Ela Sibel Bayrak Meydanoglu – författare

The relations between Turkey and Germany deserve to be called unique because of their depth and extent. This book offers an interdisciplinary approach on these relations from political, socio-economic and business perspectives. In this context, it is a beneficial reference book for those academics in Political Science, Economics and Business Administration who focus their researches on various aspects of the relations between Turkey and Germany. It also provides useful insight for the practitioners such as policy makers, diplomats, investors, financial analysts, NGOs that are engaged in Turkish-German relations, German companies invested in Turkey and Turkish companies that transfer know-how from Germany.

In today's increasingly digitalized world, digital transformation dramatically changes the way of doing business and reshapes business functions such as controlling, logistics, HR, marketing etc. For companies that do not know how to implement digital transformation, it will be difficult to survive. Therefore, digital transformation is one of the most debated issues in today's business world. Being aware of this issue, Turkish-German University (TGU) hosted a conference on „Digital Transformation in Business" in cooperation with Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences in Istanbul. The conference offered a platform where academicians as well as practitioners discussed current issues of digital transformation. The academic papers presented in the conference constitute the papers of this book

The Covid-19 pandemic has not only affected the health and life of people around theworld but also many areas such as the economy, the way of doing business, workinglife, the education sector, the urban life, and consumer consumption habits. Digitaltechnologies and solutions also played an important role in the changes brought aboutby the pandemic. Digitization has brought its own challenges in this context. Beingaware of this issue, Turkish-German University (TGU) hosted a conference on “DigitalChallenges and Strategies in a Post-Pandemic World” in cooperation with BielefeldUniversity of Applied Sciences in Istanbul. The conference offered a platform for academiciansas well as practitioners to discuss the current issues related to new digitalapplications, the impact of digitization, digital challenges, and necessary measures, aswell as strategies to overcome these challenges in a post-pandemic world. The academicpapers presented in the conference constitute the chapters of this book.