Browsing by Author "Burmaoglu S."

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Citation - Scopus: 1
Analysing Relationship Between Productivity and Knowledge Economy Data of Eu Countries (including Turkey) by Using Canonical Correlation Analysis
(Inderscience Publishers, 2012) Burmaoglu S.; Kazancoglu Y.; Kabak M.
For the last 200 years, neo-classical economies have recognised only two factors of production: labour and capital. Knowledge, productivity, education and intellectual capital were all regarded as exogenous factors that are falling outside the system. Knowledge is a part of production systems in emerging economies. Also relationship between knowledge and productivity is an important aspect either. This study aims to find a relationship between the knowledge economy and the productivity for EU countries (including Turkey) using canonical correlation analysis. In contrast to previous works, instead of using firms' data, the macroeconomic data of countries is used for the analysis. The aim of this study is to find which of the knowledge economy variables has the most significant correlation between productivity variables, and also the possibility of existence of gender-based relations is scrutinised. According to the results of the analysis, patent number, computer usage and internet access level have significantly affected productivity. On the other hand, gross domestic product per capita as a productivity variable also has significant effect on knowledge economy variables. For gender-based variables, however, no correlation has been extracted. Finally, the results are discussed in the final section and some comments about knowledge economy and productivity are made. © 2012 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
Citation - Scopus: 29
E-Government Website Evaluation With Hybrid Mcdm Method in Fuzzy Environment
(Inderscience Publishers, 2012) Burmaoglu S.; Kazancoglu Y.
E-government websites play an important role in the knowledge society not only by accelerating bureaucratic procedures but also enhancing citizen commitment to democracy. The acceptance of democracy (in its fullest sense) means considering the citizen as customer, making citizen satisfaction the ultimate target. Therefore, in addition to web design characteristics, e-service and e-democracy are taken into account in e-government website evaluation. Fuzzy logic is employed due to the properties of the evaluation process. Experts evaluated the criteria weights using fuzzy AHP, and the e-government websites from a group of selected EU countries using fuzzy VIKOR as a multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) technique, and a ranking was obtained. The unique properties of the paper can be listed as the formation of criteria using two kinds of fuzzy numbers, combining two MCDM methods, and applying this methodology to the problem of website evaluation for the first time. Copyright © 2012 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
Citation - Scopus: 37
Erp Software Selection With Mcdm: Application of Todim Method
(Inderscience Publishers, 2013) Kazancoglu Y.; Burmaoglu S.
Any ERP software in the market cannot fully meet the needs and expectations of manufacturing companies, because each company, which looks for implementing ERP system, runs its business with different strategies and goals. Therefore, enterprise resource planning (ERP) software selection is an important and critical decision process. Another aspect of this problem is that multi-disciplinary content reveals the multi-criteria decision making as the appropriate field of study. In this study, by employing TODIM method, which allows the usage of both qualitative and quantitative data, an example, which involves ERP software selection process of a steel forming and hot dip-galvanising firm located in Izmir, Turkey, is provided by using a proposed framework. A new path toward ERP software selection is designed for the decision makers in various industries include manufacturing companies. In order to deal with the complex calculations in the decision making process, the proposed framework is formed as an applicable tool for all decision makers in various industries. Copyright © 2013 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.