Adam Smith, with “An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations” published in 1776 is unanimously hailed as the founder of economics as a social science and also of “economic liberalism” or “capitalism” as it is called to contrast it with “socialism”, the latter propagated by K. Marx at a later date.

The group of economists that followed A.Smith, including such notable names as D.Ricardo, N.W.Senior, John Stuart Mill, culminating in Alfred Marshall (1890: Principles of Economics) is called the “Classical School” or alternately the “Manchester School” to refer to their place of origin. Their macroeconomic system is called the “Classical System”. Having accepted the Malthusian law of population (T.Robert Malthus: 1798 Essays on the Principle of Population) D. Ricardo had come up with a model in which growth eventually comes to a halt, moving to that point, however, all along at full employment equilibrium.This was also in line with the views of Adam Smith. Marshall had introduced the concept of elasticities and used the partial method of analysis. In contrast, Leon Walras, in his “Eléments d’Economie Pure ou Theorie de La Richesse Sociale” used the general equilibrium approach to prove that the economy arrives automatically to full employment equilibrium, following Adam Smith and the Classical School.

This book offers a summary of the basic views and conclusions of Adam Smith concerning economic regime, as is also followed by the rest of the members of the Classical School: In a milieu of perfect competition prevailing in all the markets or sectors of the economy, including the labor market, full employment equilibrium will be achieved automatically. This equilibrium will, therefore, also maximize the welfare of the workers because the market wage rate, with no intrusions from the government or the unions, will have ensured full employment. Hence, there is no need for interventionism, that is, for the state to intervene prices, wages, channeling of investments and economic decisions in general.

Türkiye’de son yıllarda gerek iş gerekse tatil amaçlı yapılan seyahatlerde havayolu yolcu taşımacılığına talebin arttığı gözlenmektedir. Bu artışa neden olarak Türkiye’de 2003 yılında havacılık sektöründe yaşanan serbestleşme, devlet teşvikleri ile daha uygun fiyatlarla uçuş gerçekleştiren düşük maliyetli havayolu modeli ve bağlı düşük maliyetli havayolu iş modelini kullanan havayolu işletmelerinin de faaliyetleri gösterilebilmektedir. Yolcuların uygun bilet ile gitmek istediği yere konforlu, emniyetli ve hızlı gidebilmesi talebi arttırmış ve işletmeleri de yolcuların kendilerini seçmesi için zorlu bir yarışa sokmuştur.

Özellikle son yıllarda bilinçlenen tüketicinin satın alma kararının değişkenlik göstermesi, hizmet kalitesine yönelik beklentilerinin değişmesi, pazar yapısını değiştirmiş ve bunun neticesinde işletmenin seçilmesi için tüketicinin istek ve ihtiyaçlarını anlayıp memnun etmesi zorunluluğu ortaya çıkmıştır. Bu bağlamda tüketicinin satın alma davranışını etkileyen faktörlerin ve algılanan hizmet kalitesinin havayolu işletmesi seçimine etkisinin ne olduğunun bilinmesi ve özellikle yoğun olan iç hatlarda hat bazında algılanan hizmet kalitesinin boyutlarının ve satın alma davranışını etkileyen faktörlerin boyutlarının analiz edilmesi işletmelerin rekabet avantajı yakalamasını sağlamada faydalı olacaktır. Bu kitapta, 677 havayolu tüketicisinin Türkiye’de rekabetin yoğun olduğu iç hatlarda faaliyet gösteren havayolu işletmelerini seçiminde etkili olan faktörler ve algılanan hizmet kalitesi boyutlarının genel ve hat bazında etkisinin ortaya konulduğu bir çalışmaya yer verilmiştir. Kitap, havayolu işletmelerinin pazarlama stratejileri oluşturmasında faydalanabilecekleri bir kitaptır.

This book is written for the students of undergraduate and graduate programs of Business and Economics departments as well as for the academic researchers. It is designed especially for the students and researchers who do not have strong mathematics or statistics background. It encompasses basic to advance time series data analysis tools. Special focus is given to applications and interpretations of the results.

In an increasingly digitized world, traditional process management techniques are becoming obsolete. Dr. Ozge Doguc’s book explores new technologies like process mining and robotic process automation for enterprise process management.

Decorated with case studies, “Process Management and Digital Solutions for Enterprises” explains how process management should be done in modern enterprises. Dr. Doguc shows us how traditional enterprise processes such supply chain operations and enterprise resource planning must evolve to catch up with technology. Case studies and real-life applications from production, HR and sales provide guidance to the readers from different backgrounds.

Turkey and African countries decade’srelationships provides a concise and wide-ranging introduction to the subject, spanning from the earlier era of the Ottoman Empire, to the Turkish Republic and later, to the Justice and Development Party.

This is an introductory book which provides sources and materials on Turkey and African countries relations. Drawing on history from the Ottoman Empire, to Turkish Republic and the Justice and Development Party, this book provides firsthand information on their relations. Showing how Turkey and African countries that are located on different continents established relationship, it goes on to consider how they support each other at international stages. The book deals, in particular, with political, economic, social and cultural relations between Turkey and African countries; it explorers the challenges they face in military and security terms. This general introductory text benefits students, scholars and researchers eager to gain an insight into Turkey and African countries relations.

Kieran E. Uchehara was formerly a lecturer at Atılım University, Ankara, Turkey. Currently, he is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Hasan Kalyoncu University, Gaziantep, Turkey.