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A conceptual view of exergy destruction in mergers and acquisitions
Full text linkCompany mergers are complex where several firm-specific and contextual factors interact with each other impacting the outcome of the process. Although many firms merge with or acquire others to increase the value of their firms, have more market power and gain more ability to negotiate with suppliers or customers, most of mergers and acquisitions result in failures. Despite the poor performances, firms continue to merge and acquire. The existing literature on the other hand lacks in providing a robust theory to the issue of poor post-merger performance. This study thus responds to exploring the issue of high failure rates in mergers and acquisitions in an entirely different way. As the first output of a research programme on the conceptual, theoretical and empirical issues in merger and acquisitions research, we conceptualize the loss of performance or exergy in mergers and acquisitions using thermodynamic analysis of the mixing process in physical systems. Three propositions are developed that conceptualize the ideal conditions for mergers in terms of firm size, relatedness between the merging firms and the ambient states. The exergy loss due to merging increases with the increasing levels of strategic or cultural incompatibility between the two firms. When the sizes of two firms differ, it is preferable for the larger firm to have higher knowledge base than the smaller firm. Lastly, the knowledge intensity of the country that the merging takes place as well as the relative knowledge base of the merging firms do interact and change the post-merger performance significantly
[Sultan Mehmed Reşad ve Mahmut Şevket Paşa'nın aralarında bulunduğu fotoğraf]
No full textMahmut Şevket Paşa Arşivi.
Not: İstanbul Şehir Üniversitesi Öğretim Üyesi Doç.Dr. Kahraman Şakul aracılığıyla Mahmut Şevket Paşa ailesi tarafından bağışlanmıştır
[Mahmut Şevket Paşa'nın 21 Eylül 1909 tarihinde Alman askeri temsilcileriyle çekilmiş fotoğrafı]
No full textMahmut Şevket Paşa Arşivi.
Not: İstanbul Şehir Üniversitesi Öğretim Üyesi Doç.Dr. Kahraman Şakul aracılığıyla Mahmut Şevket Paşa ailesi tarafından bağışlanmıştır
Evaluation of biofouling behavior of zwitterionic silane coated reverse osmosis membranes fouled by marine bacteria
No full textZwitterionic modification of membrane surfaces is a promising approach to decrease membrane biofouling. In
this study, biofouling properties of two commercial polyamide (PA) reverse osmosis (RO) desalination mem-
branes coated with zwitterionic sulfobetaine silane compounds including4-(diethyl(3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyl)
ammonia)butane-1-sulfonate (EPBS) and 3-(dimethyl(3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyl)ammonia)propane-1-sulfonate
(MPPS) were investigated using five different marine bacteria isolated from Bosphorus, Turkey. To mimic the
real environment, new marine strains were isolated for the biofouling assay. The biofouling behavior was
monitored at different maturation stages of biofouling bacteria on the surfaces of the membranes. In addition,
the permeability variation of the coated membranes was analyzed by measuring the flux values before and after
the biofouling process compared to the uncoated, control membrane. According to the results, while commercial
control RO membranes were highly prone to biofouling, zwitterionic sulfobetaine silane coated membranes
showed a strong anti-bacterial effect against the isolated marine biofouling bacteria with significant bio-film
adhesion resistance. When the flux value of commercial uncoated control membrane decreased by 38% after
biofouling, the flux reduction was 16% and 20% in the EPBS and MPPS coated membranes, respectively
A hundred years of Mardin as a modern city in the case of Birinci Cadde (the First Avenue) and Halkevi (the People’s House)
Full text linkTürkiye’de Geç Osmanlı ve Erken Cumhuriyet dönemleri boyunca parçasal müdahale ve modernlik imgeleri arayışı sonucunda geleneksel
kent yapıları dönüştürülmüştür. 2000’lerden sonra geleneksel kent ile kurulan ilişkinin geldiği yeni noktada ise, geleneksel kentlerin eski
bir imge olarak ortaya konulduğu turizm ve mekan tüketimi odaklı yaklaşımlardan bahsetmek mümkündür. Bu çalışmada, modernleşme
deneyimi, Mardin kentindeki 1915 yılında genişletilmeye başlanan ve Erken Cumhuriyet döneminde genişletilme çalışmaları devam eden
Mardin Birinci Cadde ve 1938 yılında açılan Mardin Halkevi Binası üzerinden örneklenmiştir. Çalışmanın yöntemi, 2008-2015 yılları arasın-
da yerinde yapılan gözlemlere dayalı tespitlerdir. İlgili literatür, çizim ve görsel belgeler incelenmiş, yapılan tespitler fotoğraflar ile görsel-
leştirilmiştir. Bu haliyle yaklaşık 100 yıllık öyküleri betimleyip irdeleyen çalışma, giderek yaygınlık kazanan “özel mekan ve bina tarihleri”
literatürüne de bir katkı olarak görülmelidir. Çalışma sonucunda Mardin Birinci Cadde ve Halkevi üzerinden Mardin kentinin modernlik
deneyiminin anlaşılması beklenmektedir. Birinci Cadde başlangıçta yeni ulaşım aracı olan otomobillerin geçişi için genişletilmiş, 2013 ve
2014 yıllarında ise yayalaştırma ve cephe sağlıklaştırma çalışmaları yürütülmüştür. Birinci Cadde üzerinde yer alan Halkevi 1938 yılında
betonarme yapım sisteminde, sıvalı bir kültürel kurum yapısı olarak betonarmenin kente ilk girişini temsil etmekte iken, 2011 yılında sıvası
sökülerek, cephesi derin derzli taş duvar görüntüsüne büründürülmüş ve butik otele dönüştürülmüştür. Böylelikle 20. yüzyıl başlarının
modernist ve ulusal idealleri doğrultusunda şekillenen iki mekan, 21. yüzyılın turizm ve tüketim odaklı kullanımına dönüşmüştür
Early cinema-going and the emergence of film culture: The first Pathé Cinema Theatre opens in Istanbul (1908).
Full text linkOn January 30th, 1908 the Pathé Frères Cinema Theatre, the first cinema-specific building,
opened in Istanbul. Istanbul newspapers watched Pathé closely and kept their readers up-
to-date on the recent developments in and around the cinema. In this essay, by extracting
utterances (‘boring/interesting’, ‘technically successful/blurry images’, etc.) from the
newspapers I will attempt to trace the institutionalisation of cinema-going and the
emergence of film culture in Istanbul. News, news articles and advertisements in the
newspapers provided the reader (ie, the potential viewer) with the terms to think with
about cinema. These were not simply judgement values, the discourses around Pathé also
cued the audience as to which horizon of expectations to employ. It is intriguing that these
discourses tied technological perfection to the viewer’s aesthetic experience, putting
emphasis on the realism of the images, voicing a demand for synchronisation of sound and
image, and finally verisimilitude
Understanding whatsapp parent groups' dynamics: Group communication and information sharing
No full textThis paper presents a study of WhatsApp group communication through a case study which is
not searched scholarly yet, thus plans to contribute to this recent area of WhatsApp
studies. WhatsApp is a widespread mobile messaging application, which changes the way that
people communicate with each other. The instant messaging tool allows users to send messages
not only in text forms but also in the video, audio and picture forms. Particularly it has become
quite common to create groups for informal purposes among friends or for more formal
purposes among colleagues. Recently WhatsApp parent groups have turned out to be a popular
subject but yet only been discussed widely in popular media environments such as daily
newspapers or in some blogs or online forums. This kind of group can be considered as an
informal group where the determination of coming together is a mutual interest.
This research aims to widen the academic study area of WhatsApp by analyzing the dynamics
of group communication through this application. To this end, firstly the development of
WhatsApp groups and its characteristics and the differences between offline informal groups
and online informal groups in terms of effective communication, peer relation and decision
making will be interrogated. Then taking into account the social presence theory and the idea of
being aware of communicating with somebody; WhatsApp parent group will be analyzed from
the point of view of establishing a personal connection. As the research part of this study
collected 6578 messages from a WhatsApp parent group will be evaluated by using content
analysis. The results will be stimulating to understand and to explore the dynamics of
WhatsApp parent group with regard to group communication and information sharing
Turkey's rapprochement with Russia: Assertive bandwagoning
Full text linkDespite Russia’s increasing clout and assertiveness in its region, Turkey
has chosen to improve its relations with Russia, rather than balance
against it through its Western allies. Turkey’s unexpected strategic
partnership with Russia is best seen as an example of bandwagoning
for profit. It is an assertive bandwagoning with the objective of counter-
ing Kurdish separatism, an imminent problem in the Turkish ruling
elite’s ranking of threat perceptions. The empowerment of Syrian
Kurdish groups under the protection of the United States has moved
Turkey closer to Russia. A long-term alliance between the two, how-
ever, depends on reconciliation of their differences which are deeply
rooted in historical and geo-political factors
Türk özel hukuku cilt III:aile hukuku
No full textBu eser 5846 sayılı Fikir ve Sanat Eserleri Kanunu’nun EK 11. maddesi uyarınca İstanbul Şehir Üniversitesi görme engelli öğrencileri için yayınevinden temin edilmiştir. Diğer kişiler tarafından kullanımı kanuna aykırıdır
Culturally adapted transdiagnostic CBT for SSRI-Resistant Turkish adolescents:a pilot study
No full textThe most common mental health problems among adolescents are anxiety and mood disorders. While disorder-specific cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is effective for each of these conditions, the comorbidity between anxiety and mood disorders indicates a need for the development of evidence-based transdiagnostic treatments. To examine the efficacy of culturally adapted transdiagnostic ('It'!' (CA-('BT) in reducing symptoms of anxiety and depression in treatment resistant Turkish adolescents, 13 adolescent participants with anxiety or mood disorders who were treatment resistant received 10 sessions of CA-CBT in group format. The main outcome measures were the Screen for Childhood Child Anxiety Related Disorders (SCARED), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and the Turkish Symptom and Syndrome Addendum (TSSA), which were assessed at baseline, posttreatment, and at 2-month follow-up. At posttreatment, there were large effect sizes for all measures: depression scores (BDI, d =.9), anxiety scores (SCARED, d.1), and the Turkish Symptom and Syndrome Addendum (TSSA, d 1.6). Moreover, at 2-month follow-up, depression and anxiety symptoms were either maintained or continued to improve such that from pretreatment to follow-up the effect sizes were as follows: depression scores (1)1, d = 1.4), anxiety scores (SCARED, d = 1.7), and the Turkish Symptom and Syndrome Addendum (TSSA, d 2.4). In addition, there were no dropouts across treatment. This open trial suggests that CA-CUT is effective in reducing anxiety and depression symptoms and that the treatment is well accepted. A full randomized controlled trial to verify the effectiveness of transdiagnostic CA-CBT in similar populations is needed