International Entrepreneurship

In an increasingly globalized world, new business ideas and new areas of investment continue to emerge every day. Transforming these ideas into projects and converting them into business plans is of critical importance for initiating entrepreneurial ventures. Within this context, the foundational concepts of entrepreneurship and innovation are introduced, and methods for generating business ideas are explored. By examining entrepreneurship from economic, legal, financial, social, and psychological perspectives, and by analyzing examples from Türkiye and around the world, students are provided with the means to identify viable business ideas and support them with comprehensive business plans.

Globalization is a dynamic phenomenon due to the evolving roles of international organizations, nation-states, and non-state actors in economic governance within the global arena. International flows, economic influences, and globalization—together with their economic, political, cultural, and environmental dimensions—affect a wide range of fields. The fundamental concepts of international business management and organizational studies constitute essential tools for managers, enabling analytical observation and evaluation in this complex global environment. Within the context of the global economy, international business management aims to equip individuals to better anticipate and navigate complex processes.

Accordingly, this course examines intercultural management and the management of differences, the roles of global managers, the fundamental dimensions of cultural variation, the significance of cultural differences in strategic management, the importance of cross-cultural human resources, management and organizational theories, modern management approaches, and contemporary concepts, methods, practices, and processes within organizations.

In advanced economies, goods and services produced in the healthcare sector constitute approximately 7% of Gross Domestic Product, while employment generated in this sector reaches around 10%. The healthcare sector—encompassing high-technology industries such as pharmaceuticals, medical technologies, information technologies, and health tourism, all of which are open to innovation and entrepreneurship—has gained increasing significance worldwide due to its contribution to sustainable growth and has become one of the leading sectors in developed countries.

Taking into account the unique characteristics of the healthcare sector, this course examines policy decisions, healthcare planning, financing, and management through economic concepts and techniques that can be utilized in innovation and entrepreneurship processes. In line with best practices around the world, the interaction between the innovation and entrepreneurship environment in the healthcare sector and other social sectors and industries is analyzed, along with the roles of various stakeholders in the formulation of healthcare policies.

The differences between firms that engage in foreign trade and those that do not constitute one of the central topics in the international trade literature, initiated primarily by the seminal works of Bernard and Jensen (1995) and Melitz (2003). Although there exists an extensive body of literature on exports and firm heterogeneity, the number of studies focusing on firms’ import activities remains limited. Moreover, both the theoretical and empirical literature on imports and firm heterogeneity has yet to reach a fully established framework. In addition, research examining the relationship between firms’ two-way trade activities and firm characteristics is also scarce, largely due to the limited availability of micro-level data on the subject. For Türkiye, the number of studies is particularly restricted and predominantly export-oriented.

The TÜBİTAK-funded project titled “Firm Heterogeneity and Foreign Trade in the Turkish Manufacturing Industry”, led by Assoc. Prof. Burcu Fazlıoğlu, empirically investigates the relationship between foreign trade and firm heterogeneity through comprehensive analyses using firm-level data from the Turkish manufacturing sector.

Related Projects:

• “Firm Heterogeneity and Foreign Trade in the Turkish Manufacturing Industry”, TÜBİTAK