Hakan Kalkavan

Istanbul Medeniyet University · Economics

Purpose Economic development is one of the primary goals of all countries. In this context, countries aim to determine effective and correct policies to achieve this goal. This situation is especially important for developing countries. These countries aim to grow their economies to reach the level of developed countries. This study aims to identif...

One of the main indicators of economic development is the welfare level. The welfare level symbolizes that the policies implemented by the state in a society are in the context of social justice. Social justice aims to reduce social inequalities between people. In this framework, states provide social transfers to individuals through taxes and play...

This study aims to identify the factors affecting economic inequality in emerging seven (E7) countries. Within this framework, first, a wide literature review has been made and 12 different criteria which are thought to affect economic inequality have been determined. These criteria were weighted according to their importance with the help of inter...

After the emigration to Medina, there was a need for a market where Muslims could conduct their business in accordance with the rules of Islam. This market, which will be called Medina market, was formed according to the orders and prohibitions imposed by the Prophet himself. The Medina market had its own rules and practices. The institution that c...

This chapter aims to predict the future of Islamic banking in Turkey. Three different Islamic banks operating in Turkey were taken to the scope of review. Within this framework, six different variables that are important for the banking sector have been identified. The data of these variables in the 2010-2018 period were analyzed by ARIMA method, a...

Sabri Orman’ın klasik döneme dair iktisat düşüncesinin ve modern iktisat disipliniyle ilişkisinin değerlendirildiği bu çalışmada, ilk olarak giriş olan bu bölümde genel hatlarıyla klasik iktisat düşüncesi ve Orman’ın bu minvalde perspektifi irdelenmiştir. Sonrasında ikinci bölümde “oikonomia” ve “ilm-i tedbîr-i menzil” kavramları açıklanmış ve bunl...

This chapter mainly focuses on the literature about the relationship between ethics, corporate social responsibility, and financial markets, which is broad and diverse as well as multi-disciplined. Some are concerned only with ethical banking, while others seek to establish a financial system based on social responsibility to society and people. Th...

This study will focus on the social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on India. In this context, firstly, the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak in the country from the start date to the present will be examined. Next, the measures that the state has already taken to manage this epidemic will be discussed. In the last part, the importance...

This study aims to identify appropriate innovative strategies for solar energy investments for both commercial and non-commercial users. For this purpose, TRIZ-based 8 different innovative strategies are identified. Later, these strategies are weighted with the interval type-2 fuzzy DEMATEL (IT2 FDEMATEL) method to define more important strategies....

Renewable energies contribute to the social and economic development of countries in many ways. Primarily, no carbon gas is released into the atmosphere as a result of the use of renewable energy. Thanks to the reduction of air pollution, the number of sick people in the country will decrease. This stated situation will both reduce health costs and...

The aim of this study is to determine appropriate Islamic financing methods (IFMs) for sustainable energy investments to reach a wider community. Since energy investments are costly projects, their financing should be carried out in the most efficient way. Likewise, the provision of environmentally friendly energy resources is essential for a susta...

In this conceptual study, fundamentally the role of redistribution policies for economic equality within the scope of business innovation is discussed. Initially, the notion of business innovation is revised, and its social aspect is discussed as part of social innovation. Then the moral basis of redistribution regarding methods and policies in ter...

The unemployment problem became more significant, especially after COVID-19 pandemics. This situation affected both developing and developed countries in a negative manner. Hence, the policies implemented by the states to prevent unemployment were also carefully considered during this process. Within this scope, various suggestions of ILO and OECD...

This study aims to identify the necessary strategies for the development of a sustainable financial system. For this purpose, a novel approach could be provided for soft computing with Gaussian-based fuzzy DEMATEL approach to understand the significant levels and impact-relation degrees of these criteria. For robustness check, this evaluation has a...

The purpose of this study is to evaluate PERT-based critical paths of new service development (NSD) process for renewable energy investment projects. In this context, a novel three-stage model has been proposed. In the first stage, 10 different steps in NSD process are weighted by considering 2-tuple hesitant interval-valued Spherical fuzzy IVSF DE...

INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL EXPENDITURES AND INCOME DISTRIBUTION: AN APPLICATION ON OECD Social spending is an economic policy that encompasses the support of low-income groups in a society to achieve a certain level of prosperity. Success in a country’s economic growth performance is not a sufficient indicator for its develop...

This study is essentially about examining empirical studies on the relationship between corporate social responsibility and financial performance, and ethical grounding of CSR practices in business world. Actually, there are two basic approaches to the social responsibilities of corporations. On the one hand, the understanding that evaluates the bu...

This chapter mainly focuses on the literature about the relationship between ethics, corporate social responsibility, and financial markets, which is broad and diverse as well as multi-disciplined. Some are concerned only with ethical banking, while others seek to establish a financial system based on social responsibility to society and people. Th...

The economic crisis is an important event that hurts societies. Communication between the market and the authorities is an important factor in economic crisis situations. Because if the communication is established in a healthy way, economic crises in the future may not be repeated. In this context, the chapter deals with the economic crisis of 199...

Osmanlı Devleti’nin, 1500-1800 yılları arasında benimsediği ve uyguladığı iktisadi anlayışın üç temel kaidesi vardı. Bunların ilki olan iaşecilik, Üretilen mal ve hizmetlerin, mümkün olduğu kadar bol, kaliteli ve ucuz olması anlamında kullanılmaktadır. İaşecilikte iktisadi faaliyetin amacı, insanların ihtiyacını karşılamaktır. İkinci temel kaide de...

This paper proposes an overview of macroeconomic correlation between telecom investments and the GDP of MINT countries. MINT countries are Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey and the term has populated by Goldman Sachs, who has also created a relatively more referred term BRICS. The paper holds a specialized literature for each of MINT countries...