M.Sc. Tezi Görüntüleme

Student:	Ibrahim YILDIRIM
Supervisor:	Asst. Prof. Dr. Kadri Cemil AKYÜZ
Department:	Forest Industrial Engineering
Institution:	Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences
University:	Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey

Title of the Thesis:	INVESTIGATION ON COMPETITION OF SOME PRODUCT GROUPS IN FOREST INDUSTRY DURING TO EUROPEAN UNION MEMBERSHIP
Level:	M.Sc.
Acceptance Date:	18/1/2006
Number of Pages:	140
Registration Number:	i1655

Summary:

It is fact that economical and welfare levels of European Union (EU) Countries are more developed than non-member of EU countries. New member country of EU increases the economical structure of country and uses the advantageous of EU. Turkey has been waiting to join EU for 42 years. Finally, EU had been declared that they started to negotiation for membership with Turkey at 3 October 2005.

Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) play important role in the countries and very effective position in market structure due to production and management flexibility. Therefore, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises will affect the joining process of Turkey to EU.

In this study, it was analyzed 3 years statistical data (from 2002 to 2004) of Forest Products Industry with 12 Products Groups (i.e. particle board, medium density fiberboard MDF, plywood, sawnwood, veneer sheets, insulating board, mechanical wood pulp, chemical wood pulp, recovered paper, newsprint, printing and writing paper, other paper and paper board) between 25 EU countries and Turkey. Hierarchical Cluster Analysis and Discriminant Analysis were used in order to compare forest products industry between EU and Turkey.

Keywords: European Union, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, Manufacturing Industry, Forest Product Industry, Hierarchical Cluster Analysis, Discriminant Analysis.