Purpose Due to the current pandemic, the importance of logistics functions and decisions is well understood both at the level of companies and users. Logistics systems and related decisions are of vital importance in making supply chains effective, efficient and without disruption. Logistic pressure factors may emerge at different points along the logistics process, and given the role of logistics decisions as one of the important indicators of competitiveness, the determination of the logistics pressures that are likely to increase the costs of business, and their causative factors are a vital aspect of the logistics decision-making process. The study aims to provide assistance in the selection of the most ideal logistics decision by ranking the pressure factors affecting the logistics system, especially during the pandemic period for logistics enterprises operating in Ordu and Giresun provinces and which have a corporate identity. Design/methodology/approach In this study, it is aimed to make the most ideal logistics decision selection by ranking the pressure factors affecting the logistics system, especially during the pandemic period for the logistics enterprises operating in Ordu and Giresun provinces and having a corporate identity. For that purpose interval-valued Pythagorean fuzzy (IVPF)–analytic hierarchy process (AHP) based combinative distance-based assessment (CODAS) methodology was used. Additionally sensitivity and comparison analysis were discussed. Findings Competitive pressure was found as the most important pressure factor affecting the logistics system during the pandemic period. Change in regulatory rules was the pressure factor found to have the least effect on the logistics system. Using the weights of logistics pressure factors, “Operational Decisions” was found to be the most ideal logistics decision selection. Research limitations/implications The findings provide support for the evaluation of logistical pressures and decision options by presenting a decision model capable of processing ambiguous information. During a pandemic or similar period, the study assists decision makers in determining a new route. The findings will also call business managers' attention to logistical pressure factors and lead them toward more realistic and feasible practices in the logistics decision-making process. Originality/value This study provided an effective and applicable solution to a decision-making problem in the logistics sector including logistics pressure factors and the selection of logistics decisions. In this context, a methodology was presented that will allow businesses to self-evaluate their own logistics pressure factors and the selection of optimal solutions.

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and success factors are systems that enable effective and efficient management of businesses by facilitating coordination and interaction among different units. Therefore, the decision to select the right and applicable ERP implementation and success factors for businesses is a crucial matter. However, due to the cost of ERP implementations and the lengthy adaptation periods for businesses, selecting the relevant systems and success factors requires careful consideration. Identifying ERP implementations and success factors that are suitable for the business processes and structure of the company is a significant decision-making problem, which can be considered as a gap in the literature. In this regard, this study used the Neutrosophic Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) method to analyze the critical success factors for ERP in production companies that had more than 10 employees. The results show that project management and top management support were the most important factors. The results have significant implications for business managers and stakeholders involved in the subject matter in terms of cost and resource efficiency as well as gaining competitive advantage.

Purpose Sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) practices and policies are necessary for businesses that seek to take part in international markets and ensure any form of competitiveness. Over time, and especially in the recent past, researchers, governments, and other policymakers have made use of broad and systematic approaches and come to appreciate the value-enhancing activities of sustainability. Design/methodology/approach Businesses have embraced the integration of sustainable policies and practices within the supply chain as a critical step in ensuring the efficiency of their operations. It is clear in previous studies and operational programs of enterprises that SSCM practices accord businesses certain benefits including improving their environmental, social, and economic performance, and increasing their ecological awareness by way of influencing performance elements within supply networks in enterprises. The study examines the factors influencing performance and theories of SSCM using a neutrosophic method in the textile industry. Findings SSCM performance is thus of great importance in ensuring business success and competitiveness, realizing customer satisfaction, and leaving the environment in a desirable state for future generations. Performance management, by assisting in the decision-making by managers and ensuring an adequate level of internal interaction, is an integral part of assimilating sustainability management into businesses. SSCM theories also have a strong impact on the determination of the sources of competitive advantage through effective utilization of business capabilities to solve environmental and social challenges that may affect business performance. Originality/value In line with the benefits highlighted, this study seeks to evaluate and select the factors affecting SSCM performance and theory in textile enterprises with corporate identity in Ordu and Giresun provinces following a neutrosophic approach. To this end, the elements obtained from the literature review are evaluated using the MULTIMOORA-mGqNN method.

The current market conditions have forced Lean Six Sigma (LSS) upon businesses as one of the must-have practices. The practices have been credited with enhancing the efficiency of the operational and functional processes of enterprises from production to marketing, from personnel management to finance, all the while helping them augment their growth and profitability. LSS has the customer as its main focus and works to create added value for businesses through cost reduction and waste prevention hence can be considered as a process improvement practice. One priority area of improvement in most organizations is the assessment of Critical Business Processes (CBPs) as key processes in the success of businesses that must be tackled in line with the objectives of the businesses due to their extensive impact on customer satisfaction. For this purpose, this study evaluates and ranks the CBPs, and then select the most ideal CBP in food companies with corporate identity in Istanbul following the LSS success factors. Hence, the components attained from the literature are assessed using the suggested "q-ROF CRITIC-ARAS" method which is based on CRiteria Importance Through Intercriteria Correlation (CRITIC), Additive Ratio Assessment (ARAS) techniques and q-Rung Orthopair Fuzzy Sets (q-ROFSs). The findings demonstrate that the most important criterion for LSS success in food businesses is "Top Management and Support", while "Education and Culture" is the least important. Furthermore, "Enlightenment Approach" is found to be the most ideal CBP based on LSS success factors.

Purpose- It is known that research assistants are in constant interaction with their advisors on various issues related to their thesis processes and other academic studies as well as their administrative work during their academic development. The literature has some studies on the factors that increase the performance of research assistants in these processes, as well as on the factors that adversely affect their performance. At this point, the quality of the research assistants' relationships with their advisors and their level of identification with the university they work for can affect their academic and administrative performances. Accordingly, the study aims to investigate the mediating role of organizational identification in the effect of the quality of the relationship between research assistants and their advisors on their performance. Methodology- Research data were collected from research assistants working for public universities in Turkey. With 201 completed questionnaires, the model with mediation analysis was tested by the researchers, based on the partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) through SmartPLS 4 software. Also, descriptive data were analyzed by SPSS 25 software. Findings- The results of the research reveal that LMX influences research assistants’ job performance via their advisors. In addition, organizational identification has a partial mediating role in the effect of research assistants' relationship with their advisors on their job performance. Conclusions- It is considered that research assistants' quality relations with their advisors, as well as identification with the universities they work for, can be significantly beneficial to their job performance. The study is expected to contribute performance determinants of research assistants. Future studies can be carried out on mediation effects by adding different variables to the model. Keywords: Leader-member exchange, organizational identification, job performance, research assistants, PLS-SEM. JEL Codes: C12, D23, M10

Günümüzde yetişkinler kadar çocuklar da giderek karmaşık hale gelen ekonomik sistemde doğru kararlar verebilmelerini gerektiren bir çağda yaşamaktadırlar. Çocukların doğru finansal kararlar almalarını sağlamak için çocuklara finansal bilgi ve beceri kazandırılmasının kritik ve acil bir ihtiyaç olduğu pek çok araştırmacının ortak görüşüdür. Çocuklar için finansal eğitim programı hazırlanırken cinsiyet, ırk, yaş, eğitim düzeyi vb. birçok faktör dikkate alınmalıdır. Ayrıca eğitim programlarının çocukların yaşam boyu kullanabilecekleri finansal bilgi ve becerileri içerecek şekilde yapılandırılmaları önerilmektedir. Erken yaşlarda kazanılacak/kazandırılacak doğru tüketim alışkanlıkları ve tasarruf bilinci ile ülkemiz kalkınmasına katkı sağlanabilir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, 10 yaş grubu öğrencilerinin finansal okuryazarlık eğitimleri ile tüketim ve tasarruf davranışları arasındaki ilişkinin ortaya konulmasıdır. Araştırmada Eskişehir ili Tepebaşı ve Odunpazarı ilçe merkezinde Mustafa Kemal İlkokulu, Dumlupınar İlkokulu ve Şehit Mustafa Türker İlkokulu’na 4. Sınıfta öğrenim gören (10 yaş grubu) toplam 122 öğrenciden bir çalışma grubu oluşturulmuştur. Araştırma yarı-deneysel bir çalışma olarak yürütülmüştür. Bu doğrulta her üç okulda deney ve kontrol grupları oluşturulmuştur. Deney gruplarına araştırmacılar tarafından hazırlanan finansal okuryazarlık eğitim modüleri doğrultunda toplam 300 dakika (10 modül) eğitim verilmiştir. Araştırma sonunda deney grubunda bulunan öğrencilerin finansal okuryazarlık eğitimleri ile tüketim ve tasarruf konularında bilgi ve becerilerinin arttığı gözlenmiştir.

The dynamic structure of the health sector entails its integration with new technologies that transform every aspect of life. According to the developments in computer and communication technologies, health information systems have quickly been used in health institutions. On the other hand, with the spread of health information systems, problems were encountered in ensuring inter-institutional standards and quality. At this point, the selection of health information systems that are compatible with national and international health systems and that will meet the current and future needs of health institutions have gained importance. Purpose of this study is to determine the effective criteria in the selection of health information systems and the importance levels of these criteria. The criteria determined by scanning the literature were reduced to eight (security, cost, system quality and technical support, design, statistical information delivery, decision support system inclusion, accessibility, integration with external systems and subsystem inclusivity) by using the Delphi method with expert opinions. The spherical fuzzy DEMATEL method was applied to determine the importance levels of the criteria. The study will provide important novelties in terms of using the Delphi method at the point of determining the criteria and considering fuzziness and the interaction between the criteria.

Günümüzde yetişkinler kadar çocuklar da giderek karmaşık hale gelen ekonomik sistemde doğru kararlar verebilmelerini gerektiren bir çağda yaşamaktadırlar. Çocukların doğru finansal kararlar almalarını sağlamak için çocuklara finansal bilgi ve beceri kazandırılmasının kritik ve acil bir ihtiyaç olduğu pek çok araştırmacının ortak görüşüdür. Çocuklar için finansal eğitim programı hazırlanırken cinsiyet, ırk, yaş, eğitim düzeyi vb. birçok faktör dikkate alınmalıdır. Ayrıca eğitim programlarının çocukların yaşam boyu kullanabilecekleri finansal bilgi ve becerileri içerecek şekilde yapılandırılmaları önerilmektedir. Erken yaşlarda kazanılacak/kazandırılacak doğru tüketim alışkanlıkları ve tasarruf bilinci ile ülkemiz kalkınmasına katkı sağlanabilir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, 10 yaş grubu öğrencilerinin finansal okuryazarlık eğitimleri ile tüketim ve tasarruf davranışları arasındaki ilişkinin ortaya konulmasıdır. Araştırmada Eskişehir ili Tepebaşı ve Odunpazarı ilçe merkezinde Mustafa Kemal İlkokulu, Dumlupınar İlkokulu ve Şehit Mustafa Türker İlkokulu’na 4. Sınıfta öğrenim gören (10 yaş grubu) toplam 122 öğrenciden bir çalışma grubu oluşturulmuştur. Araştırma yarı-deneysel bir çalışma olarak yürütülmüştür. Bu doğrulta her üç okulda deney ve kontrol grupları oluşturulmuştur. Deney gruplarına araştırmacılar tarafından hazırlanan finansal okuryazarlık eğitim modüleri doğrultunda toplam 300 dakika (10 modül) eğitim verilmiştir. Araştırma sonunda deney grubunda bulunan öğrencilerin finansal okuryazarlık eğitimleri ile tüketim ve tasarruf konularında bilgi ve becerilerinin arttığı gözlenmiştir.

Islamic banks were established as private financial institutions in Turkey based on a law enacted in 1983. Private financial institutions succeeded to have equal rights with commercial banks subject to banking law in 2001. The name of private financial institutions was changed to participation banks in 2005 because of being insufficient in terms of Islamic banking transactions. This chapter includes a performance analysis of participation banks listed in Turkey by considering the efficiency and profitability ratios within the period of 2007-2016 using interval-valued pythagorean fuzzy AHP based fuzzy TOPSIS. Three participation banks, Albaraka Türk, Türkiye Finans, and Kuveyt Turk, were examined for the mentioned period.

The Balanced Scorecard introduces solutions to the problems that arise from the failures encountered in strategic management, and the inadequacy of traditional performance management systems that lag behind in the information age, especially, with respect to today’s intensely competitive environment to which enterprises are increasingly exposed. In this study, the performance of 7 factoring and financial leasing firms listed at the Istanbul Stock Exchange (BIST) were evaluated using the Balanced Scorecard approach under 4 main criteria. Pythagorean fuzzy sets are considered as a better way to represent expert-judgments under inconsistent and indeterminate environment. After that, the TODIM methodology, which analyzes decision makers’ psychological behaviors under risk, was used to rank the firms. While the economic loyalty sub-criterion was found as the most important one, learning and growth came out as the least important one after applying interval-valued Pythagorean fuzzy AHP. Finally, factoring and financial leasing firms were ranked according to decision makers under the balanced scorecard performance criteria and followed by a sensitivity analysis.

Bu çalışmada birikim değerlendirme tercihi ile banka tercihi arasındaki ilişki multinominal lojistik regresyon analizi ile elde edilmeye çalışılmıştır. Bu amaçla birikim değerlendirme tercih ölçeği hazırlanarak Eskişehir ilindeki 8 ayrı mahallede ikamet eden 100 kişi üzerine uygulanmıştır. Açıklayıcı faktör analizi uygulanarak birikim değerlendirme tercih ölçeği beş boyuta (İslami bankacılık/faizsiz bankacılık; tasarruf kararı; yastık altı tasarrufa yönlendirme; bireysel emeklilik; altına yatırım yapma kararı) indirgenmiştir. Multinominal lojistik regresyonda bağımlı değişken olarak vadeli hesap için tercih edilen banka seçilmiş ve katılım bankası referans kategori olarak belirlenmiştir. İyi düzeyde uyum ve açıklayıcılığa sahip modele göre islami bankacılık/faizsiz bankacılık değişkeni vadeli hesap için, katılım bankalarının özel ve devlet normal bankalarına göre tercih edilmesinde anlamlı olarak bulunmuştur. Buna karşılık ise tasarruf kararı değişkeni vadeli hesap için özel ve devlet normal bankalarının katılım bankalarına göre tercih edilmesinde etkili önem düzeyine sahip olarak bulunmuştur.

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Minion Pro'; min-height: 14.0px} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 10.1px; font: 10.0px 'Minion Pro'; color: #2d2829} span.s1 {font: 12.0px 'Minion Pro'; color: #000000} Transformational, charismatic, visionary! These are some of terms that have been popularized as the prescription for successful leadership. A leader does not have to check all the boxes to be considered successful, Prof. Yılmaz did, however. The study interviewed four participants who worked under Prof. Yılmaz as the chancellor as Anadolu university to examine their perception of Prof. Yılmaz’s leadership competencies according to Dulewicz and Higgs (2006) framework. The results indicate that Prof. Yılmaz performed highly on all competencies considered and inspired a lasting mark of loyalty and commitment and admiration among his followers and peers. His ability to comprehend the emotions of his followers and his will to communicate to their feelings helped endear him to his staff. Creating a vision and formulating a strategy to reach it, then (backed with the requisite resources) being capable of communicating this vision to an empowered workforce is the total summary of Prof. Yılmaz’s (and indeed any other leader’s) path to leadership success.

The aim of this study was to use the Single-Valued Neutrosophic Set (SVNS) to analyze 58 mutual funds, traded at the Istanbul Stock Exchange, under incomplete, indeterminate and inconsistent information. To this end, the performance of the funds was first evaluated using the most commonly preferred criteria like the Morningstar rating, Sharpe ratio, Treynor ratio, and Jensen ratio. Following these criteria, SVNS based entropy was used to rank the funds. The results of the entropy weights revealed Morningstar rating to be the most important evaluation criterion followed by Treynor, Sharpe and Jensen ratios respectively. Yapi Kredi Asset Management Foreign Technology Sector Equity Fund was found to be the most successful fund, while Is Asset Management BIST Technology Capped Index Share Fund (Equity Intensive) Fund was the least successful fund.

Performans bir isletmenin basarisini baska bir ifadeyle, isletmenin amaclarina ulasma duzeyini belirleyen cok yonlu bir kavramdir. Isletmelerin basarisi ve surekliligi performans olcumu ile degerlendirilir. Geleneksel bakis acilari, girisimciyi ise girmek icin motive eden faktorleri ve elde etmeye calistigi hedefleri goz ardi ederek kar, ciro gibi finansal performans olcutleri kullanmaktadir. Bu yontemler, kar ve ciro gibi finansal rakamlarin artisini yeterli basari olcusu olarak kabul etmistir. Bu olcutler, kolayca olculebildigi ve buyume duzeyini yeterince gosterebildikleri icin tercih edilmistir. Ancak buyume tum isletmelerin temel amaci olmayabilir. Bu isletmelerin basarisinin olcutu finansal olcutler olmayabilir. Finansal olmayan faktorler cogunlukla, bireyi ise baslatmaya yonlendiren faktorlere baglidir. Bir isletme finansal olarak basarili olmayabilir, ancak olusturuldugu hedeflere ulastigi surece, sahibi yine de basarili oldugunu dusunebilir. Bu faktorlerden bazilari kisisel ozgurlugu, kisinin kendi patronu olmasindan elde edilen bagimsizligi, kisisel memnuniyeti, daha az kati, daha esnek bir yasam tarzi ve daha yuksek is tatmini icerebilir. Bu nedenler dikkate alinarak, calismada ozellikle kucuk ve orta olcekli isletmelerde finansal olmayan olcutlere gore performans degerleme konusu irdelenmeye calisilmistir.

Gelismis dunyaya kiyasla Gelismekte olan ulkeler mali icerme acisindan suruncemede kalmaya devam ediyor. Bankalar ve diger geleneksel finans kuruluslari, ticari hayatta kalamama eksikligi nedeniyle piramidin alt kismindan cekilmeye tereddut etmektedirler. Bununla birlikte, bu egilim son on yilda mobil para uygulamasiyla tersine donmustur. Mobil paranin uygulanmasi, islerin bircok yerde nasil yapildigini ve gelismekte olan bazi ulkelerde de ekonomik ilerleme icin kredi verilme bicimini degistirmistir. Bununla birlikte, tum ulkelerin mobil para uygulamasinda ayni seviyede bir basariya sahip olmadigini kaydedilmistir; bazilari kotu bir gecis donemi yasarken, bazilari tamamen basarisiz olmustur. Bu calismada mobil para uygulamasinin basarisina bakarak, bu farkliligin temel nedenlerini belirlemek icin Kenya ve Filipinler’deki mobil para uygulamalari incelenmistir.

Mobile banking, also known as m-banking, provides low cost, innovative and easily accessible services to customers with technological developments as compared to retail banking. In this context, m-banking quality factors of the banks are considered to be important issues for customers. The aim of this study is to analyze the m-banking quality factors and to rank banks offering this service in Turkey under incomplete, inconsistent and indeterminate information.

In 2013, the CMA at the İstanbul Stock Exchange increased the weight assigned to the Board of Directors component of its Corporate Governance Index to 35% from the previous 25%. Interpreting this as a recognition of the increasing vital role of the board, this study seeks to enhance the work of Abdıoğlu and Kılıç (2015) by putting more focus on the role of women in the boards and the effect of the busy chairman as well as the presence of outside directors on the effectivity of the Board. (The general business structure is associated with family owned groups and holdings which results into a network of intertwined board membership and cases of multiple directorship where, one board chairman can hold the same position or any directorship in as many as ten firmshence the busy chairman). I employ a different method of evaluating performance (EVA) together with the accounting measures of ROE and ROA (as opposed to the overused Tobin’s Q), which I regress against the Board Index to be created. The focus is on firms on the BIST 100 index (excluding financial) between 2009 and 2013. The results reveal that the BINDEX has a significant and positive relationship with firm performance as measured by EVA. A second model reveals no relationship between the BINDEX and firm ROA, similar to the results of Kiliç and Abdioğlu (2015). ROA however has a positive relationship with the proportion of female directors in the board, as earlier reported by LückerathRovers (2013). Another model using ROE as the proxy for performance registers a significant negative relationship with the index. The contradiction obtained in the results from these three models underscore the importance choosing the right methods when estimating the performance of a firm.