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A Comparison Of Curriculum In Banking And Finance Departments, Hasmet Sarigul
A Comparison Of Curriculum In Banking And Finance Departments, Hasmet Sarigul
Hasmet Sarigul
This descriptive study was conducted to assess banking and finance education curriculum by identifying and comparing the bachelors degree courses being taught at the banking and finance schools. We used a quantitative approach to content analysis. The data of the study have been gathered from the web pages, handbooks and the catalogs of the schools. The study contains all of the bachelors degree banking and finance departments of the universities in Turkey. In the first survey, we identified seven core competency areas for the courses in these schools. In the second survey, six more categories were identified accompanying the competency …
Factoring As A Financing Option In Turkey : A Comparative Study, Hasmet Sarigul
Factoring As A Financing Option In Turkey : A Comparative Study, Hasmet Sarigul
Hasmet Sarigul
Factoring is a form of short-term commercial finance based on the selling of trade debts at a discount from one party to another. Factoring is one of the oldest methods of business financing in developed countries. The Factoring operations in Turkey began in late 1980s as a product of commercial banks and started to become the activity of separately established factoring companies in the early 1990s. The basic frame of this study constitutes an empirical comparison of factoring companies in Turkey as bank subsidiaries and independent factoring companies in terms of some selected financial ratios in 2009 and 2010 years. …