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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[An Analysis in Banking Sector with Knowledge  Management Assessment Tool]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The main problem of today&#039;s enterprises is to sustain their development  and growth, because of the changing environmental conditions and the  global competitiveness. Therefore, the concept of knowledge, especially  after 1990s’, has begun to be seen as one of the most valuable strategic  resource of businesses. Additionally, the concept of knowledge  management has been discussed frequently in management research and  applications.  Knowledge management is defined as the process of creating, storing,  transferring, applying and saving organizational knowledge (Schultze and  Stabell, 2004); discovering the sources of required information  (SabherwalandSabherwal, 2005); the process of gathering, transferring and  effective use of information (Davenport, 2001); developing informal  knowledge flow among individuals; codifying knowledge in organizations  and building systems for sharing (Birkinshaw, 2001). It has been suggested  that knowledge management practices has provided many positive  outcomes for businesses. In the literature, there is a number of empirical  studies about knowledge management, revealing organizational learning,  developing new product/service by creating a more suitable environment  for innovation (Corso and etc, 2001; Lester, 2001; Sherman etc, 2005),  increasing employee performance by improving core competencies  (Sabherwal and Sabherwal, 2005), providing competitive advantage (Roth,  2003) and sustainable organizational performance (Bogner and Bansal,  2007). In this context, the aim of this research is to examine the level of  organizational knowledge management skill and practices in banking  sector and also whether there is a difference between public and private  banks in terms of knowledge management skills. The reason for selecting  banking sector as sample is because customer satisfaction, creativity and  innovation are so important and the sector is so sensitive to technological  development. Therefore knowledge management practices are being used  intensively in this sector. The scale used for data collection is “Knowledge  Management Assessment Tool” which was developed by American  Productivity and Quality Center (APQC) and Arthur Andersen in 1995. It is  aimed to analyze the dimensions of knowledge management which are  leadership, technology, process, and culture. There are a few studies in this  field in literature. So based on the framework and the insights generated  by the investigation, the study will lead scholars to new research areas and  contribute to business world.  Keywords: Knowledge, Knowledge Management, Banking Sector, KMAT.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1581]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/1680">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Turkey and EU Relations on Realistic Theory Perspective]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[In this study, critique of realist approach, which has shaped the discipline  of İnternational Relations, has been argued. The discipline that mentioned  above, emerged mostly as a result of Realist Theory contribution has been  critiqued to explain today’s complex World is one of the basic theses  defended in this case study. Realist Theory is concentrated on power  emphasis only on the nation-state as an actor, and being very simple and  such features have been explained and critiqued in details.  Relations with the EU have always been very important for Turkey, and  referred to be tough process. Although from the signing of the Ankara  agreement and continuing in different stages to the present day,  developments in various stages have caused different expectations for the  both parties, neither Turkey has given up to the neither membership  decision, nor European Union has completely rejected Turkey’s  membership process. At Luxembourg Summit in December 1997 the  country’s name among the candidates for full membership was not  included, and as a result of this, Turkey’s response was very threating in  cutting the political dialogue with the EU. Turkey’s candidacy was  confirmed by the Helsinki European Council in December 1999, preparing a  pre-accession strategy and accession partnership document showed some  easygoing in the attitude of the EU Council against the country. Finally as a  result of these changes, once more the relations of mutual obligations and  expectations come to the fore period.  Keywords: International Relations, Realist Theory, the Balance of Power,  EU, Turkey-EU Relations.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1675]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/1679">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Working Condition Quality Comparison of  The Bank Staff: The Case of Turkey]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Purpose: The bank staff represents the bank to the customers. The working  conditions of the bank employees play a great role on the success. The  main aim of this study is measuring the quality of the working environment  of the banks by using three factors, which are knowledge, consistency and  trust, and comparing the working environment of the agents to the  managers.  Design/methodology/approach: 100 questionnaires are used to evaluate  the quality of the working condition quality of the banks. Semi-structured  interviews and snowball sampling is used to reach various departments of  the banks.  Findings: The working condition quality of the managers is better than the  working condition quality of the agents. But there is no significant  difference on the consistency of the conditions. Duration has a significant  effect on the working conditions which create trust on the employees to  the company.  Originality/value: This paper is a proof of that the managers do not have  good conditions as expected. The managers can be disturbed by the  managers which are above them.  Keywords: Bank Staff, Working Condition Quality, Agents and Managers.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1478]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/1678">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Virtual banking: An Overview]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Virtual banking can be defined as a bank without branch which offers its  services by means of individual computers or electronic tools, ATM and  telephone.  As virtual banks can’t put up with the cost of branch opening, they offer  the savings obtained from the costing to their customers as high saving  interest.  In the study, it will be mentioned from the definition of virtual banking to  its advantages and disadvantages, and samples of virtual banks in the  world, the superiority in costing per operation in comparison with  traditional banking.  In conclusion, thanks to virtual banking, situation of earn and earn will  occur, and costing in banking system will reduce, and this will reflect to the  customers positively.  Keywords: Virtual Banking, Internet Banking, Traditional Banking.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1679]]></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/1677">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Effect of Advertising Activities on Foreign visitors  Purchasing Preferences: The Case of İstanbul]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[This study, tourism industry, aims to measure the impact of advertising in  consumer preferences. Businesses in terms of sales increase, consumers in  terms of product knowledge and the affordability, quality, purchase your  product, which enables advertising to the issue of the timeliness of the  protection and 2011, approximately one billion people travel to the tourism  industry has a great importance of this study is the necessity of show.  Turkey&#039;s most important tourism centers, which was held in İstanbul. In this  study the universe in İstanbul, 2010 from foreign tourists.  Field research based on this study, the primary data collection as a method of  the survey have been used in the survey consists of three parts. The survey is  the first part of the participants &#039; demographic characteristics of the variables  to detect the questions are given. In the second chapter, the participants in the  rest of the variables to detect the questions are given. The survey in the last  section; participants&#039; views on the activities of advertising, for the detection of  the size of the expressions given in the bottom of the ad. In 2010, a total of  289 foreign tourists views on the data obtained from the questionnaire were  analyzed through statistical software package. Of the respondents&#039; perceptions  about advertising activities, demographic and holidays differed significantly  according to the characteristics of the two groups t-test for variables with  more than two groups for variables that contain a single-factor analysis of  variance (ANOVA test) were tested. All statistical results were analyzed based  on the significance level of 0.05.  Results of this research have been identified by tourists are affected by  advertising activities. In addition, according to the results of the t and ANOVA  tests, educational status, income status, countries, number of visits, number of  days of encampment, objectives and benefit from resources such variables as  the arrival of tourists has resulted in any significant difference in submissions  for the ad, while the other variables between views on advertising no  difference was found.  Keywords: Advertising, Purchasing process, Tourism, İstanbul, Turkey.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1684]]></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/1676">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Relatıonship between Energy Consumption and  Economic Growth: Turkey Case]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[This study investigates the relationship between energy consumption and  economic growth. Especially energy resources are most crucial input for  developing countries. Also energy resources are not balanced distribution  around the countries. The direction of causation of this relationship is  controversial. Because, the energy consumption affect the economic  growth but also economic growth leads to the energy consumption.  Empirically this paper tries to find the direction of causality between  energy consumption and economic growth for Turkey. For the empirical  analysis is used to be co-integration analysis.  Keywords: Economic Growth, Turkey, Energy Consumption.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1665]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 978-9958-834-23-3     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Knowledge Economy and its Impact on the  Employment and the Employees’ Profile]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Throughout history, there has been a radical transformation concerning  the developmental stages in the lives of human beings. The first stage that  initiates with the agriculture continues with industry which is the main  turning points in the sociological perspective of work and working life. The  Industrial Revolution that was the sign of transformation from the manual  oriented economy to the machine oriented ones also shifted the  requirements of the human resource capital. The new terms about the  work entered to the literature such as the time, wage, and trade unions,  working conditions, factories and so forth. This event called as  industrialization as different from the period of agriculture isolated the  work and family life from one another. In the third period, the economic,  sociological, and the political procedures resulted in the development as  well as the importance of the knowledge and the knowledge economy.  Today, the knowledge which is the particular indicator of knowing  something and know-how is associated with the welfare and the power.  Those who can produce and utilize the knowledge can compete with the  others easily. Therefore, it can be stated that the knowledge is the main  determinant of current age called as ‘the age of information’. In a way, this  inclination shaped a great many things in the society from the education to  the employment strategies of the nations. Even more, the requirements of  the employees altered unlike those in the industrial period. As an example,  the internationalization of the human capital in terms of their  qualifications, the occurrence of the knowledge workers put a different  point to the employment based strategically approach. Within this  framework, the main aim of the study is to analyze the changing  perspectives of the employment and the employees by referencing to the  information centered society.  Keywords: Knowledge Economy, Knowledge, Knowledge Worker.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1659]]></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/1674">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Ranking the Strategies of Human Resource Management  During Economic Crisis Period Using Analytic Hierarchy  Process]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Choosing a right action in economic crisis period is a kind of multi-criteria  decision making problem for human resource management. The aim of this  study was to determine the precedence order of these human resource  management activities including recruitment, reducing workforce,  terminating contracts before they are due, stopping renewing labor  contracts, outsourcing business in order to reduce workforce, using more  casual workers, increasing the use of flexible working hours, freezing  recruitment, expanding workforce, cutting training budget, reducing  support for self-initiated study , reducing off-the-job training for middle  managers, reducing off-the-job training for low managers, reducing offthe-  job training for other employees, reducing on-the-job training,  increasing training budget, increasing off-the-job training for middle  managers, increasing off-the-job training for low managers, increasing offthe-  job training for other employees, increasing on-the-job training,  reducing individual performance goals, conducting appraisals more often,  conducting appraisals less often, stopping conducting appraisals, rewards  and compensation, freezing pay increments, increasing pay increments,  reducing base pay rate, increasing base pay rate, reducing performancebased  pay rate, increasing performance-based pay rate, reducing fringe  benefits, reducing superannuation contributions, restructuring working  hours by means of training, hiring part-time employees, freezing the wages  and stopping performance-related payment, etc.  The survey participants were the human resource management  professionals and academicians. In analyzing the data, Analytical Hierarchy  Process (AHP) methodology was used. AHP was developed in the 1970s by  Thomas Saaty is a multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) methodology. It  has been used extensively for analyzing complex decisions. The approach can be used to help decision-makers for prioritizing alternatives and  determining the optimal alternative using pair-wise comparison  judgments. AHP is a effective decision making method especially when  subjectivity exists and it is very suitable to solve problems where the  decision criteria can be organized in a hierarchical way into sub-criteria.  The findings of previous studies about human resource management  activities in economic crisis time were first identified by literature review.  Human resource managers/experts expressed or defined a ranking for the  attributes in terms of importance/weights. Each human resource expert is  asked to fill ‘‘checked mark’’ in the 9-point scale evaluation table. The AHP  allows group decision making. One of the main advantages of the AHP  method is the simple structure. This paper analyzes the possible actions  taken by Human Resources managers that are facing the economic crisis.  Keywords: Human Resource Management, Economic Crisis, Analytic  Hierarchy Process, Multi Criteria Decision Making, Ranking Strategies]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1547]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Combining Analytical Hierarchy Process and TOPSIS  Approaches for Supplier Selection in a Cable Company]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[In the competitive business environment of the 21st century, organizations  must reply quickly and precisely to customer demands. The choice of suppliers  and their performance assessment are becoming major challenges that face  supply chain managers or directors. Evaluating suppliers and selecting one of  them are complicated tasks due to the fact that various criteria or objectives  must be considered in the decision making process. Also in many real world  cases the criteria are not equally important for the purchase managers.  Numerous decision making techniques have been offered to handle with the  supplier selection problem. In this study, we proposed a supplier selection  analysis model considering both Analytic Hierarchy Process and TOPSIS  method. Subjective and objective opinions of purchase managers/experts turn  into quantitative form with Analytic Hierarchy Process. Technique for Order  Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) technique is used for  calculating the supplier’s ratings.  The aim of this paper is to determine the appropriate supplier providing the  most customer satisfaction for the criteria identified in the supply chain. In this  paper, data taken from a well-known cable manufacturing company in Turkey  is used to illustrate the supplier selection procedure. Due to the fact that main  raw material used in all cables, the company strongly focuses on supply of the  Electrolytic Copper Cathode. The company detects eight different criteria for  procurement of the Electrolytic Copper Cathode. These are origin, quality,  availability, cost, delivery requirements, cost of conveyance, and quality  certificates. Apparently, supplier selection is a multi-criteria problem that  includes both quantitative and qualitative factors. It is necessary to make  trade-off between these tangible and intangible factors while considering a  suitable supplier. There are four firms providing the Electrolytic Copper  Cathode for the company. In analyzing the data, Analytical Hierarchy Process  (AHP) and Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution  (TOPSIS) methodologies are used for the outranking of supplier alternatives.  Keywords: Supplier Selection, Multi Criteria Decision Making, Analytical  Hierarchy Process (AHP), TOPSIS Method, Cable Sector.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1510]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Forecasting Macroeconomic Variables Using Artificial  Neural Network and Traditional Smoothing Techniques]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[For many years, economists have been using statistical tools to estimate  parameters of macroeconomic models. Forecasting plays a major role in  macroeconomic planning and it is an essential analytical tool in countries’  economic strategies. In recent years, researchers are developing new  techniques for estimation. Most of these alternative approaches have their  origins in the computational intelligence. They have the ability to  approximate nonlinear functions, parameters are updated adaptively. In  particular, this research focuses on the application of neural networks in  modeling and estimation of macroeconomic parameters. Neural networks  have received an increasing amount of attention among macroeconomic  forecasters because of the ability to approximate any linear and nonlinear  relationship with a reasonable degree of accuracy. Turkey is one of the  European Union candidate countries such as Iceland, Montenegro, Serbia,  and The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. In this study 13  macroeconomic indicators including gross domestic product (volume),  current account balance, general government gross debt, general  government revenue, general government total expenditure, gross  national savings, inflation, average consumer prices, population, total  investment, unemployment rate, volume of exports of goods and services,  volume of imports of goods and services. In this study classical time series  forecasting methods such as moving averages, exponential smoothing,  Brown&#039;s single parameter linear exponential smoothing, Brown’s secondorder  exponential smoothing, Holt&#039;s two parameter linear exponential  smoothing and Winter&#039;s linear and seasonal exponential smoothing were  applied to macroeconomic data. The study focuses mainly on the applicability of artificial neural network model for forecasting  macroeconomic parameters in long term and comparing the artificial  neural network’s results with the Traditional Time Series Analysis  (Smoothing Techniques). To facilitate the presentation, an empirical  example is developed to forecast Turkey’s important macroeconomic  parameters. Time Series statistical theory and methods are used to select  an adequate technique, based on residual analysis. Turkey will celebrate  the 100th anniversary of its foundation in 2023. Policies and  implementations targeted for raising economic position.  Keywords: Macro Economic Parameters, Economic Growth, Artificial  Neural Network, Forecasting, Smoothing, Time Series, Turkey.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1528]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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