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- July – August 2011
- Article
The Paradox of Samsung's Rise
By: Tarun Khanna, Jaeyong Song and Kyungmook Lee
Twenty years ago, few people would have predicted that Samsung could transform itself from a low-cost original equipment manufacturer to a world leader in R&D, marketing, and design, with a brand more valuable than Pepsi, Nike, or American Express. Fewer still would... View Details
- June 2011 (Revised November 2012)
- Teaching Note
Vehbi Koç and the Making of Turkey's Largest Business Group (TN)
By: Asli M. Colpan and Geoffrey Jones
Teaching Note for 811081. View Details
- June 2011 (Revised November 2014)
- Case
Vehbi Koç and the Making of Turkey's Largest Business Group
By: Asli M. Colpan and Geoffrey Jones
The case describes the creation of Turkey's largest business group by Vehbi Koç. The foundation of this group in the interwar years, and its subsequent diversification into many industries, including automobiles, household goods, and services, is analysed. The case... View Details
- January 2010
- Teaching Note
Akin Ongor's Journey (TN)
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Matthew Bird
Teaching Note for [306072]. View Details
- 17 Oct 2009
- Other Presentation
Strategic Thinking: Implications for Turkish Companies
Business and Corporate Strategy Presentation View Details
- 16 Oct 2009
- Other Presentation
Turkey’s Competitiveness: National Economic Strategy and the Role of Business
This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter’s articles and books, including, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (The Free Press, 1990), "The Microeconomic Foundations of Economic Development," in The Global Competitiveness Report, (World Economic Forum),... View Details
- September 2008 (Revised May 2010)
- Case
Dogus Group: Weighing Partners for Garanti Bank
By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Richard Bullock
In August 2005, the leadership of Turkey's Dogus Group considered opportunities for its flagship enterprise, Garanti Bank, to partner with a foreign financial institution. The case describes the Turkish banking industry and Garanti Bank's position within it, and asks... View Details
- May 2008
- Supplement
Finansbank 2006 (CW)
By: C. Fritz Foley and Linnea Meyer
How do financial policy requirements and benefits of ownership concentration affect the need for and process of corporate restructuring? This case provides students with an opportunity to analyze the restructuring of a Turkish multinational business group by way of a... View Details
- May 2008 (Revised June 2009)
- Case
Finansbank 2006
By: C. Fritz Foley and Linnea Meyer
How do financial policy requirements and benefits of ownership concentration affect the need for and process of corporate restructuring? This case provides students with an opportunity to analyze the restructuring of a Turkish multinational business group by way of a... View Details
- December 2007
- Article
Learning to Live with Governments: Unilever in India and Turkey, 1950-1980
By: G. Jones
A noteworthy characteristic of the contemporary global economy is the uneven distribution of world foreign direct investment (FDI). In 2007 three-quarters of world FDI was located in developed countries. The residual was concentrated in a small number of emerging... View Details
- June 2007 (Revised June 2011)
- Case
TA Energy (Turkey): A Bundle of International Partnerships
By: William R. Kerr, Daniel J. Isenberg and Ant Bozkaya
Stimulates discussion of entrepreneurship in emerging economies, especially for entrepreneurs returning to their home countries to start businesses with global technologies and partners. Focuses on the partnership tensions between global firms and local... View Details
- December 2006 (Revised March 2008)
- Case
The European Union in the 21st Century
Focuses on the challenges facing the European Union in 2006. Following the French and Dutch referendums in 2005, the fate of the European Constitution is in jeopardy. Ten new accession countries have just joined the EU, with Turkey in the beginning stages of the... View Details
- January 2006 (Revised May 2006)
- Case
Akin Ongor's Journey
A retired bank CEO, one of Turkey's most admired leaders, wants to start a leadership institute to develop emerging leaders in the eastern Mediterranean region. Describes his biography and values, the models he established for excellent financial performance and... View Details
- June 2005
- Teaching Note
Turkey: Securing Stability in a Rough Neighborhood (TN)
Teaching Note to (9-704-005). A rewritten version of an earlier note. View Details
- May 2004 (Revised November 2005)
- Case
Turkey: Securing Stability in a Rough Neighborhood
By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Emily Thompson
After suffering years of volatility and crises, Turkey desperately sought macroeconomic and political stability in an ever-worsening region of the world. In the short term, Turkey had to repay its debt, which amounted to more than 80% of GDP. By January 2004, Turkey... View Details
- June 2003
- Teaching Note
Taking Charge at Dogus Holding (TN) (A) and (B)
By: Rakesh Khurana
Teaching Note for (9-402-009) and (9-402-046). View Details
Keywords: Turkey
- May 2002 (Revised May 2002)
- Case
Garanti Bank: Transformation in Turkey (Abridged)
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Daniel Galvin and Maximilian Martin
Discusses the complete transformation and turnover in every division of Garanti Bank. Describes the multiple change projects managed and cross-cultural issues confronted during the 1990s and the organizational challenge of transforming Garanti Bank into one of Turkey's... View Details
- March 2002
- Supplement
Taking Charge at Dogus Holding (B)
By: Rakesh Khurana and Gina Carioggia
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Turkey
- November 2001 (Revised April 2002)
- Case
Taking Charge at Dogus Holding (A)
By: Rakesh Khurana, Gina Carioggia and Simon Johnson
Describes 37-year-old Ferit Sahenk's challenges in taking over his father's traditionally managed $14 billion Turkish conglomerate in a period of economic instability. Leading the large holding company into the 21st century will require the establishment of a more... View Details
- June 2001
- Teaching Note
Garanti Bank: Transformation in Turkey TN
Teaching Note for (9-300-114). View Details