A Panel Study of the Impact of R&D on Financial Performance: Evidence from an Emerging Market

Mahmut ERDOĞAN | Adilya YAMALTDİNOVA

In recent years, innovation and R&D activities have been one of the most important factors affecting the growth strategies of the companies and their financial performance. However, it is the fundamental elements of sustainable economic growth, innovative activities have strategic decision-making characteristics due to their effects on efficiency and market value. The aim of this paper is to investigate the effects of R&D expenditures on the financial performance of 62 production companies listed in Borsa Istanbul in the period of 2008-2017 by using panel data methods. We used return on assets ...Daha fazlası

The moderator role of negative environment perceptions in the effect of achievement motivation on work values in entrepreneurship

Ömer Lütfi ANTALYALI

Tourism, promotion and international public relations

Erkan AKGÖZ

Understanding digital diplomacy through Ukraine-Russia events: The truth behind events in Ukraine and donbass

Niyazi AYHAN | Tolkun Bekturgan Kızı

Digital diplomacy is a form of new public diplomacy that uses the internet, new information and communication technologies, and social media as a means to strengthen diplomatic relations. The main differences from classical public diplomacy are greater access to information, more interaction between people and organizations, and greater transparency. Diplomacy is radically transforming in front of our eyes. In the face of new challenges, its structure and methods are changing, and new directions are emerging. The chapter analyzes new opportunities and technologies for use by the diplomatic dep ...Daha fazlası

A new binary genetic programming approach to designing public transportation systems according to transit-oriented development criteria

Hasan YILMAZ

This study introduces a new evolutionary approach called Binary Genetic Programming (BGP) to design and assess public transportation systems from a sustainable development perspective. The BGP combines evolutionary system identi cation techniques with k-fold cross-validation to obtain an accurate model between the land use and transportation parameters from a sustainable urban development point of view. To assess the new model, two public transportation systems including the new tram line of Antalya (Turkey) and the bus rapid transit line of Bhopal (India) were considered. The model was employ ...Daha fazlası

The Effect of Ownership Structure on Financial Reporting Timeliness: An Implementation on Borsa Istanbul

Gökhan ÖZER

The purpose of the current study is to investigate the influence of corporate and foreign ownership structures on the timeliness of financial reporting. The sample of the study consists of 2,204 observations obtained from 208 companies trading in Borsa Istanbul between 2008 and 2019. Multiple regression analysis was conducted, and the relationship between ownership structure and financial reporting timelinesses was investigated. The findings indicate that corporate and foreign ownership are significantly and negatively associated with financial reporting timeliness. Robustness analysis was car ...Daha fazlası

Ecological aspects in the use of soil enzymes as indicators of anthropogenic soil pollution

Nurzat TOTUBAYEVA

In the contemporary era, with rapid industrial growth and urbanisation, analysing the impact of human activities on soil enzyme activity becomes crucial. The purpose of this study is to assess the influence of anthropogenic pollution on enzyme activity in soil. Research on enzyme activity levels in the soil in the city of Kara-Balta, Chuy Region, Kyrgyz Republic, was conducted using biochemical analyses and specific enzymatic tests. The results revealed significant diversity in catalase activity in different soil samples. Some samples exhibited high activity, while others showed low activity. ...Daha fazlası

Audit Committee and Timely Reporting: Evidence From Turkey

Gökhan ÖZER

This paper seeks to examine whether the characteristics of the audit committee impact the timely reporting represented by audit report lag (ARL), firm-based abnormal audit report lag (FAARL), and industry-based audit reports lag (IAARL). The sample of the study includes mostly hand-collected 2,284 firm-year observations obtained from Turkey's listed non-financial companies. Main regression results show that audit committee gender diversity, meeting frequency, and independence are negatively associated with timely reporting. Furthermore, additional analysis indicates the negative association be ...Daha fazlası

Digital entrepreneurship in tourism

Mustafa Murat KIZANLIKLI | Narıngül MARGAZİYEVA

To Click or Not To Click? Kyrgyz Consumers

Azamat MAKSUDUNOV

Social media attracts a wide range of users and in this way creates great opportunities for businesses and in this way attract the academic researchers from all over the world. According to recently published research, the majority of the articles on this subject concentrated in the last 5 years and main of them addressed to developed countries. Limited numbers of studies have published from emerging markets especially from the former Soviet Union countries. This study aims to examine social media usage in Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan. Data was collected by using structured questionnaire, which base ...Daha fazlası

Patterns of Television Viewing Behavior in Kyrgyzstan: A Perspective of Uses and Gratifications = Kırgızistanda Televizyon İzleme Davranışı Örüntüleri: Bir Kullanımlar ve Doyumlar Perspektifi

Bünyamin AYHAN

Television draws attention as a very powerful means of mass communication taking up a very important part in social life. Television, when compared to other mass media, remains as a means that presents information to people in an effective and persuasive way without requiring any training for use. Television comes to the fore among other social media due to its audio and visual elements and its ability to create a false sense of participation. Television informs while entertaining. Especially, it presents people with various alternatives not only to be relieved of the oppressive everyday life ...Daha fazlası

Perception of Strategical Management in Textile Sector

Celaleddin SERINKAN

The aim of this research includes what the perception of textile firms operating in Denizli province about strategic management issues are, at what organizational level the strategic management decisions are taken and what the strategic goals are. Moreover, this study is important in terms of creating awareness by reminding the importance of strategic management in textile sector. The textile sector which has an important place within Denizli's economy. The textile production and sales have always been placed on the top for the economic structure in Denizli and it will continue to be an econom ...Daha fazlası