Tunç Erem (born 1938) is a

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academic in international

marketing Marketing is the process of exploring, creating, and delivering value to meet the needs of a target market in terms of goods and services; potentially including selection of a target audience; selection of certain attributes or themes to emph ...

and

international trade International trade is the exchange of capital, goods, and services across international borders or territories because there is a need or want of goods or services. (see: World economy) In most countries, such trade represents a significant ...

and

strategic management In the field of management, strategic management involves the formulation and implementation of the major goals and initiatives taken by an organization's managers on behalf of stakeholders, based on consideration of Resource management, resour ...

. Erem was born in

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in 1938. After finishing

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High School in İstanbul, he graduated from the college of

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Roosevelt University Roosevelt University is a private university with campuses in Chicago and Schaumburg, Illinois. Founded in 1945, the university was named in honor of United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. The unive ...

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in 1962 with a

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. He received his

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from the Istanbul Academy of Economic and Commercial Sciences in 1968. Erem was awarded the title of

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in 1971, and in 1977 a full professorship at the Istanbul Academy of Economic and Commercial Sciences. Erem's research interests include

international marketing Global marketing is defined as “marketing on a worldwide scale reconciling or taking global operational differences, similarities and opportunities in order to reach global objectives". Global marketing is also a field of study in general busin ...

, strategic management and international trade. He has represented Turkey at various international conferences pertinent to these research interests, and is the author of numerous articles published in international or national journals or conference proceedings. Erem has also written three books on marketing management. From 1977 to 1978, Erem was

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of the College of Business Administration of the Istanbul Academy of Economic and Commercial Sciences. Between 1999 and 2002, Erem served as the dean of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences of

Marmara University Marmara University ( Turkish: ''Marmara Üniversitesi'') is a public university in Istanbul, Turkey. The university is named after the Sea of Marmara and was founded as a university in 1982. However, it was created in 1883 under the name of ''H ...

. He was elected rector by the teaching faculty of the university in June 2002 and remained in office until July 2006 following the election of a successor by the university faculty. Erem is listed as a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Turkish Friendship Council.

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Biography in TurkishAmerican Turkish Friendship Council Board of Trustees
{{DEFAULTSORT:Erem, Tunc 1938 births Living people Turkish business theorists Turkish social scientists Turkish non-fiction writers Roosevelt University alumni Robert College alumni Academic staff of Marmara University