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- 04 Feb 2020
- Video
Hamdi Akın
Hamdi Akın, founder of infrastructure investment company Akfen Holding, recounts his discussion with the President of Turkey in 1990 about the need to build a larger airport at Antalya.
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- June 1995
- Case
Northern Telecom and Netas (A): Turkey's Telecommunications Team
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Kalman D. Applbaum and Pamela A. Yatsko
The Turkish general manager of a successful telecommunications equipment-manufacturing joint venture between the Canadian company Northern Telecom and local partners in Turkey reviews the solutions to a crisis in 1989 and wonders whether the company will be able to...
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Keywords:
Joint Ventures;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Crisis Management;
Problems and Challenges;
Change Management;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Political Elections;
Telecommunications Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Turkey;
Canada
Kanter, Rosabeth M., Kalman D. Applbaum, and Pamela A. Yatsko. "Northern Telecom and Netas (A): Turkey's Telecommunications Team." Harvard Business School Case 395-087, June 1995.
- 04 Feb 2020
- Video
Murat Vargı
Murat Vargı, founder of MV Holding and the mobile phone provider Turkcell, describes the challenges he faced in Turkey of growing his telecom business in an industry where there was a state monopoly at the time.
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- May 2016 (Revised September 2016)
- Case
Hillside Beach Club: Delivering the Ultimate Family Vacation in the Mediterranean
By: Rajiv Lal and Gamze Yucaoglu
In 2015, Edip Ilkbahar, HBC’s founder and CEO, was looking over the plans for a new branch in Cyprus. Since the inception of the company by the Alarko Group of companies in 1994, Ilkbahar’s company had enjoyed high occupancy, high guest satisfaction, and high...
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Keywords:
Customer Experience;
Customer Service;
Hotel Industry;
Emerging Market;
Customer Focus;
Leading Growth;
Feedback Culture;
Employee Empowerment;
Employee Engagement;
Employee Training;
Staffing;
Operations Management;
Quality Management;
Service Management;
Service Quality;
Continuous Improvement;
Hillside;
HBC;
Turkey;
Vacation;
Customer Relationship Management;
Quality;
Employee Relationship Management;
Service Operations;
Organizational Culture;
Customer Satisfaction;
Selection and Staffing;
Service Delivery;
Competitive Advantage;
Emerging Markets;
Growth and Development;
Accommodations Industry;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Turkey
Lal, Rajiv, and Gamze Yucaoglu. "Hillside Beach Club: Delivering the Ultimate Family Vacation in the Mediterranean." Harvard Business School Case 516-110, May 2016. (Revised September 2016.)
- 15 Jun 2017
- News
Understanding What Syrian Refugees Want
- 21 Nov 2017
- News
How Did Black Friday Become Part Of Thanksgiving?
- 04 Feb 2020
- Video
Gülsüm Azeri
Gülsüm Azeri, head of Şişecam, an industrial group in Turkey that produces
glass and chemicals, describes how she chose to close down an outdated glassmaking
factory because legal regulations prevented its modernization and her
subsequent discussions with labor unions...
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- September 1997 (Revised September 1997)
- Case
Koc Holding: Arcelik White Goods
By: John A. Quelch
Management is considering its options for future international expansion. Koc is the dominant supplier of white goods (kitchen appliances) in Turkey and has been increasing its export efforts. As lower import tariffs invite foreign competitors to enter Turkey, Koc must...
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Keywords:
Expansion;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Emerging Markets;
Consumer Products Industry;
Distribution Industry;
Turkey
Quelch, John A., and Robin Root. "Koc Holding: Arcelik White Goods." Harvard Business School Case 598-033, September 1997. (Revised September 1997.)
- 27 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
HBS Latino Student Association Spotlight: Anna Ohanian (MBA 2025)
life I had a term to describe myself — a Strange Pilgrim. Growing up in the US as the daughter of immigrants — my mom from Colombia and my dad an Armenian from Turkey — I never quite fit in. I felt too foreign to be American and too...
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- January 2023
- Case
Velong: Rethinking 'Made in China'
By: Krishna G. Palepu, Nancy Hua Dai and Billy Chan
Velong is a supplier of kitchen equipment and backyard grills for major global brands and store brands of large western retailers. In light of the COVID-related disruptions to the global supply chains, and the evolving trade tensions between China and the Western...
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Keywords:
Globalization;
Supply Chain Management;
Risk Management;
Manufacturing Industry;
China;
India;
Mexico;
Turkey;
Viet Nam
Palepu, Krishna G., Nancy Hua Dai, and Billy Chan. "Velong: Rethinking 'Made in China'." Harvard Business School Case 323-064, January 2023.
- December 2018 (Revised March 2019)
- Case
iyzico: Fundraising in Emerging Markets (A)
By: Marco Di Maggio and Gamze Yucaoglu
The case opens in 2016 as Barbaros Ozbugutu, co-founder and CEO of the Istanbul-based payment technology start-up iyzico, contemplates the offers the company received for its Series C round. The case then describes iyzico’s origins and provides a detailed overview of...
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Keywords:
Iyzico;
Fundraising;
Business Startups;
Venture Capital;
Emerging Markets;
Private Sector;
For-Profit Firms;
Management;
Information Technology;
Growth Management;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Negotiation Offer;
Decision Making;
Turkey
Di Maggio, Marco, and Gamze Yucaoglu. "iyzico: Fundraising in Emerging Markets (A)." Harvard Business School Case 219-064, December 2018. (Revised March 2019.)
- 2019
- Chapter
Political Islam
By: Kristin Fabbe and Efe M. Balıkçıoğlu
The Routledge Handbook of Turkish Politics pulls together contributions from many of the world’s leading scholars on different aspects of Turkey. Turkey today is going through possibly the most turbulent period in its history, with major consequences both...
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Fabbe, Kristin, and Efe M. Balıkçıoğlu. "Political Islam." Chap. 4 in The Routledge Handbook of Turkish Politics, edited by Alpaslan Özerdem and Matthew Whiting. Routledge, 2019.
- 18 Jun 2015
- News
Three Bright Lights in American Infrastructure
- October 2015
- Article
After the Arab Spring: Are Secular Parties the Answer?
By: Mieczysław Boduszyński, Kristin Fabbe and Christopher Lamont
After the "Arab Spring" and the initial democratic reforms in Turkey under the Justice and Development Party (AKP), why has democratic progress remained so elusive in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)? In recent years, that question has preoccupied numerous...
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Keywords:
Religion;
Government and Politics;
Business and Government Relations;
North Africa;
Egypt;
Middle East;
Turkey
Boduszyński, Mieczysław, Kristin Fabbe, and Christopher Lamont. "After the Arab Spring: Are Secular Parties the Answer?" Journal of Democracy 26, no. 4 (October 2015): 125–139.
- Research Summary
Violence and Forced Migration
Professor Fabbe’s second area of research focuses on individual and collective responses to violence and forced migration. Under this research stream, she has implemented large survey projects in Iraq, Turkey, and Morocco. Her work in Turkey tests the notion that... View Details
- October 2020 (Revised March 2021)
- Supplement
Migros Turkey: Scaling Online Operations During COVID-19 (C)
By: Antonio Moreno and Gamze Yucaoglu
The case opens in August 2020 as Ozgur Tort and Mustafa Bartin, CEO and chief large-format and online retail officer of Migros Ticaret A.S. (Migros), Turkey’s oldest and one of its largest supermarket chains, are navigating Migros through COVID-19 and the unprecedented...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Strategy;
Digital Platforms;
Information Technology;
Technology Adoption;
Value Creation;
Globalization;
Competition;
Expansion;
Logistics;
Profit;
Resource Allocation;
Diversification;
Corporate Strategy;
Crisis Management;
Health Pandemics;
Strategic Planning;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Turkey
Moreno, Antonio, and Gamze Yucaoglu. "Migros Turkey: Scaling Online Operations During COVID-19 (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 621-062, October 2020. (Revised March 2021.)
- 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...
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Keywords:
Emerging Markets;
Entrepreneurship;
Globalization;
Organizational Structure;
Diversification;
Manufacturing Industry;
Turkey
Colpan, Asli M., and Geoffrey Jones. "Vehbi Koç and the Making of Turkey's Largest Business Group." Harvard Business School Case 811-081, June 2011. (Revised November 2014.)
- 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...
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Keywords:
Leveraged Buyouts;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Restructuring;
Capital Budgeting;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Valuation;
Turkey;
Greece
Foley, C. Fritz, and Linnea Meyer. "Finansbank 2006." Harvard Business School Case 208-108, May 2008. (Revised June 2009.)
- 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...
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- August 2016 (Revised July 2017)
- Case
Diageo and Mey Icki: Turkish Delight or Turkish Hangover?
By: Dante Roscini and Gamze Yucaoglu
In September 2013, two years after its $2.1 billion acquisition of Mey Icki Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (Mey Icki), the principal spirits company in Turkey specializing in the local beverage, raki, Diageo, the world’s leading premium drinks company, was concerned about new...
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Keywords:
Foreign Direct Investment;
Emerging Markets;
Government Legislation;
Taxation;
Valuation;
Business and Government Relations;
Government and Politics;
Risk Management;
Retail Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Middle East;
Turkey
Roscini, Dante, and Gamze Yucaoglu. "Diageo and Mey Icki: Turkish Delight or Turkish Hangover?" Harvard Business School Case 717-005, August 2016. (Revised July 2017.)