This paper provides a novel taxonomy of firms based on specialisation versus diversification in production and markets. Firms may chose to specialise on few production activities or alternatively may build expertise in many activities. There is an accompanying decision when firms sell their...

Yüksekögretim sisteminin yeniden yapilandirilmasi 2012 yilinin çok tartisilacak konularindan birisi olmaya adaydir. Pek çok üniversite bu konudaki görüslerini, genel yapilanmanin ne sekilde olmasi gerektigi konusunda detayli bilgiler içeren raporlar vasitasiyla açiklamislardir. Bu...

Bu makalede üretim parçalanmasi modeli ve ara mali ticaretine dayanan üretim örgütlenmesinin is gücü piyasalarina etkisi tartisilmistir. Ürünlerin, sermayenin, emegin ve fikirlerin serbestçe dolasabildigi günümüz ekonomisi, üretimin küresellesmesine ortam saglamaktadir. Üretimin...

Bu calismada, Proje Yonelimi, ozellikle Proje iletisim Yonetimi uygulamalari ve bilgi sislemleri teknolojileri kullanimi incelenmistir. Turkiye Elektronik Sektorunun genel durumu degerlendirilmistir. Turkiye elektronik sektorunde faaliyet gosteren firmalarm Proje yonetimi uygulamalari ve bilgi...

Technology has been one of the most important factors of the economic and social growth and globally scaled competitiveness, although not respected as a separate factor by traditional economists until recently. It is now widely accepted that technology improvement plays a very major role on...

The concept "energy" has always been one of the strategic concepts. Its increasing dominance in economics has resulted in important outcomes in both national and international politics. The security of energy supply and the sustainable use of energy sources have become two main problems that...

The main objective of this paper is to study the tacit and codified knowledge in evolutionary economic models. In these models, knowledge is defined as different from information, and as dynamic, path dependent and embedded in human actions, in other words, in habits or skills, and routines....

In this research, the diffusion of free and open source software (FOSS) on desktop PCs at Middle East Technical University in Ankara (METU) is investigated within the framework of the diffusion of innovation theory. This work aims to propose some policies for the migration to FOSS on desktop PCs...

Emerging nanotechnologies bring a new challenge for developing countries to improve knowledge and technology transfer between universities and firms. In developing countries, weaker ties between academia and the industry seem to be one of the main barriers to the dissemination of nanotechnology...

The automotive industry is one of the main contributors to value added, employment and exports of the Turkish economy and it has undergone major changes since the mid-nineties. Most of the automotive manufacturers in Turkey are either joint ventures or wholly-owned affiliates of multinational...