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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[A Different Banking Methods and the Developing in the  Turkish Finance Market-Turkish Participation Banking  For 2007-2012]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Financial systems and institutions has become the most important reason  in the fragility of world economic system. The formation and development  process of the financial structure also constitutes the infrastructure of the  world economic system. The course of the financial system and  development has led to debate with the financial crisis in 2008-2011. One  of the discussion topics in order to eliminate problems caused by the  conventional banking system is alternative financing systems. In Turkey,  the corporations based on profit share system which are named  participation based banking spotlight, if the alternative banking systems  are considered. These banks which determine different principles in the  risk distribution of the portfolio acquired are analyzed more nowadays.  Participation based banks are placed in almost every regulation related to  banking terms and get their legal infrastructure more stable in the banking  legislation of Turkey.  This study is a 2007-2012 part of research series. We try to find out the  place and the importance of participation based banking with the various  sub-headings especially in Turkey. We examine the comparative review  2007-2012 data of participation banks which Collected Turkish Currency  and Foreign Currency Funds, Bank Loan Funds, Total Assets, Equity and Net  Profit figures for the four participation banks in Turkey. We are comparing  the total figures with deposit banks for the same period.  One of our primary goals in this essay, to study in the framework of the  alternatives of the financial institutions and options. These options could  be asserted as a vibrant and viable well established choice as a nonwestern  model- different from the classical western interest based  dominant banking system in the globe. Moreover, that participation  banking systems’ grow and increase with its resourceful bulk of  transactions and shares within the financial market. In addition, we  intended to delineate the basic functioning structures, rules, norms,  principles, procedures, operations of that alternate banking system in the  financial market.After that, we have applied as a descriptive, explanatory, discursive and  comparative analytic methodology to expound the matter in detail. Having  gathered literature reviews then we have concentrated on Turkey as a  model state in that banking system practice; at which, what kind of  instruments and tools used by referring basic indicators, data and  information related to the growth, flourish and share of that sector within  the total banking and financial system in Turkey.  Furthermore, that participation banking system positions, researched in  the country. Thus, it is explicated more concerns on by investigating its  credits, deposits, financing formulation systems and commitments with  the banks, customers and investors of the alternate banking system in the  country’s financial order. At last, we have attempted to clarify and  summarize the concepts, definitions, expositions, demonstrations, rules,  assets, liabilities, equities etc.. by giving special cultural internalizations  about the organizational and operational activities of the participation  banks both similarities and discrepancies, too; so as to draw the attentions  of the new researchers and studies in that situation.  Keywords: Bank, Finance Market, Finance Sector, Participation Bank,  Islamic Bank, Interest Free Banking, Alternative Banking System.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1505]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 978-9958-834-23-3     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Efficiency of Experimental Program for the Parental  Instruction for Children]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Parental instruction in terms of helping children with school activities is  very important. For this reason, this paper dealt with theoretical and  empirical segment of this problem. In the theoretical part, the concept of  parental instruction was defined as well as its importance for the success  of the child, the commitment of children to such assistance and the  aspects of parental instructions.  The objective of study was to investigate the level of parents’ ability to  provide instruction to children with school activities and learning. For this  purpose, an experimental method was applied (experiment with initial and  final measurements with one group). In order to examine the effect of  experimental treatment the instrument on parental instruction to children  was used.  The obtained results provided significant findings that lead us to the  conclusion that parents&#039; education can improve their instructions to  children in school learning.  Keywords: Parental Instruction, Parents, Students.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1605]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 978-9958-834-23-3     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/1700">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Optimization Models Performances for Transportation  Cost Minimization]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Transportation is the foremost activity at every stage of logistics (supply,  production and distribution stages). It constitutes the huge part of logistics,  because of its relative size in total logistics costs. That might be different  sector by sector but the rate of the transportation in all logistics activities is  approximately around 50-65 percent. Transportation is a term which can  be defined as the physical movement of inventories such as raw materials,  semi-finished goods and finished goods from one location to another.  Shipping of products into firm storage after they have bought from  suppliers, carrying of the storage items to manufacturing, and delivery of  the manufactured items to warehouses or dealers to be sold, and delivery  of the sold products to customers are some sub-activities of  transportation. In order to achieve transportation with minimal cost, first  of all the optimal transportation alternatives should be implied. In the  literature there are many researches which confirm this statement. But the  applied technique for decision problem is as important as transportation  alternatives. For determining of optimal solution there are certain models.  This study aims that to compare of those models performances on a real  case hypothetically. Employed models are integer linear programming;  goal programming and fuzzy-logic based linear programming.  Keywords: Logistic Activities, Transportation Costs, Optimization.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1476]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 978-9958-834-23-3     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/1701">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Comparison of the Performance of Banks with Electre  Method: The Case of ISE]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The banking sector is one of the most important factor in terms of  economic development for a country. Powerful and healthy banking sector  is accepted as a precondition for sustainable economic growth. One of the  most significant features of firms that survive in a competition  environment is able to measure their performance periodically, develop  available reactions and proactive solutions by evaluating the results. The  purpose of this paper is to measure and compare of 10 bank’s financial  performance with ELECTRE method for the period of 2005-2011 that  traded İstanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) shares. Because of banks’ financial  performance are effected lots of factors, too many criteria need to be  considered for measuring them. So, in this paper, we use profitability,  liquidity, leverage ratios and asset quality to measure. As a result, Finans  bank takes place first and Şeker Bank gets last related to financial  performance among the others  Keywords: Electre Method, Financial Performance, Banking.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1491]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[A Comparison of Decision Making Models and Electricity  Energy Demand Forecasting for Turkey]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Energy is vital for industrialization and development countries like Turkey.  Energy, particularly electricity, is essential for improving quality of live and  developing as social and economic like European Countries. Projections for  Turkey demonstrate positive results from the use of energy, especially for  electricity, and identify key areas for improvement by 2023 (ESMAP  Report, 2011).  Turkey is rapidly growing with a 73 million young and confident people. So,  energy requirements have been rising with increasing population for  twenty years in Turkey. The development a country and people living of  standards is directly related to the energy utilization rate. Authors and  researchers claimed that, the Turkish economy is currently the fastest  growing economies among the European Union. In addition, there are a lot  of and different studies that were published recently on forecasting of  Turkey’s electricity demand. But the aim of this study is to compare  forecasting models each other with error estimations and estimate future  demand. This study is a proposition of a new approach by comparing grey  prediction and multiple regression models with Model of Analysis of the  Energy Demand (MAED). Turkish Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources  carry out MAED. In this study, electricity energy consumption in Turkey is  forecasting with grey prediction and multiple regression models from 1970  to 2010. In this model, we used total export, total import, population and  GDP data unlike than Akay and Atak (2007). This study also explores new  approach by using more data and suggestions regarding to electricity  consumption. As a result, proposed approaches estimates have more  accurate results than MAED model in the comparison of electricity  consumption.  Keywords: Turkey’s Electricity Consumption Forecasting; Grey Prediction;  Multiple Regressions.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1490]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 978-9958-834-23-3     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/1703">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Absolute Poverty and Regional Disparities in Albania]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Albania lies in the southwestern part of the Balkan Peninsula. After 50 years of  dictatorial government of communist system, in the early 1991 it suffered  radical changes of political character which brought at the same time  substantial changes in economic and social development of our country.  Poverty and social exclusion as one of the important indicators of economic  development level of a region, become some interesting topics of study, in  purpose to provide alternative development and adapt strategies in purpose to  build specific policies towards mitigating this social phenomenon that lies and  developed in severe forms in some regions in Albania. Through analysis of  various indicators reflected in the graphical displays and maps, in this paper we  will study poverty in Albania, in its social and economic context.  According to the World Bank, definition of poverty is lack of income and  unemployment, hunger and malnutrition, ignorance and illiteracy, inability to  be sheltered, inability to access to public and social services. In this point of  view, poverty means exclusion, which will be studied through indicators that  values the opportunities that have the community to acquire essential social  and public services.  In addition, the study of social exclusion as a result of regional disparities is  especially important in the construction of local development plans in the  service of sustainable development for the entire region.  In this study poverty will be treated and will be examined on the basis of all  its indicators (economic and social) as well as in its relative and subjective  context.  At the end of this study will be given a summary of recommendations in the  function of mitigating this phenomenon with social impact, in service to  promote sustainable development in the country after a long period of  transition with fragile economic and social developments.  Keywords: Poverty, Political Transition, Unemployment, Social Exclusion,  Disparity Development, Malnutrition, Illiteracy Etc.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1680]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Development of Fisheries and Aquaculture in Albania]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Albania has great natural and infrastructure resources for the development  of fisheries and aquaculture sector, commerce and industry of fishery  processing products etc. So Albania has a coastline of about 474 km long,  an extensive network of hydrograph.  It ranks in the first countries in Europe in terms of water resources. The  hydrographic basin of Albania has an area of 43 300 km² or 57% more than  the territory of the state of our country and 50.000 km rivers and streams,  1,100 km² surface of lake water and sufficient artificial reservoirs.  In this article all these resources will be analyzed in detail; it will be also  analyzed the identification and further development of these resources,  which have special importance in building strategies and policies in the  direction of further development of this sector aiming at increasing  production, paying attention to the sustainable use of these resources  without damage on the biodiversity and the environment.  Research in this field is carried out mainly by universities, mostly from the  Agricultural University of Tirana. The Ministry of Agriculture in  collaboration with Ministry of Environment Forests and Water  Administration, has played an important role in constructing strategies for  the development of this sector as well as commerce and industry of fishery  products processing through projects MEDITS and AdriaMed where an  important place has the study of ecological and environmental effects,  mainly in the lagoons in cases of fishing beyond manufacturing capacity.  Very important are also the infrastructure and human resources, which  give weight to the development of this sector. In this country there are 4  ports that develop fishing activities, where the most important is the  largest port in the country, the port of Durres. Social effects of the  development of this sector are also important in studies, mainly in terms of  employment and community consumption per habitants, which is 3.3 kg / year of about 15 kg / year consumed by the countries of the  Mediterranean region.  At the end of this paper we will list some premises development of this  sector, recognizing it as an important output sector with great impact in  the economic and social life in the country.  Keywords: Fishing, Infrastructure, Water Resources, Sustainable  Development.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1683]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 978-9958-834-23-3     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[International Entrepreneurial Orientation and  Performance Outcomes in Export Markets]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Global economic integration with the diffusion of information and  communication technologies forces many business enterprises to  internationalize. This evolution brings opportunities and threats to  business management, as well opens up new fields for academic research.  The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of firms’ international  entrepreneurial orientation on their export market performances. Based  on the literature, which implies entrepreneurial orientation is critical for  market success; this research intends to evaluate the phenomenon for  Turkish exporter firms.  From year 2000 to 2011, Turkey increased its world share in outward  foreign direct investment stock by 146% (UNCTAD, 2012). Besides, Turkey’s  total merchandise import and export volume is around USD 400 billions,  which constituted 1% of world trade in 2011 (World Trade Organization,  2012). In respect to the emergence of Turkish enterprises in world  business, it is assumed that their international entrepreneurial orientation  would be remarkable to investigate.  International entrepreneurship, being considered as the subset of  international business and entrepreneurship areas, is defined as “the  discovery, enactment, evaluation, and exploitation of opportunities –  across national borders- to create future goods and services” (Oviatt and  McDougall, 2005). The study of international entrepreneurship is gaining  momentum since 1990s. Prestigious academic journals such as  Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (1996), Academy of Management  Journal (2000), International Business Review (2005), and European Management Journal (2008) published special issues on the subject. So, it  is evident that international entrepreneurship is an establishing and a wellreceived  field of interest in management science.  While studies on international entrepreneurship seem increasing, there is  still a need to develop measures for this construct. Dimitratos et al. (2012)  operationalized international entrepreneurship based on entrepreneurial  orientation (EO) research. They developed a scale labeled “international  entrepreneurial culture” (IEC) that is composed of six dimensions: (i)  international market orientation, (ii) international learning orientation, (iii)  international innovation propensity, (iv) international risk attitude, (v)  international networking orientation, and (vi) international motivation.  This study intends to take this IEC scale for measuring international  entrepreneurial orientation as the independent variable.  The dependent variable of the research is export market performance.  Deriving from the valid scales developed by Zou, et al. (1998), Lages and  Lages (2004), Diamantopoulos and Kakkos (2007); export market  performance will be measured by firms’ sales revenue, increase of sales,  profitability, market share, and new product penetration in the export  markets. On the other hand, firms’ international business experience, size,  and industry would be evaluated as the control variables.  Within this framework, the scope of the research is exporting companies in  Turkey. By purposive sampling, a total of 660 members of export  association boards under Turkish Exporters Assembly would be inquired.  Retrieved data will be analyzed with Spearman and Pearson correlations,  as well with multiple linear regressions.  As a matter of fact, this abstract is submitted to the International  Conference on Economic and Social Studies 2013. The research is at early  stage and in case of its acceptance to the Conference; it will indeed  advance through further discussions by peer scholars in management.  Keywords: International Entrepreneurship, Export Performance, Turkey.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1495]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[An Economic Order Quantity Model For Defective Items  Under Permissible Delay In Payments And Shortage]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Inventory control models are classified as deterministic and stochastic  models upon the condition that the demand is definitely known, or not.  Economic Order Quantity Models are among the most widely used  techniques in deterministic inventory control models. Economic Order  Quantity models have many assumptions that are not satisfied completely  with recent economic conditions such as all items in an ordered lot are  perfect quality and the payments are made as soon as the items received.  In this study, by loosening these two assumptions, a new model is proposed  in the case of defective items, permissible delay in payments and shortage.  For two case of permissible delay, the optimal values are determined and  the effects of permissible delay in payments on ordering quantity and total  profit are analyzed. Result of the analysis show that while permissible delay  of payment increases order quantity decreases and total profit increases.  Furthermore, numerical examples are given for the developed model and  changes in the optimal values are analyzed with sensitivity analysis. Finally  some previously published results are deduced as special cases of proposed  model.  Keywords: Economic Order Quantity, Permissible delay in Payments,  Defective items, Shortage.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1582]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Collateral of the Rising Public Diplomacy in Turkey:  The Presidency of Religious Affairs and the Religious  Diplomacy]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[It has been widely discussed whether Turkish foreign policy has been  changing since the Justice and Development Party (AKP hereafter) came  into power in 2002. Among the new concepts which signal a probable  change in the foreign policy, “public diplomacy” seems to be a significant  one considering that AKP has even founded the Office of Public Diplomacy  in 2010 within the Turkish Prime Ministry. Public diplomacy, the task of  serving national interests through influencing foreign states’ peoples,  winning their hearts and minds, instrumentalizes a state’s traits and is  carried by many public institutions. Religion is one of the cultural traits of a  state which serves public diplomacy with its binding influence on public.  For a few decades, the terms “religious diplomacy”, “inter-religious  diplomacy” or “faith diplomacy” have been used to indicate the positive  impact of religion on diplomacy, especially on “public diplomacy” which  addresses public rather than the traditional diplomatic institutions.  Religious diplomacy has mainly two meanings. On the one hand, it means  establishing an interreligious dialogue between states and their societies.  On the other hand, it implies promoting religiously based relations with  other states and their societies sharing the same religion. In Turkey,  Presidency of Religious Affairs is the main carrier of religious diplomacy as  it has started be expressed by the Presidency itself. A closer look at the  campaigns and policies of the Presidency especially in the Balkans, Africa  and the Middle East in the last decade shows that it complements the  government’s public diplomacy establishing religious ties with the states  especially which have Muslim populations. The Presidency is organizing  humanitarian aid campaigns for Muslims suffering all around the world  while participating in the ones the government organizes. In press  releases, The Presidency addresses all people and all international  organizations to free the Muslims from poverty, injustice and violence. It  also regulates the education of the religious personnel who are to work  outside of the Turkish borders. The Presidency organizes international  programs for those willing to “construct a future based on their cultural origins” and “satisfy the religious, cultural, social and psychological needs  of the Muslims with their knowledge on Islamic theology.” Looking at the  campaigns, press releases, international programs, conferences, seminars  and the discourse used in these, the paper tries to show how the  Presidency cooperates with the government serving public diplomacy.  In this research, the aim is to stress the contribution of The Presidency of  Religious Affairs to the public diplomacy especially in the last decade. It can  be easily observed that aid campaigns for Muslim populations outside of  the border have become a major divisive issue and divided the Turkish  population into two as the ones willing to help poor Muslim people for the  sake of God and/or humanity and the ones criticizing this argument  insisting that Turkey has itself helpless people inside of its own borders.  The motivation of the presentation is to point out the insufficiency of the  discussion whether AKP unnecessarily engages with Muslim populations  outside of the Turkish borders. For a few decades, public diplomacy and  religious diplomacy as its complementary have been crucial tools in  international relations, and analyzing the AKP’s partaking in humanitarian  campaigns outside the borders without taking this viewpoint into  consideration would be fall short.  Therefore, the presentation intends to remark that The Presidency of  Religious Affairs with the religious diplomacy it carries has also been an  element in international relations for a while and analysis on AKP’s foreign  policy should also pay attention to this religious diplomacy dimension as a  part of public diplomacy strategy.  Keywords: Public Diplomacy, Religious Diplomacy, the Presidency of  Religious Affairs, the Justice and Development Party (AKP), Foreign Policy]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1553]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 978-9958-834-23-3     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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