period. Another alternative strategy, ISES Strategy, would be selling products in different periods, primary product first and secondary product next. When a primary strategy is selected, there is a commitment to this strategy. In this study, to reflect market conditions, we consider two alternative demand forms; multiplicative and additive forms and there is an adjustment to market through inventory policy. Firm replenishes its stocks with an order-up-to policy in each period where demands for these substitute products are assumed to be correlated and these products assumed to be substitutable; i.e., there exists stockout-induced substitution between the products.In the analysis, we determine the optimal inventory levels when a specified rollover strategy is executed. Moreover, we explore the conditions, which play important role in making rollover strategies. Furthermore, factors that affect early and late introduction of a new product into the market are investigated. We also discuss the factors that motivate a monopoly to introduce a new product.
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Status-seeking and catching up in the strategic Ramsey model
(2008) Özer, Mehmet
This thesis analyzes the qualitative implications of the strategic interaction on the standard Ramsey model in terms of catching up. We have shown that the strategic interaction among agents in the economy leads the poor to be able to catch up with the rich, which is not the case for the standard Ramsey model where the initial wealth differences perpetuate. Secondly, within this framework, we incorporate the relative wealth effect and conclude that the catching up amoung agents depends on the share of two classes in the economy. If the share of two classes is same, there exist unique symetric steady state, whereas if the share of two classes are different the steady state is assymetric. Morever, the steady state level of aggregate capital stock is higher than the that of standard Ramsey model. Finally, we introduce the relative consumption effect and reach the conclusion that whatever the share of classes, the gap between the initial wealth level of two classes will disappear in the long run. In addition, the steady state level of aggregate wealth level is same with the that of standard Ramsey model.
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A strategic analysis and reorganizational approach due to the changing market conditions for Biotek Medikal
(1998) Aygen, Mert
Biotek Medikal is operating in the service industry since 1986. It became a leading firm in importing and selling bio-medical instruments and disposables (single use); particularly for cardiovascular surgery (CVS) and cardiology. (CRD) In 1989, due to sales expansion, need for assistance in sales activities forced the company to expand the existing sales force. Branch offices in Istanbul and Izmir were opened in that period. Until then, service to other parts o f Turkey has been handled from the Ankara office. In 1990, a drop was recorded in sales. Unplanned expansion, lack of coordination in sales, the general manager's concentration on administrative issues rather than sales were the major causes of the drop in sales that year. The Gulf Crisis made the situation even worse by delays in shipments from suppliers and changing policies in payment schedules by reimbursement agencies. When the crisis started, the Health Budget funds were transferred to probable emergency cases in the Southeast. For the first time, Biotek experienced serious payment problems with its suppliers due to late collection o f its receivables . The biggest devaluation in the republic's history in April 1994 led to a further crisis in the medical sector due to import dominant structure. Shortly after this devaluation all health care reimbursement entities ran into financing problems which had an impact on local distributors and suppliers as well. This was a fast growing market and most of the other competing firms were also enjoying the market conditions before the reshaping of the relations o f hospitals with reimbursement agencies. Biotek is now facing the challenge of organizing its structure to adapt to the rapid growth of the firm and the changes in the industry. In addition, Biotek has to struggle with the government regulations dictating the policy change in payments of the state owned enterprises. Page 2 of 48 In terms of the basic elements of the strategic management process, the thesis focuses only on environmental scanning and strategy formulation. Reference 1 In the environmental scanning, the thesis analyses the opportunities and threats that Biotek Medikal faces in the medikal market. Here the task environment of Biotek Medikal is clarified by reference to the bargaining power of buyers and suppliers and the competition among the competitors. The environmental scanning analysis also addresses the internal environment of Biotek Medikal in which the strengths and weaknesses of the company and its competitors are examined through technical capacities, human resources, market relations etc. Reference 2 Based on the findings of the earlier chapters, the final chapter tries to formulate strategies for Biotek Medikal designed to improve the competitive position of the company's products within the medical disposable market. Here particularly the following points are questioned; Should Biotek compete on the basis of low cost or should it differentiate its products on some basis other than cost such as focusing on the most profitable product lines or, if present, finding market niches. In conclusion different alternative strategy formulations are evaluated in terms of Porter's competitive strategy i.e., cost focus, cost leadership.
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Timing and ordering decisions under single and dual product rollover strategies
(2011) Aras, Ahmet Korhan
In many industries, firms replace products that have been introduced to the market and that are in advanced stages of their life cycles. The process of introducing a new product and eventually displacing an old one is referred to as product rollover. In planning for new product introduction, it is very important that careful business decisions are made for phasing out the old product, as the related costs may be significant. In this thesis, we study the ordering and timing decisions of a supplier for successive generations of a product under two different strategies: single product rollover and dual product rollover. In both cases, we present models explicitly accounting for inventory holding costs, salvage value, lost sale cost, demand uncertainty of both the products and product cannibalization. We report the results of an extensive numerical study to investigate the structural properties of the expected profit function, and how the optimal timing and ordering decisions change under different settings.
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Tracking the formation of strategies in a multi-nation entrepreneuring firm a case study : Pet Holding
(1995) Direkçi, Cemil
The term entrepreneur and entrepreneurship gained special importance especially during the last decade. In fact, at the beginning of twentieth century some economists argued that entrepreneurship is the fundamental phenomenon of the economic development. Thus, subject is not new but seems to need research on it. In this study, we will try to find out formation of strategies in a multi-nation entrepreneuring firm, by viewing strategy as consistency in actions.