Business incubators are mechanisms which aim to formation and development of new ventures and to survive of these ventures through various supportive services. The aim of this study is to examine the effects of business incubator programs and its services on tenant firm performance in the...

There are many support mechanisms for supporting newly established firms. Business incubators, one of them, are generally focused on supporting and promoting entrepreneurship, increasing employment through creating new job opportunities, enhancing local, regional and national R&D and...

The aim of this study is to examine the effects of business incubator programs and its services on tenant firm performance. In this context, the effect of business incubator services on firms’ survival was examined through the case of Turkey’s Business Development Centers (İŞGEMs). The...

This essay argues that articles in economics, especially in the fields of evolutionary and institutional economics, are as much cited in biology as in economics. The citation analysis conducted in the essay suggests that economics is now becoming the Mecca of biology.

Economics is a science which is constantly progressing and interacting with other sciences. Studies in the economics literature discuss how people display a behavior in the economic decision- making progress. Psychology is a science which explains behavior of people and it cannot be ignored that...

Turkish Abstract: İslam dini içerisinde önemli bir yeri olan riba kavramı kapsamında, İslam ile iktisat arasındaki ilişki ekonomik işlem üzerinden değerlendirilmektedir. İlk önce riba kavramının ekonomik işlem içindeki yeri ortaya konulmaktadır. Daha sonra ise İslam' da...

In this article, the concept of Kantian Altruism in the writings of Ibn Khaldun is examined. Government efficiency improves when Kantian Altruism becomes the characteristic of public decision makers. It is also argued that Kantian Altruism coincides with the altruism in the writings of Ibn Khaldun.

Usage of diesel fuel increased in parallel with the increased usage of machines in the agricultural Sector in Turkey. Consequently, the cost of diesel fuel has taken a substantial share within the cost of agricultural products. The ongoing rising trend in diesel fuel prices forced subsidies for...

This study reviews conceptual framework of agricultural protectionism, relevant measurement issues, and changes in agricultural protectionism with time in selected countries based on the composition of supports. When measuring the levels of agricultural protection, OECD method, the most...

This study considers the Gini 1 and alternative Gini 2 coefficients for households’ % income shares from 1963 to 2015 in Turkey. Throughout regarding calibrations, one might see that, despite the existence of some deviations from trend and some Gini 1 and Gini 2 coefficients’ differences,...