The Turkish Republic has a great history with major defeats and victories in its past. Since the fourteenth century Turkey was part of the Ottoman Empire. During the following centuries, the Empire expanded and covered areas which are nowadays known as Europe, Asia and North Africa. The twentieth century …

For this examination, qualitative research has been carried out into which extent the Internet has influenced the traditional consumer decision process (CDP) model (Blackwell, Miniard & Engel, 2006) and how the stages of this model are visible on websites. It is examined because the emergence of the …

NICE International being among the first entrants in Gambia market, has enjoyed good business as a provider of internet and cinema services in Gambia. However, with the rise in internet penetration and cinema services in Africa and specifically Gambia, there has been increased competition in these services …

Free newspapers may offer different news contents to different audiences, when compared with traditional, paid-for newspapers, but they, nevertheless, concentrate on news, and thereby provide society with information on current affairs. These papers have seen circulation rise until 2008; after that, …

The transition from adolescence to adulthood also has been described as a window of opportunity or vulnerability when developmental and contextual changes converge to support positive turnarounds and redirections (Masten, Long, Kuo, McCormick, & Desjardins, 2009; Masten, Obradović, & Burt, 2006). The …

Het onderzoek bestaat uit een nauwkeurigheidsvergelijking die is gemaakt van verschillende bodemvochtsensoren en zuigspanningsmeters die Eijkelkamp aanbiedt. De hoofdvraag van dit onderzoek is: Welke bodemvochtsensor en zuigspanningsmeter geeft onder verschillende omstandigheden (grondsoort en bodemvochtpercentage) …

The authors examine the remarkable rise of cyberspace as an arena of interest for national and international security policy through the prism of 'securitization' theory. Considering the relative few serious cyber attacks to date, what explains this rise to prominence and is it actually justified, or …

During recent years the world has seen rapid changes such as globalization, the Internet, and the rise of new economies. To survive these changes organizations need to be in control of their processes, and be able to continuously improve the process performance. Therefore many organizations are increasingly …

Whereas most continents see circulation of newspapers drop, Latin America is one of the few areas in the world with rising newspaper circulation. A substantial part of this rise is caused by the introduction of free newspapers in a dozen countries on the continent. We map this development, discuss possible …

Chapter 2 in Impacts of Emerging Economies and Firms on International Business. One of the most remarkable phenomena of recent times is that a large number of firms from emerging economies have come to define and dominate new markets and enter the class of global innovation leaders. Firms that once specialized …