Browsing by Publisher "Int Business Information Management Assoc-IBIMA"
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A Country Under Siege: Reflection of Identity Crisis on the Formation of Public Opinion in Turkey
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Publisher and Date:(Int Business Information Management Assoc-IBIMA, 2016)To date academic attention in social sciences remains inadequate with regard to research and analysis of public opinion in Turkey. Most of the existing research has assessed the public opinion during political election periods. Therefore it is of great interest to find out what the public thinks about current issues in the country and how to interpret the results to be able to reveal whether they may have any reflections on social political and cultural structure of the country. The current study ...
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Analysis and Implications of the Giant Component for an Online Interactive Platform
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Publisher and Date:(Int Business Information Management Assoc-IBIMA, 2016)This research is concerned with practical and research challenges related to understanding the nature of online interactive platforms. So-called network science is adopted to investigate the very nature of these systems as complex systems. In this regard we examine an online interactive health network and show that the interactive platform examined exhibits essential structural properties that characterize most real complex networks. We basically look into the largest connected component so-called ...
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Cross Border Healthcare: Advancing E-Health in Europe
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Publisher and Date:(Int Business Information Management Assoc-IBIMA, 2013)E-Health refers to tools and services using information and communication technologies that can improve the management and monitoring of a health system and improve prevention diagnosis and treatment for patients. Health services across Europe are becoming increasingly unsustainable. The E-Health approach can benefit the entire community by improving access to care and quality of care by making the health sector more efficient. E-Health solutions are generally welcomed by all users because of their ...
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Guidelines for IT Change Management shown on an example in Turkey
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Publisher and Date:(Int Business Information Management Assoc-IBIMA, 2010)In today's highly technology driven competitive global markets the ability to adopt is the only guarantee of survival. Businesses need to show ability to enable a competitive edge by taking their products or services to markets before the competitors. Today business have to take care that IT systems are able to adapt to the changes caused by our highly technology driven society and the influences of digitalization and globalization to support the needs of businesses quickly and efficiently. The ...
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New Media's Influence on Societies: The Conflict Between Government And Public in Turkey
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Publisher and Date:(Int Business Information Management Assoc-IBIMA, 2016)The media in Turkey has long been under the surveillance of government economically and politically. Turkish mass media since its foundation in the late 19th century has aimed to gain its role as the fourth estate in the Turkish political scene. During the period between 1980 and 2000 Turkish media grew more and more liberal and was able to express discontent publicly exercising its checks and balances function. After 2000 under the governance of Justice and Development Party (AKP) the media began ...
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The Positive Psychology of Online Games: Experiencing Mindful Flow
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Publisher and Date:(Int Business Information Management Assoc-IBIMA, 2012)Lately, online games are gaining increasing attention as an outlet. In "positive psychology" Csikszentmihalyi has found out that a large part of happiness is achieved by voluntary activities - half of which is determined by flow. Csikszentmihalyi studied people's inner states while pursuing activities that appear to contain intrinsic rewards such as dance, sports, chess, and music. He highlighted a common experience of "flow state" which is merging action and awareness of joy through total immersion ...
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Sustainable and responsible business: the renewed EU strategy 2011-2014 for corporate social responsibility
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Publisher and Date:(Int Business Information Management Assoc-IBIMA, 2012)Corporate social responsibility (CSR) refers to companies that voluntarily go beyond what the law requires in order to achieve social and environmental objectives during the course of their daily business activities. The European Commission encourages companies to apply fair employment practices that respect human rights particularly where products come from outside the EU. In this contribution the activities of the European Union on Corporate Social Responsibility are analyzed focusing on the ...
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The Effect of Geographical Indications over Tourism Marketing: Case of Turkey
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Publisher and Date:(Int Business Information Management Assoc-IBIMA, 2018)In changing and developing world conjunction competition is not only among products services or companies but also between countries and cities. We can list many traditional methods that increase competitive power in tourism and destination marketing. Countries that are looking for new ways to differentiate themselves from traditional methods have found that they should not look too far away. Today geographical indications are used as effective tools in nation-branding and in creating awareness ...
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The Innovation Union Scoreboard: helping Europe become more innovative
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Publisher and Date:(Int Business Information Management Assoc-IBIMA, 2012)In this contribution we focus on the Europe 2020 growth strategy its targets initiatives and on EU tools on growth one of which is the 'Innovation Union Scoreboard' (IUS) which includes innovation indicators and trend analyses for the EU27 Member States and other countries such as the US Canada or Japan. The main focus of this analysis in progress is drawing a picture about the European 2020 strategy in the center of innovation and analyzing the IUS structure from its beginnings in 2007 up to the ...