1. Sedef Akgüngör is Professor of Economics, Dokuz Eylül University. She is the author, with Yaprak Gülcan and Yeşim Kuştepeli, of “Public Policies and Development of the Tourism Industries in the Aegean Region,” European Planning Studies, XVII (2009), 1509–1523; with Pinar Falcioı lu, of “Regional Specialization and Industrial Concentration Patterns in Turkish Manufacturing Industry after Trade Liberalization,” European Planning Studies, XVI (2008), 303–323.
2. Ceyhan Aldemir is Dean, Faculty of Business, Dokuz Eylül University. He is the author, with Yaprak Gülcan, of “Student Satisfaction in Higher Education: A Turkish Case,” Journal of OECD Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education, XVI (2004), 109–122; with Ömür Özmen and Yasemin Arbak, of “Turkish Work Mentality: Definition and Dimensions,” Journal of Management Research, III (2004), 5–28.
3. Yeşim Kuştepeli is Associate Professor of Economics, Dokuz Eylül University. She is the author of “Income Inequality and Growth in the European Union: The Effects of the Latest and a Possible Further Enlargement,” Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, XLII (2006), 77–88; “A Comprehensive Short Run Analysis of a (Possible) Turkish Phillips Curve,” Applied Economics, XXXVII (2005), 581–591.
4. Yaprak Gülcan is Professor of Economics, Dokuz Eylül University. She is the author of, with Önel Gülcan, “The Sustainability of Turkish Current Account Deficit with Structural Breaks,” FBE Journal, XI (2009), at ; with Yeşim Kuştepeli and Mustafa Bilman, “Turkey's Export Similarity and Revealed Competitiveness: A Comparison with EU-15, Enlargement and Candidate Countries,” International Journal of Emerging and Transition Economies, II (2009), 27–43.
5. Vahap Tecim is Professor of Economics and Director of the GIS Department, Dokuz Eylül University. He is the author of, with Nurcan Tamiz, “Determination of Fire Crews Locations Using Operations Research and Geographical Information Systems: Ismir Case,” Journal of Statistical Research, VII (2010), 117–132; with Nurcan Temiz, “Geographical Information Systems as a Decision Support System in Forest Management,” Journal of Suleyman Demirol University Faculty of Science and Letters, IV (2009), 213–223.