1st Edition

Business, Ethics and Institutions The Evolution of Turkish Capitalism in Global Perspectives

Edited By Asli M. Colpan, Geoffrey Jones Copyright 2020
268 Pages
by Routledge

268 Pages
by Routledge

268 Pages
by Routledge

This book is the first systematic scholarly study on the business history of Turkey from the nineteenth century until the present. It aims to place the distinctive characteristics of capitalism in Turkey within a global and comparative perspective, dealing with three related issues. First, it examines the institutional context that shaped the capitalist development in Turkey. Second, it focuses on... Read more

List of Tables



List of Figures



List of Abbreviations



List of Contributors



Foreword





PART I Institutions and Capitalist Development





1 Business, Ethics and Institutions: The Evolution of Turkish Capitalism in a Comparative Perspective  



Asli M. Colpan And Geoffrey Jones





2 Institutions and Business Organizations in the Late Ottoman Empire and Early Turkish Republic



Seven Ağir





3 Politics and the Development of Capitalism in Turkey



Ayşe Buğra





4 Development of Business Groups and Entrepreneurship: The Koç Group in Global Perspective



Asli M. Colpan And Geoffrey Jones





5 Islamic Capitalism and the Rise of Religious-Conservative Big Business



Kristin Fabbe, Űmit Őzlale And Efe Murat Balikçioğlu



6 Reciprocity in Business-Government Relations: A Comparative Perspective



Patrick Fridenson





Part II Corporate Actors and Public Interest





7 Governance and Social Responsibility in Large Turkish Firms



Burçin Yurtoğlu





8 Owners and Salaried Managers in Turkish Family Business Groups



Behlűl Űsdiken





9 Ethics and Corruption: Contrasting Perspectives of the General Public and Business Community in Turkey



Ali Çarkoğlu





10 Ethical Business, Corruption and Economic Development in Comparative Perspective



Janet Hunter And Geoffrey Jones





Contributor Biographies



Index

Biography

Asli M. Colpan is Professor of Corporate Strategy at the Graduate School of Management and Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University, Japan; and Visiting Professor at Koç University, Turkey.



Geoffrey Jones is Isidor Straus Professor of Business History at the Harvard Business School, Boston, United States.