Zafer Parlar kimdir? / Who is Zafer Parlar?

Kariyerine Mexx International’ın Hollanda genel merkezinde Yeni Pazarlar Geliştirme Yöneticisi olarak başladı. Orta ve Güney Amerika, Güney Avrupa ve Ortadoğu ülkeleriyle ticari ilişkiler geliştirdi.

1995 yılında İstanbul’a döndü. 2000 yılında Nike Türkiye’yi kurdu. Liderliğinde Nike, Türkiye’de 9 yılda 70 kat büyüdü. 2005’te Türkiye, Kıbrıs, Yunanistan, İsrail ve Güney Afrika’dan oluşan Nike Güney Cemea bölgesinin başına atandı. 2010 yılında Istventures yatırım danışmanlığı şirketini kurdu.

He started his career as New Markets Development Manager for Mexx International at its headquarters in the Netherlands. He has travelled and developed trade relations in Central and South America, Southern Europe and the Middle East.

In 1995, he returned to Istanbul and held general management positions in the areas of brand Management & retailing. In 2000, he was appointed as General Manager to establish a Nike subsidiary in Turkey. Under his leadership, Nike Turkey grew 70 times in 9 years. Parlar received several local and international awards in both the business and social responsibility areas.

In 2005, Zafer Parlar was appointed as the General Manager of Nike South CEMEA, responsible for Nike subsidiaries in Turkey, Cyprus, Greece, Israel and South Africa.

In 2010, he founded Istventures to support international companies with their market entries to Turkey and Turkish companies for their expansion abroad.

“İŞ’te Türk / Business Over Turkish Coffee” (şubat’12)

Yazar: Zafer Parlar

Bir Avrupalı ya da Asyalı’nın Gözünden Türkler’in İş Yapma Biçimleri

“Türkiye’nin Doğu ve Batı’nın, eskiyle yeninin aynı anda var olduğu çok renkli bir iş kültürü var. Bazı iş ilkelerini ve arkasındaki nedenleri anlamak çok kolay değil. Bu kitabın yazılmasının ana nedeni farklı kültürlerden insanların Türkiye’yle iş yaparken önyargıların değil, temel iş ilkelerinin bilincinde, sürtüşmelerden uzak daha verimli ve keyifli çalışmalarını sağlamak. Bu sayede onlarla iş yapan Türkleri de rahat ettirmek.

Her yazıda bu ülkeye özgü iş kültürüne dair bir şeyler bulmanız umuduyla, eğlenceli okumalar dileriz”

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Author: Zafer Parlar

“Turkey has a very colorful business culture, where East and West and the old and new exist together, and where some business principles and the factors behind them are not easy to understand. My main reason for writing this book is to enable people from different cultural backgrounds to understand the fundamental business pricipless in Turkey,

and to act on these principles rather than on their preconceptions. By doing this, they can work more effectively without wasting time resolving disputes. Turks can also work with these people in harmony and comfort.

I have always worked with people from different cultural backgrounds, and this has enabled me to strengthen my academic work with personal observations and experiences. Working with people from various cultures is like conducting and orchestra: if done well, the result is fantastic; if not, it’s a disaster.

I hope that you will find in each article something about the business culture peculiar to this country.”

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