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    Methodology Research of Competitiveness and Sample Application for Turkey's Defense Industry
    (2016) Bilgen, Hakki Ismail; Varoglu, Abdulkadir; 0000-0003-4327-9008; Q-7719-2019
    Purpose - The main purpose of this paper is to develop a methodology to analyze the competitiveness based on the diamond model and constructing a composite index; the secondary aim is to apply this methodology to the national index of Turkey's defense industry. Design/methodology/approach - Instead of providing the results based only on diamond, a composite index study was carried out. The collected variables were distributed using subject-groups under determinants via an expert opinion survey. The variables were analyzed with alternative methods of imputation, normalization and aggregation. Factor analysis (FA) was performed with the aggregated values of each subject to find the years' clusters. Findings - Turkey's diamond model indicated an improvement in defense industry between 1998-2010. And, FA revealed the clusters as 1998-2000, 2001-2007, 2008-2010. It was found that Turkey had an advantage in demand conditions but needs to give higher importance to factor conditions. In addition, the key provisions were catered to the issues related to government and the defense industry. Research limitations/implications - Turkey's competitiveness structure between 1998-2010 were researched. Originality/value - This study provides a qualitative approach of the composite index to the quantitative side of the diamond model.
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    Sustainability Reports Disclosures: Who are the Most Salient Stakeholders?
    (2016) Sener, Irge; Varoglu, Abdulkadir; Karapolatgil, Ahmet Arif
    Due to the importance of stakeholders for the sustainability of the companies, there exists a research interest to identify the important stakeholders. With this study, most salient and other groups of stakeholders were identified based on a content analysis of sustainability reports of 78 large-scale companies. Although many researches are undertaken in developed countries based on sustainability reports that are popular tools for information disclosure for the companies, similar research in developing countries is still at infancy. The findings of the study indicate shareholders and government to be the most salient stakeholders regardless of industry difference. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.