Some of my “aha” moments in Turkey occurred in visits with top management of the country’s two largest private corporations, Koc Industries and Sanko. I was greatly impressed with the level of management sophistication and the dominance of these companies in major industries – Koc’s in oil, natural gas, automotive, and plastics. Koc alone represents …
My total immersion week in Turkey in September left me with a wealth of impressions about that country’s future in our global economy, especially in the context of trends that will be important when considering foreign investment decisions. The bottom line is that Turkey is an amazing country of talented, hard-working, and ambitious people. As …
While education is free in Turkey, classrooms are way overcrowded, with 1.3 million students arriving at school each year.
According to a study by investment banker Needham & Company, an iPad processes 3.2 times more mobile data than a smart phone, while a mobile laptop PC processes 22 times more mobile data than a smart phone. The reason has little to do with the processing power of mobile devices. It’s because of the limited …