Ümit Hacioglu is professor of finance at Istanbul Medipol University, School of Business, Istanbul-Turkey. Dr. Hacioglu has BAs in Business Administration and International Relations (2002). He received PhD in Finance and Banking with his thesis entitled as “Effects of Conflict on Equity Performance”. Finance and Banking, Strategic Management and International Political economy are the main pillars of his interdisciplinary studies. He is the executive editor of International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (IJRBS) and the founder member of the Society for the Study of Business and Finance (SSBF).Hasan Dinçer is professor of finance at Istanbul Medipol University, School of Business, Istanbul- Turkey. Dr. Dinçer has BA in Financial Markets and Investment Management at Marmara University. He received PhD in Finance and Banking with his thesis entitled as “The Effect of Changes on the Competitive Strategies of New Service Development in the Banking Sector”. He has a work experience in Finance sector as portfolio specialist and his major academic studies focusing on financial instruments, performance evaluation, and economics. He is the executive editor of International Journal of Finance and Banking Studies (IJFBS) and the founder member of the Society for the Study of Business and Finance (SSBF).Nihat Alayoglu is associate professor of management and strategy at Istanbul Medipol University, School of Business, Istanbul-Turkey. Dr. Alayoglu has BAs in Economics (1990) and MBA in 1994. He received PhD in Human Resource Management “Strategic compensation management and a research on executives pay“. Human Resource Management, Organizational Behaviour, Business Ethics, Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship and Family business are the main pillars of his interdisciplinary studies.
