Selçuk, Elif Akben

Selçuk, Elif Akben

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Selçuk, Elif Akben
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Doç. Dr.

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Elıf.akben@khas.edu.tr

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22

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17

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0

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Citation Count: 6
Corporate Governance and Tunneling: Empirical Evidence From Turkey
(Economics Bulletin, 2018) Akben Selçuk, Elif; Sener, Pınar
This study investigates whether internal governance mechanisms affect tunneling through intercorporate loans for a sample of Turkish listed non-financial firms over the period 2006 to 2014. While the findings reveal a significant and positive relationship between state ownership and tunneling and a significant and negative relationship between foreign ownership and tunneling the relationship between family ownership and tunneling is non-linear. In addition while board size is negatively associated with tunneling independent directors do not prevent the embezzlement of resources. Furthermore the results indicate that while older firms firms with family chairman and higher growth opportunities are more likely to engage in tunneling activities firm size high cash holding leverage and financial distress do not affect tunneling.
Citation Count: 2
Does governance affect corporate diversification behaviour in emerging markets?
(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francıs Ltd, 2020) Sener, Pınar; Akben Selçuk, Elif
This paper investigates the role of firm-level and country-level governance on corporate diversification behaviour in emerging markets. The results show that firms with combined leadership structure are more diversified while firms with more independent directors are less diversified. There is a U-shaped relationship between ownership concentration and diversification. No significant association between country-level shareholder protection and diversification is demonstrated.
Citation Count: 86
Corporate Social Responsibility and Financial Performance: The Moderating Role of Ownership Concentration in Turkey
(Mdpi, 2019) Akben-Selcuk, Elif
The objective of this study is to investigate the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) engagement on firm financial performance in a developing country, Turkey, and to analyze the moderating role of ownership concentration in the CSR-financial performance relationship. The sample consists of non-financial public firms listed on the Borsa Istanbul (BIST)-100 index and covers the period between 2014 and 2018. Empirical results using an instrumental variable approach show that corporate social responsibility has a positive relationship with financial performance. Furthermore, findings indicate that this relationship is negatively moderated by ownership concentration even when endogeneity is controlled for.
A Study on the Political Tactics Used in Business Environments by the Employees Working in Private Banks and Public Banks
(Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2017) Yumus, Seda; Akben Selçuk, Elif
The Use of Political Tactics in Organizations has been the subject of many researches in different fields and a lot of information has been obtained about organizational structures and human behaviors in these structures. in academic literature it has been seen that The Use of Political Tactics in Organizations has not been studied regarding the banking sector which is a large institutional and organizational structure and this research has provided a basis for examining the observations and expectations of employees of private and public banks about the Use of Political Tactics. As a result of the scale applications data showing the attitudes of the employees in private and the public banks regarding the use of political tactics in the organizations were obtained and these data were examined by measuring the observations and expectations about the use of political tactics thus leading to the conclusion that the observations and expectations of employees of both public and private banks do differ. Through this work various arrangements can be made in the banking sector which is an example of organizational structure based on reasons ratios and consequences of using political tactics among private and public bank employees.
Lojistik İşletmesinde Risk Odaklı Bir Yönetim
(Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2013) Kaba, Nilay; Akben Selçuk, Elif
calismanin sonucunda ulasilan nokta Horoz Lojistik hasarli urun ve gec teslimat riskleri icin gerekli risk yonetim modelleri riski bir sigorta sozlesmesiyle paylasmak performans yonetiminin uygulanmasi bilgi yonetimi icin gerekli teknolojik altyapinin (RFiD Barkod ve Arac Takip Sistemlerinin) saglanmasi ve en onemlisi risk yonetim kulturunun isletmenin tum bolumlerinde benimsenmesinin saglanmasidir.
Citation Count: 4
Personality Motivation and Math Achievement Among Turkish Students: Evidence From Pisa Data
(Sage Publications Inc, 2017) Akben Selçuk, Elif
Using the Turkish portion of the Programme for International Student Assessment dataset (N=4848
Citation Count: 95
Corporate Social Responsibility and Financial Performance: the Moderating Role of Ownership Concentration in Turkey
(MDPI, 2019) Akben Selçuk, Elif
The objective of this study is to investigate the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) engagement on firm financial performance in a developing country, Turkey, and to analyze the moderating role of ownership concentration in the CSR-financial performance relationship. The sample consists of non-financial public firms listed on the Borsa Istanbul (BIST)-100 index and covers the period between 2014 and 2018. Empirical results using an instrumental variable approach show that corporate social responsibility has a positive relationship with financial performance. Furthermore, findings indicate that this relationship is negatively moderated by ownership concentration even when endogeneity is controlled for.
Citation Count: 30
Factors Affecting Firm Competitiveness: Evidence From an Emerging Market
(MDPI, 2016) Akben Selçuk, Elif
The objective of this study is to investigate the factors affecting firm competitiveness in an emerging marketTurkey. In the paper competitiveness is proxied by a firm's financial performance. The empirical analysis is based on firms listed on Borsa Istanbul and covers the period between 2005 and 2014. Results from a firm-level panel data model indicate that return on assets is positively related to firm size international sales liquidity and growth and negatively related to leverage and R&D expenditures. On the other hand gross profit margin is positively related to size and international sales and negatively related to leverage and R&D expenditures. Finally results show that Tobin's Q ratio is higher for firms with higher levels of debt and higher liquidity levels.
Citation Count: 2
Cash Holdings and Corporate Governance: Evidence From Turkey
(IGI Global, 2019) Akben Selçuk, Elif; Şener, Pınar
This chapter investigates the empirical factors affecting corporate cash holdings with special emphasis on corporate governance variables for a sample of Turkish-listed nonfinancial firms over the period 2006 to 2010. The findings reveal a significant non-linear relation between family ownership and cash holdings. In addition, while board structure does not significantly affect the level of cash holdings, tunneling increases cash reserves of firms. Furthermore, the results indicate that cash flow, leverage, other liquid assets that can be used as cash substitutes, the degree of tangibility of assets, and firm size are important in determining cash holdings among Turkish companies.
Factors Affecting Financial Consumers' Private Pension Plan Decisions: a Literature Review and a Conceptual Framework Proposal
(Ali Çağlar Çakmak, 2016) Aydın, Aslı Elif; Akben Selçuk, Elif
The objective of this study is to propose a framework related to financial consumers’ private pension plan decisions. Specifically, we review the factors affecting consumers’ participation, contribution and asset allocation decisions regarding private pensions. The factors discussed include situational and dispositional factors, personality, motivation, financial literacy, and external influences. Based on this survey of literature, we develop a number of propositions, which are expected to benefit individual retirement planners and pension institutions in gaining a better understanding of retirement saving decisions.