Turkish Multinationals

Yuksel Ayden is a management scholar whose research interests comprise international strategy, emerging markets, and management of innovation and technology. He is currently teaching on a part-time basis at Bahcesehir University, Turkey, where he delivers courses on strategy and international business. He has a wide range of experience in management consultancy to several Turkish companies in policy development, strategic planning and internationalization. Mehmet Demirbag is Professor of international business and Deputy Dean of Essex Business School of the University of Essex, UK. He has authored and co-authored over 65 scholarly articles and co-edited nine journal special issues on emerging markets.Mehmet sits on the editorial boards of British Journal of Management, The Journal of World Business, and Management International Review. Ekrem Tatoglu is Professor of International Business and serves as the Vice-President for Academic Affairs at Ibn Haldun University, Turkey. His research interests include foreign entry mode strategies of Turkish MNEs, strategic planning practices, high performance work practices and global management strategies. He has authored and co-authored over 70 scholarly articles in various internationally refereed journals.

1. Introduction.- 2. Internationalization of Turkish Business Environment: Historical Evolution and New Realities.- 3. Theoretical Perspectives on Emerging Country Multinationals.- 4. Characteristics and Patterns of Turkish MNEs' Internationalization.- 5. Market Entry Strategies of Turkish MNEs.- 6. Post-Acquisition Strategies of Turkish MNes.- 7. Synthesis and New Directions for Research.