Entry strategies to kazakhstan market using by turkish firms

Since the disintegration of the Socialist Block in early 1990s fundamental economical and political changes in transition economies have become a major subject of numerous studies. The new dimension of entry mode choices to international markets with the transition economy context has emerged as an actual problem in international business and management again. These new markets has provided unique opportunity to test the applicability of existing theories. This study aims to explore the size of entry strategies being made by Turkish firms to one of the transition economies and analize them as pivotal strategic decision-making problem. Also this study will try to determine the existance, frequencies and relations of such factors, namely the decision maker, organization, and environment, with entry mode choice decisions and Turkish firm?s investment behaviors in Kazakhstan. Key Words: transition economies, international market entry strategies, environment, organization and decision maker factors.