Tag: Turkey
A New Era of Higher Education in Turkey
When a crashing military coup struck Turkey in 1980, one of the first goals of the takeover was to swoop over universities, which had been the main source of anarchy. Subsequently, all twenty-seven state universities were put under the Council of Higher Education (YOK). By implementing an ideologically heavy bureaucracy, YOK impeded the university system’s [...]
Koç University – Graduate School of Business
Koç University Graduate School of Business Phone: + 90 212 338 1000 Email: mba@ku.edu.tr Website: Graduate School of Business website Address: Rumelifeneri Yolu 34450 Sariyer Istanbul TURKEY Type: Foundation Year Founded: 1993 Accreditation: 1. YÖK – Council of Higher Education 2. EFMD-EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System) Recognition: 1. AACSB-Member. 2. Koç Executive MBA Program is [...]
Bilkent University – Faculty of Business Administration
Bilkent University Faculty of Business Administration Phone: + 90 312 290 1276 Email: cipil@bilkent.edu.tr Website: http://www.man.bilkent.edu.tr Address: FBA, Bilkent University, 06800 Bilkent, Ankara, TURKEY Type: Private Year Founded: 1984 Accreditation: AACSB Recognition: 1. Ranked 112th best university worldwide and 1st best university nationwide according to Times Higher Education World University Rankings of the world’s top universities [...]
Corruption in Muslim Markets – Special Report
In this special report, we look at Corruption in the mostly Muslim majority 57 Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) countries. We focus specifically on the business community, its common corrupt practices or environment, and opportunities of curbing its cancerous effects.
Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists in Turkey
As an entrepreneur having gone through angel and venture capital (VC) funding stages for my technology start-ups, I have a special interest in developments of the VC world. I started hearing about increasing amount of investment activities mainly in the information technology (IT) field in my home country Turkey although small and medium enterprises (SME) [...]
Top 100 Companies of the Muslim World: 2010 DS100 Ranking
See the full DS100™ list. The 2010 DS100 ranking, which is based on companies’ fiscal year ended on or before June 2010, fully captures the impact of the 2008/2009 global financial crisis.
2010 DS100 Summary: Companies Absorb Financial Crisis Shock
The 7th Annual DS100 continues to benchmark the corporate environment of the 57 OIC (Organization of Islamic Conference) member countries.
Missing Link in Islamic Finance Hubs: Islamic Venture Capital
The Islamic world profiled modalities of capitalism in 8th/9th century, but today’s Muslim country Islamic finance hubs are missing two vital aspects: addressing ‘have nots’ (micro-finance), and deploying the funds of ‘haves’ into Islamic VC funds. My focus in this article is on the latter–interplay between risk capital and innovative ideas for strategic localised benefit. [...]
Islamic Banking – a golden opportunity for European banks
It is a fact that there are sufficient Muslim investors and borrowers in both Islamic and non-Islamic countries to warrant the attention of traditional banks that seek to serve such clients and capture a potentially profitable slice of a still relatively untapped market. This is corroborated by the growth of Islamic finance in the US, [...]
