The objective of this study is to investigate the factors affecting firm competitiveness in an emerging market—Turkey. In the paper, competitiveness is proxied by a firm’s financial performance. The empirical analysis is based on firms listed on Borsa Istanbul and covers the period between 2005 and 2014. Results from a firm-level panel data model indicate that return on assets is positively rel...

Purpose – Economic and financial crises are very frequent in th world nowadays. Real Estate Investment Trusts were emerged as a solution to the liquidity sustainable growth problems faced by real estate its related sectors. The stock market performances or ratio of REITs became important for individual corporate investors investitage, analyse understand their positions. This study was conducted...