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Robust term structure estimation in developed and emerging markets
(Springer Nature, 2018-01)Despite powerful advances in interest rate curve modeling for data-rich countries in the last 30 years, comparatively little attention has been paid to the key practical problem of estimation of the term structure of ... -
The role of real estate and gold as inflation hedges: the Islamic influence
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2021-04-06)Purpose This paper aims to understand how aversion to interest income in Islam may influence the demand for real estate and gold when inflation is rampant. Design/methodology/approach According to Markowitz's ... -
The role of sociodemographic factors during a pandemic outbreak: Aggravators and mitigators
(Sociological Demography Press, 2021)Many macro-and micro-level factors affect the spread of an infectious disease. Among them are sociodemographic, socioeconomic, sociocultural, health care system infrastructure, use of alcohol or substances, level of life ... -
Role of strategic interactions in corporate sustainability decisions: an empirical investigation
(Turkish Economic Association, 2017-01-01)There is a large amount of empirical literature on the relationship between corporate sustainability and corporate financial performance. However, the literature considers company-specific aspects affecting the link but ... -
The role of the partner brand’s social media power in brand alliances
(American Marketing Association, 2018-05)Managers frequently seek strategies to profit systematically from social media to increase product sales. By forming a brand alliance, they can acquire an installed social media base from a partner brand in an attempt to ... -
Scheduling ambulance crews for maximum coverage
(Palgrave MacMillan, 2010-04)This paper addresses the problem of scheduling ambulance crews in order to maximize the coverage throughout a planning horizon. The problem includes the subproblem of locating ambulances to maximize expected coverage with ... -
Securitization and economic activity: The credit composition channel
(Elsevier, 2017-02)Using an international panel of 104 countries over the period 1995–2012, we analyze the relationship between country-level securitization and economic activity. Our findings suggest that securitization is negatively related ... -
Selecting a winning team: Management of surgical team composition in robotic surgery
(Elsevier, 2023-01)Surgical robots can offer higher precision, flexibility, and control during surgeries compared to conventional approaches. Robotic surgeries lead to a decrease in surgical error rates, lengths of hospital stays, and patient ... -
Setting the right incentives for global planning and operations
(Elsevier, 2016-09-01)We study incentive issues seen in a firm performing global planning and manufacturing, and local demand management. The stochastic demands in local markets are best observed by the regional business units, and the firm ... -
Shelter from the storm: health service access and utilization among Syrian refugees in Turkey
(Springer, 2022-11)Aim: Since 2011, the conflict in Syria has led to the migration of 5.6 million refugees, mainly to neighbouring countries. By the start of 2019, over 3.5 million people had moved to Turkey to seek safety, meaning that ... -
Ship-from-store operations in omni-channel retailing
(Institute of Industrial Engineers, 2017)One of the recent trends in omni-channel retailing is ship-from-store which allows a retailer to fulfill online orders from a brick-and-mortar store. The benefits of this relatively new fulfillment model includes faster ... -
Should cross-border banking benefit from the financial safety net?
(Elsevier, 2016)Using bank-level data from 84 countries, we find that a higher degree of bank internationalization is associated with higher interest expenses. Internationalization is proxied by a bank's share of foreign liabilities in ... -
Social e-atmospherics in practice (or not): a French and Turkish web designers’ perspectives
(2009)Little is known about the development of social e- atmospherics. And yet, e-atmospherics havemotivated an emerging body of research which reports that both better layouts and‘recognized’ atmospherics encourage consumers ... -
Social media adoption: A process-based approach
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)This research conceptualizes and measures social media adoption (SMA) of companies with a process-based approach and explains its antecedents of micro- and macro-environment, size, and ownership, as well as its consequence ... -
Social media metrics - A framework and guidelines for managing social media
(Elsevier, 2013-11)Social media are becoming ubiquitous and need to be managed like all other forms of media that organizations employ to meet their goals. However, social media are fundamentally different from any traditional or other online ... -
Software diversity for improved network security: optimal distribution of software-based shared vulnerabilities
(Informs, 2017-12)Firms, and other agencies, tend to adopt widely used software to gain economic benefits of scale, which can lead to a software monoculture. This can, in turn, involve the risk of correlated computer systems failure as all ... -
Spurred or spurned? The effects of combined innovations and major obstacles on B2B SME capability generation and future focus
(Elsevier, 2023-08)Expanding organizational learning theory and ambidextrous theory, this research investigates the potential differences in connections between business-to-business (B2B) small to medium enterprises (SME) engaging in customer ... -
Start-up information search practices: the case of Turkey
(Routledge Taylor & Francis, 2013)Information search may be especially crucial in an emerging economy context where gaps in knowledge are magnified due to the limited availability, accessibility, and quality of sources. Under the framework of social ... -
Stochastic production planning with flexible manufacturing systems and uncertain demand: A column generation-based approach
(Elsevier, 2022)The ongoing pandemic, namely COVID-19, has rendered widespread economic disorder. The deficiencies have delayed production at manufacturers in several industries on the supply side. The effects of disruption were more ...
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