Fuat Oğuz

Mystery of the unknown: revisiting tacit knowledge in the organizational literature

Purpose – This study aims to discuss how organizational researchers use the concept of tacit knowledge. The concept has become a “buzzword” in the last decade and has given rise to an extensive literature. The current study views tacit knowledge as a crucial concept that may help link individual understanding and skills and organizational routines and capabilities, a rare topic of discussion in extant literature.Design/methodology/approach – The paper also addresses some of the misunderstandings in the theoretical and empirical organizational literature on tacit knowledge. Organizational researchers usually refer to Michael Polanyis conception of the term as tacit knowledge, though they mean Gilbert Ryles concept of “knowing‐how” instead.Findings – Accordingly, the primordial nature of tacit knowing is lost in the transition and what is left is a linear dichotomy of tacit and explicit knowledge.Originality/value – This misunderstanding creates an obstacle in the way toward establishing the link between ...

Hayek on tacit knowledge

This paper discusses the place of ‘tacit knowledge’ in Hayeks writings. How did Hayek understand tacit knowledge? How did his understanding change through time? I address these questions and follow the change in Hayeks works from skills and techniques of thought in the 1930s to the use of ‘tacit knowledge’ in the1960s. Hayek uses Polanyis concept in many writings, but remains short of approving its implications. The paper emphasizes that while Hayek was quite aware of the differences between tacit knowing and knowing-how, he was not keen to stress the divergence. In the end, I offer some potential explanations for this preference.

The political economy of regulation in Turkey

Chapter 1. Introduction: Regulation and Competition in Turkey.- Chapter 2. The Place of Regulation within the Public Law in Turkey.- Chapter 3. The Political Economy of Privitization in Turkey: An Evaluation.- Chapter 4. Regulatory Diffusion in Turkey: A Cross-Sectoral Assesment.- Chapter 5. The Legal Structure of Competition Policy in Turkey.- Chapter 6. Regulation in the Turkish Electricity Industry.- Chapter 7. The Regulation of Natural Gas Industry in Turkey.- Chapter 8. Regulation and Competition in the Turkish Telecommunications Industry.- Chapter 9. Regulation, Deregulation and Competition in the Turkish Airline Industry.- Chapter 10. The Political Economy of Water Regulation and the Environmental in Turkey.

THE EFFECTS OF ECONOMIC REGULATION IN THE ISTANBUL TAXICAB MARKET

This paper discusses the regulation of the Istanbul taxicab market and its consequences. While price and entry regulations are common to many taxi markets, there are significant differences in their institutional frameworks. We examine the problems of the Istanbul market and offer recommendations to improve its efficiency.