4th INTERNATIONAL
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
CONFERENCE
“Exploring for International Competition and
Cooperation Strategies to Foster Regional Development”
June 19 – 21, 2008
Hollywood Hotel, Bosnia
4th. International Strategic Management Conference will be held in Bosnia on
June 19 – 21, 2008 at Hollywood Hotel with the collaboration of Gebze Institute of
Technology, Beykent University, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University and International
University of Sarajevo. The theme for the conference, “Exploring for International
Competition and Cooperation Strategies to Foster Regional Development” is timely in
many respects. The main objective of this Conference is to set a synergetic platform for
discussions and exchange of views among academicians, strategists and practitioners
coming from different backgrounds and countries. During this conference, the principal
impact of the strategic management on the recent and future global developments in the
fields of economy and business will be highlighted. Our distinguished participants will
have the opportunities to present their valuable scientific contributions and to establish
an international network among those who volunteer to communicate and study
together on the fields of Strategic Management as follows:
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Basic Concepts in Strategic Management and Relationship Between Vision,
Mission, Strategic Goals
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Globalization and Electronic Commerce: Challenges to Strategic Management
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Approaches and Models of Strategic Management
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The Strategic Audit: Aid to Strategic Decision Making
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Problems and Relationship Between Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer
and Top Management
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Agency Theory and Stewardship Theory in Corporate Governance
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Ethical Issues and Social Responsibilities
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Different Approaches and Models of Industry Analysis
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Approaches of International Risk Assessment
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Identifying Potential Markets in Developing Nations
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Approaches of Evaluating Competitive Intelligence
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How to Use Competitive Analysis Techniques
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Researches on Core and Distinctive Competencies
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Scanning Functional Resources and Capabilities: Strategic Marketing Issues,
Strategic Financial Issues, Strategic Resources and Development Issues, Strategic
HRM Issues, Strategic Operations Issues, Strategic Information Technology
Issues
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Managing Corporate Culture for International and Global Competitive
Advantages
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Corporate Strategy Formulation Approaches
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SWOT Analysis and Carrying Out Business Strategy
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Types of Business Competitive Strategy
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Types of Cooperative Strategy
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Portfolio Analysis Approaches and Techniques
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Approaches of Corporate Parenting Strategy
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Criteria of Concentric and Conglomerate Diversification
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Unrelated Strategy: Criteria of Holding Type Strategy (Multipoint Composition)
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Functional Policies
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Marketing Policies
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Financial Policies
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Research and Development Policies
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Operation/Production Policies
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Logistics Policies
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Human Resource Management Policies
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Information Technology Policies
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Advanced Types of Organizational Structures
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Situational Analysis for Strategic Planning
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Leadership and Strategic Management
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European enlargement and Strategic Management
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Eurasian politics and Strategic Management
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Strategies for not-for Profit Organizations
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Strategies for non-governmental Organizations
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New Directions in Strategic Management Theory
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Regional Development Strategies
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International Relations and Strategic Management
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European Enlargement and Strategic Management
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Eurasian Politics and Development
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Constructing Corporate Scenarios for Generating Strategic Alternatives
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Different Approaches for Developing Policies
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Problems of Global Strategy and Global HRM Policies Relationships
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Different Approaches Developing Programs Budgets and Procedures
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Advanced
Types
of
Organizational
Structures
for
Effective
Implementation
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Structure and Staffing Relations with Strategy
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Problems in Implementing Growth and Retrenchment Strategies
Strategy
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Managing Corporate Culture for Effective Implementation of Strategies and
Policies
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Relationship Management by Objectives and Strategic Management
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Relationship Total Quality Management and Strategic Issues
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Leadership and Leading Types for Effective Strategy Formulation and
Implementation
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Leadership Issues for International and Global Companies.
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Measuring Performance and Evaluation in Strategic Management
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Types of Control in Strategic Management
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International Strategic Performance Measurement
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Measuring Divisional and Functional Unit Performances
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Other Issues of Measuring Corporate Performances
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Developing Guidelines for Proper Strategic Control
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Strategic Issue in Managing Technology and Innovation
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Categories of Innovation for Proper Strategic Formulation
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Types and Approaches Developing Innovative Entrepreneurial Culture
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Strategic Issues on Small Businesses and Entrepreneurship
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Strategy for non-profit Organizations
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Roles of Entrepreneur as a Strategist
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Suggestions for Locating Opportunities and Formulating Business Strategy
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Other Topics Related to Strategic Management
Please consider submitting a paper for the conference and/or attending as a participant,
and circulate this announcement to the colleagues and students who may be interested.
KEY DATES OF THE CONFERENCE
February 18, 2008
: Deadline for Submission of Extended Abstracts
March 14, 2008
: Notification of Acceptance of Extended Abstracts
April 17, 2008
: Deadline for Submission of Full Papers
May 9, 2008
: Notification of Acceptance of Full Papers
Refereed Papers Returned to authors for Revision
May 20, 2008
: Deadline for Submission of Final Papers
and Early Registration
Erol Eren (Ph.D.)
Chairman
Beykent University
Ali Akdemir (Ph.D.)
Co-Chair
Canakkale Onsekiz Mart
University
Oya Erdil (Ph.D.)
Co-Chair
Gebze Institute of
Technology
Erkan Türe (Ph.D.)
Co-Chair
International University of
Sarajevo
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Erol Eren
(Chairman, Beykent University, Istanbul-Turkey)

Oya Erdil
(Co-Chair, Gebze Institute of Technology, Kocaeli-Turkey)

Lutfihak Alpkan
(Gebze Institute of Technology, Kocaeli-Turkey)

Ali E. Akgün
(Gebze Institute of Technology, Kocaeli-Turkey)

Halit Keskin
(Gebze Institute of Technology, Kocaeli-Turkey)

Cemal Zehir
(Gebze Institute of Technology, Kocaeli-Turkey)

Fuat Oktay
(Beykent University, Istanbul-Turkey)

Tanses Gürsoy
(Beykent University, Istanbul-Turkey)

Gülruh Gürbüz
(Marmara University, Istanbul-Turkey)

İrem Erdoğmuş
(Marmara University, Istanbul-Turkey)

Esin Sadıkoğlu
(Gebze Institute of Technology, Kocaeli-Turkey)

Meral Elçi
(Gebze Institute of Technology, Kocaeli-Turkey)

Mehtap Özşahin
(Gebze Institute of Technology, Kocaeli-Turkey)
REGIONAL COORDINATORS
 USA
: Asım Şen
(St. John Fisher College, USA)
 UK
: Dababrata N. Chowdhury
(University of Playmouth, UK)
 UK and Europe: Shaukat Ali
(University of Wolverhampton, UK)
 Asia
: Keith Cundale
(OPAL Consulting Pte Ltd, Singapore)
 South Africa
: Johan Hough
(Stellenbosch University, South Africa)
 Russia
: Ekaterina Shekova
(St.Petersburg State University)
ADVISORY BOARD & REVIEW COMMITEE
 A.Asuman Akdoğan
(Erciyes University, Kayseri-Turkey)
 Abdurrahman Benli
(Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale-Turkey)
 Adnan Çelik
(Sütçü İmam University, Kahramanmaraş-Turkey)
 Adnan Ceylan
(Gebze Institute of Technology, Kocaeli-Turkey)
 Alexander Egorshin
(The Nizhny Novgorod Institute of Management and
Business, Russia)
 Ali Akdemir
(Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale-Turkey)
 Ali Halıcı
(Baskent University, Ankara-Turkey)
 Alistair M Brown
(Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia)
 Amar KJN Nayak
(Xavier Institute of Management, Orrissa-India)
 Andrei Burenin
(Irkutsk State University, Russia)
 Andrey Dashkov
(Moscow State University, Russia)
 Asım Şen
(St. John Fisher College, USA)
 Atilla Dicle
(Yeditepe University, İstanbul-Turkey)
 Aurea Helena Puga Ribeiro (Fundacao Dom Cabral, Brazil)
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 Ayten Akatay
(Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale-Turkey)
 Bahadır Akın
(Selcuk University, Konya-Turkey)
 Birol Bumin
(Gazi University, Ankara-Turkey)
 Borisas Melnikas
(Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania)
 Branko Bucar
(Pace University,USA)
Bülent Sezen
 Canan Çetin
(Gebze Institute of Technology, Kocaeli-Turkey)
(Marmara University, Istanbul-Turkey)
 Celso ClaudioHildebrand Grisi (University of Sao Paulo , Brazil)
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 Cemal Zehir
(Gebze Institute of Technology, Kocaeli-Turkey)
 Cengiz Yılmaz
(Bogazici University, Istanbul-Turkey)
Cevat Gerni
(Gebze Institute of Technology, Kocaeli-Turkey)
 Ceyhan Aldemir
(Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir-Turkey)
 Chien-Chung Nieh
(Tamkang University, Taipei Country- Taiwan)
 Con Korkofingas
(Macquarie University,Sydney- Australia)
 Dursun Bingöl
(Atatürk University, Erzurum-Turkey)
 Dzevad Sehic
(Faculty of EconomicsUniversity of Sarajevo, Bosnia)
Ebru Kabadayı
(Gebze Institute of Technology, Kocaeli-Turkey)
 Ekrem Tatoglu
(Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul-Turkey)
 Enver Özkalp
(Anadolu University, Eskişehir-Turkey)
 Erol Eren
(Beykent University, Istanbul-Turkey)
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 Esin Can Mutlu
(Yıldız Technical University, İstanbul-Turkey)
 Eyüp Aktepe
(Gazi University, Ankara-Turkey)
 Fahri Karakaya
(University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth-USA)
 Feyzullah Eroğlu
(Pamukkale University,Denizli-Turkey)
 Fuat Oktay
(Beykent University, İstanbul-Turkey)
 Garry L. Adams
(Auburn University, USA)
 Gökhan Özer
(Gebze Institute of Technology, Kocaeli-Turkey)
 Gulruh Gurbuz
(Marmara University, Istanbul-Turkey)
 Gültekin Yıldız
(Sakarya University, Sakarya-Turkey)
 Güneş Berberoğlu
(Anadolu University, Eskişehir-Turkey)
 Güven Alpay
(Boğaziçi University, İstanbul-Turkey)
 Güven Murat
(Karaelmas University, Zonguldak-Turkey)
 Halil Çivi
(İnönü University, Malatya-Turkey)
Halim Kazan
(Gebze Institute of Technology, Kocaeli-Turkey)
 Halis Kalmış
(Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale-Turkey)
 HA-Nguyen
(Vietnam National University, Hanoi School of Business,
Vietnam)
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 Hasan İbicioğlu
(Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta-Turkey)
 Hayat Kabasakal
(Boğaziçi University, İstanbul-Turkey)
 Hikmet Timur
(Hacettepe University, Ankara-Turkey)
 Hisao Fujimoto
(Osaka University of Economics, Japon)
 Howard Clayton
(Auburn University, USA)1
Hüseyin İnce
(Gebze Institute of Technology, Kocaeli-Turkey)
 İnan Özalp
(Anadolu University, Eskişehir-Turkey)
 Jiri Mezulanik
(Silesian University, Opava-Czech Republic)
 Jungwan Lee
(Bang College of Business, Kazakhstan)
 Kamil Kozan
(St. John Fisher College, USA)
 Kathleen Marshall Park
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
 Lars Ehrengren
(Stockholm University, Sweden)
 Ljiljana Maurovic
(University of Rijeka, Croatia)
 Lutfihak Alpkan
(Gebze Institute of Technology, Kocaeli-Turkey)
 M. K. Sharma
(Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla-India)
 Mahmut Özdevecioğlu
(Erciyes University, Kayseri-Turkey)
 Mehmet Barca
(Sakarya University, Sakarya-Turkey)
 Mehmet Sahin
(Anadolu University, Eskisehir-Turkey)
 Mehmet Şahin
(Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey)
 Muhsin Halis
(Gaziantep University, Gaziantep-Turkey)
 Murat Azaltun
(Beykent University, İstanbul-Turkey)
 Murat Kasimoglu
(Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey)
 Musa Pınar
(Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indina,USA)
 Mustafa Delican
(Beykent University, İstanbul-Turkey)
 Mustafa Köksal
(Kocaeli University, Kocaeli-Turkey)
 Mümin Ertürk
(Beykent University, İstanbul-Turkey)
 Münevver Çetin
(Marmara University, İstanbul-Turkey)
 Nazan Yelkikalan
(Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale-Turkey)
 Necdet Timur
(Anadolu University, Eskisehir-Turkey)
 Neil Bechervause
(Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne-
Australia)
 Nurullah Genç
(Kocaeli University, Kocaeli-Turkey)
 Ömer Adil Atasoy
(Osman Gazi University, Eskişehir-Turkey)
 Ömer Torlak
(Osman Gazi University, Eskişehir-Turkey)
 Ömür Özmen
(Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir-Turkey)
 Oya Erdil
(Gebze Institute of Technology, Kocaeli-Turkey)
 Ozlem Ozkanlı
(Ankara University, Ankara-Turkey)
 Pauline Magee-Egan
(St. John’s University, USA)
 Peet Venter
(University of South Africa, Pretoria-South Africa)
 Recep Şener
(Muğla University, Muğla-Turkey)
 Refik Culpan
(Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg-USA)
 Refika Bakoğlu
(Marmara University, İstanbul-Turkey)
 Rezan Tatlıdil
(Ege University, İzmir-Turkey)
 Rıdvan Karalar
(Anadolu University, Eskişehir-Turkey)
 Sabahat Bayrak
(Pamukkale University, Denizli-Turkey)
 Sadi Can Saruhan
(Marmara University, İstanbul-Turkey)
 Sefer Şener
(Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey)
 Selen Doğan
(Niğde University, Niğde-Turkey)
 Selim lter
(St. John Fisher College, USA)
 Şerafettin Sevim
(Dumlupınar University, Kütahya-Turkey)
 Sergei Mordovin
(International Management Institute St. Petersburg, Russia)
 Sevinç Köse
(Celal Bayar University, Manisa-Turkey)
 Şevki Özgener
(Erciyes University, Nevşehir-Turkey)
 Shamsul Nahar Abdullah
(Northen University of Malaysia,AmanMalasia)
 Sharan L. Oswald
(Auburn University, USA)
 Shaukat Ali
(University of Wolverhampton, Shropsire-Great Britain)
 Sonja Petrovich Lazarevic
(Monash University, Victoria-Australia)
 Stanislav Poloucek
(Silesian University, Opava-Czech Republic)
 Subodh Bhat
(San Francisco State University,San Francisco - USA)
 T. Diana A. De Macedo- Soares (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
 Tatiana A. Burenina
(State University of Management, Russia)
 Tijen Harcar
(İzmir University of Economics, Turkey)
 Tuna Taner
(Celal Bayar University, Manisa-Turkey)
 Uğur Yozgat
(Marmara University, İstanbul-Turkey)
 Ülkü Dicle
(Yeditepe University, İstanbul-Turkey)
 V. Dolyatovskiy
(The Rostow State University, Russia)
 Victor Gnevko
(St. Petersburg Institute of Management and Economics,
Russia)
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 Vojtech Malatek
(Silesian University, Opava-Czech Republic)
 Warren J. Keegen
(Pace University, USA)
 Yasemin Arbak
(Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir-Turkey)
 Yonca Gürol
(Yıldız Technical University, İstanbul-Turkey)
Yücel Acer
(Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale-Turkey)
 Zeyyat Hatipoglu
(Dogus University, Istanbul-Turkey)
CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT
Mehtap Özşahin
(Gebze Institute of Technology, Kocaeli-Turkey)
Görkem Ersoy
(Beykent University, Istanbul-Turkey)
Güneş Yılmaz
(Beykent University, Istanbul-Turkey)
Gökhan Turan
(Gebze Institute of Technology, Kocaeli-Turkey)
Esin Sadıkoğlu
(Gebze Institute of Technology, Kocaeli-Turkey)
İnci Aygün
(Gebze Institute of Technology, Kocaeli-Turkey)
Ayşe Günsel
(Gebze Institute of Technology, Kocaeli-Turkey)
Erdal Aydın
(Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale-Turkey)
Yener Pazarcık
(Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale-Turkey)
Nergis Özkural
(Beykent University, Istanbul-Turkey)
CONTACT
E-mail
: strategicman2008@gyte.edu.tr
: strategicman@beykent.edu.tr
Webpage
: http://www.beykent.edu.tr/ismc/index.html