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  • Prediction of stock price direction by artificial neural network approach 
    Şenol, Doğaç. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2008., 2008.)
    The stock market has always been an attractive area for researchers since no method has been found yet to predict the stock price behavior precisely. It carries a higher risk than any other investment area, due to its high ...
  • Human resources information systems: a sociotechnical perspective 
    Barut, Özgür. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2008., 2008.)
    Human Resources Information Systems continuously gain importance parallel to the developments in the business world in general and Human Resources function specifically. The importance of Human Resources Information Systems ...
  • Consumer attitudes toward and experiences with airline companies 
    Uyanık, Hakan. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2008., 2008.)
    The main purposes of this study can be summarized as a) to investigate consumers’ brand name and web address recall of airline companies, b) to determine consumers’ overall satisfaction level and to examine whether the ...
  • A decision support system for supplier evaluation and order allocation 
    Göçen, Emir. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2008., 2008.)
    This study focuses on the improvement of supplier evaluation and order allocation decisions for one of the leaders of the white-goods manufacturers in Turkey. A decision support system (DSS) is developed to increase the ...
  • Developing an information system for credit risk rating using analytical hierarchy process (AHP) 
    Tekin, Bahar. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2008., 2008.)
    Credit risk management is one of the main activities of banks, and credit risk ratings are an essential part of the process. In the rating process statistical models and judgmental systems can be employed. At the evaluation ...
  • Assortment planning using data mining algorithms 
    Gün, Ajlan Nihat. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2008., 2008.)
    Assortment Optimization is not just selecting the best products according to the sales performance under a certain category, but also an execution method to apply retailers commercial strategy into market considering all ...
  • Integration of a simulation platform into a business process management tool 
    Kanalıcı, İbrahim Halil. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2008., 2008.)
    Information technology has already gone beyond being a supportive tool for businesses. Strong competition and increased costs force businesses act more efficiently and rapidly, so almost in every business, the operations ...
  • Strategic value analysis of information technology investments 
    Arslan, Birgül. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2008., 2008.)
    This thesis seeks to shed light upon the strategic value of information technology (IT) investments. Previous literature suggests that IT investments per se are not sufficient for improving firm performance. Drawing from ...
  • Development of a decision support system for evaluation of business process management systems 
    Cingil, İsmail. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2009., 2009.)
    Owing to the fact that product assortment has been increased and product life cycle period has been decreased, surviving in this competitive market is not easy and may result in commercial failures for the organizations ...
  • Readers' expectations, perceptions, preferences and loyalty towards online newspapers 
    Utku, Deniz. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2009., 2009.)
    Online newspaper readership is the most popular activity among the fast growing Turkish Internet users population. Competition is high and every newspaper website has to deliver news every day, every second. On the other ...
  • A study on sequential internet auctions using agent-based modeling approach 
    Akkaya, Yıldız. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2009., 2009.)
    With widespread use of the Internet, Internet auctions (e-auctions) become more popular in order to trade increasing number of goods as Internet provides both almost perfect market information and an infrastructure for ...
  • Exploring the adoption of technology assisted services in the health care industry 
    Topaçan, Ümit. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2009., 2009.)
    With the rapid development of medical technologies, medical industry benefit from various new emergent tools in order to increase quality and lower health expenditures in their services. Telemedicine is one of the recent ...
  • An association rule-based recommendation engine for online dating sites 
    Özseyhan, Yağız Civan. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2009., 2009.)
    In this study, the database of a Turkish online dating site is analyzed to reveal patterns in the personal features of matching couples. By using a functionality of data mining, the Association Rule mining, a set of rules ...
  • The impact of speech recognition systems on business effectiveness 
    Aytekin, Nedim Cem. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2009., 2009.)
    The main purpose of this study is to examine the effects of speech-enabled interactive voice response systems in contact centers, specifically in Turkey. In order to perform this analysis, data was collected from two Turkish ...
  • Test of Elliot Wave theory by time series segmentation algorithms 
    Çağatay, Tamer. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2009., 2009.)
    Discovering the patterns of stock prices in a volatile and rapidly-changing market environment is a challenging problem. Elliot Wave theory, a form of technical analysis, attempts to investigate market price movements. The ...
  • Marketing-wise benefits of technological improvements on consumer well-being 
    Kardeş, Nur Esra. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2009., 2009.)
    In recent years, emerging web-based innovations lead very fast penetration of technology in various domains of life. Immediate adoption of technology by companies also has an impact on this diffusion. This is because ...
  • Consumer attitudes toward and acceptance of personalization attempts in the online environment 
    Albayrak, Serkan. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2009., 2009.)
    By the extended use of Internet; technology and dynamic interaction for the first time makes personalization cost effective at large-scale. It also offers the possibility to provide personalized products and services at ...
  • Impacts of service oriented architecture (SOA) on enterprise systems and organizational structures 
    Birekul, İhsan. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2009., 2009.)
    In today’s fast-paced global economy, organizations need to be focusing on becoming agile and flexible enough support dynamically changing business requirements in this on demand environment. One of the most critical steps ...
  • Framework for evaluation of purchasing process in ERP systems in terms of internal control risks 
    Acar, Derya. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2010., 2010.)
    The companies have made major investments for their ERP systems. On the other hand, as a result of many financial scandals and frauds, internal control structures of the companies have been one of the hot topic issues. ...
  • A web-based group decision support system for supplier evaluation and selection 
    Sürgit, Onur Eren. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2010., 2010.)
    Supplier selection is one of the vital processes which have an impact on the competitiveness of firms by affecting their costs, the quality of goods and services produced, and customer satisfaction. Suppliers’ evaluation ...

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