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NURİ DEMİRAĞ’S ENTREPRENEURSHIP MODEL: COMPETENCY ANALYSIS FROM HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE TO PRESENT

Volume: 7 Number: 2 June 15, 2026
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NURİ DEMİRAĞ’S ENTREPRENEURSHIP MODEL: COMPETENCY ANALYSIS FROM HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE TO PRESENT

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the entrepreneurial competencies of Nuri Demirağ, one of Türkiye's pioneering entrepreneurs, and his role in the industrialization process of the early Republican era. Demirağ's entrepreneurial competencies — visionary leadership, innovation, risk-taking, and resource management — are analyzed in light of historical data and academic literature. The research defines the competencies necessary for entrepreneurial success, discusses how Demirağ demonstrated these characteristics, the impact of the economic and political conditions of the period on the entrepreneurial ecosystem, and evaluates how historical examples offer strategic lessons for modern entrepreneurship policies and practices. By integrating historical entrepreneurship with institutional theory, this study makes three fundamental contributions: conceptual, methodological, and practical. The conceptual contribution of this research is its support for understanding the dynamics of institutional entrepreneurship in emerging economies; the methodological contribution of applying historical case studies to entrepreneurship research is its practical contribution; and the opportunity to draw strategic lessons from historical experiences for contemporary entrepreneurs constitutes its practical contribution.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Employment

Journal Section

Review

Early Pub Date

May 19, 2026

Publication Date

June 15, 2026

Submission Date

January 26, 2026

Acceptance Date

April 9, 2026

Published in Issue

Year 2026 Volume: 7 Number: 2

APA
Akduman, G., Arabacı, A. B., İlhan, M. E., Ceylan, E., & Akbaba, M. M. (2026). NURİ DEMİRAĞ’S ENTREPRENEURSHIP MODEL: COMPETENCY ANALYSIS FROM HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE TO PRESENT. Toplum Ekonomi Ve Yönetim Dergisi, 7(2), 361-372. https://doi.org/10.58702/teyd.1872183
AMA
1.Akduman G, Arabacı AB, İlhan ME, Ceylan E, Akbaba MM. NURİ DEMİRAĞ’S ENTREPRENEURSHIP MODEL: COMPETENCY ANALYSIS FROM HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE TO PRESENT. Toplum Ekonomi ve Yönetim Dergisi. 2026;7(2):361-372. doi:10.58702/teyd.1872183
Chicago
Akduman, Gülbeniz, Ahmet Burak Arabacı, Münevver Elif İlhan, Emirhan Ceylan, and Muhammed Mekin Akbaba. 2026. “NURİ DEMİRAĞ’S ENTREPRENEURSHIP MODEL: COMPETENCY ANALYSIS FROM HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE TO PRESENT”. Toplum Ekonomi Ve Yönetim Dergisi 7 (2): 361-72. https://doi.org/10.58702/teyd.1872183.
EndNote
Akduman G, Arabacı AB, İlhan ME, Ceylan E, Akbaba MM (June 1, 2026) NURİ DEMİRAĞ’S ENTREPRENEURSHIP MODEL: COMPETENCY ANALYSIS FROM HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE TO PRESENT. Toplum Ekonomi ve Yönetim Dergisi 7 2 361–372.
IEEE
[1]G. Akduman, A. B. Arabacı, M. E. İlhan, E. Ceylan, and M. M. Akbaba, “NURİ DEMİRAĞ’S ENTREPRENEURSHIP MODEL: COMPETENCY ANALYSIS FROM HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE TO PRESENT”, Toplum Ekonomi ve Yönetim Dergisi, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 361–372, June 2026, doi: 10.58702/teyd.1872183.
ISNAD
Akduman, Gülbeniz - Arabacı, Ahmet Burak - İlhan, Münevver Elif - Ceylan, Emirhan - Akbaba, Muhammed Mekin. “NURİ DEMİRAĞ’S ENTREPRENEURSHIP MODEL: COMPETENCY ANALYSIS FROM HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE TO PRESENT”. Toplum Ekonomi ve Yönetim Dergisi 7/2 (June 1, 2026): 361-372. https://doi.org/10.58702/teyd.1872183.
JAMA
1.Akduman G, Arabacı AB, İlhan ME, Ceylan E, Akbaba MM. NURİ DEMİRAĞ’S ENTREPRENEURSHIP MODEL: COMPETENCY ANALYSIS FROM HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE TO PRESENT. Toplum Ekonomi ve Yönetim Dergisi. 2026;7:361–372.
MLA
Akduman, Gülbeniz, et al. “NURİ DEMİRAĞ’S ENTREPRENEURSHIP MODEL: COMPETENCY ANALYSIS FROM HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE TO PRESENT”. Toplum Ekonomi Ve Yönetim Dergisi, vol. 7, no. 2, June 2026, pp. 361-72, doi:10.58702/teyd.1872183.
Vancouver
1.Gülbeniz Akduman, Ahmet Burak Arabacı, Münevver Elif İlhan, Emirhan Ceylan, Muhammed Mekin Akbaba. NURİ DEMİRAĞ’S ENTREPRENEURSHIP MODEL: COMPETENCY ANALYSIS FROM HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE TO PRESENT. Toplum Ekonomi ve Yönetim Dergisi. 2026 Jun. 1;7(2):361-72. doi:10.58702/teyd.1872183