This paper discusses a dimly lit and largely unknown bit of the history of applied mathematics and of engineering science. Hilda Geiringer a pioneer in both survived extermination because starting in 1933, Turkey reformed its higher education using invitees fleeing the Nazis and for whom America...

In 1933, Turkey set out on a crash process of reforming its legal and health care delivery systems as well as its system of higher education using refugees fleeing the Nazis. By way of formal government invitations these people were given a safe haven. For many America was out of reach because...

This paper presents a scheme for classifying the performance analysis of financial institutions (PAFI) literature. Performance, is viewed by: (1) The perspective of each of five major groups; owners, regulators, managers, clients, and researchers. The attribute used to appraise performance is...

This paper reviews all Game Theory (GT) articles published in the three leading, US-based, OR/MS journals: Operations Research, Management Science, and Interfaces starting with Vol. 1, No. 1 of each. The articles were first subdivided into Theory or Applications categories. The Applications...

The Web allows for a direct relationship between a book's author, its purchaser and or reader, as well as the entire milieu of intermediaries. This medium for marketing one's book is relatively new and many people are not as yet convinced of its importance. Misconceptions abound, and the entire...

This paper reviews Turkey's policies and the practices of economic and social development starting with the end of its War of Independence in 1923 to date. It also analyzes the policies which have inhibited its development potential

This paper provides a historical perspective on Ordinarius Professor Joseph Igersheimer. While in forced exile from Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1939, he was the architect of modern ophthalmology in Turkey. Earlier he was a pioneer in addressing the impact of syphilis on eyesight. He was first...

This paper calls for the Operations Research or Management Science community to rise to the challenge of involving itself in one of society's major issues for the 21st century - the illegal transfer of technology or piracy of intellectual property

The system of higher education inherited by the Republic of Turkey in 1923, consisted of a few hundred Ottoman vintage (Islamic) madrasas and three military academies, one of which was expanded into an engineering school. With secularization enshrined in its constitution, the new government...

The policies of the Ottoman Empire and of its successor the republic of Turkey, have always considered technology transfer (TT) from abroad to be an important means for development. In late 18th century, the Ottoman Empire transferred some technology to improve its army. Contemporaneously there...