Subscribers of Turkcell Turkey rose 192 thousand to 34.7 million during the quarter, despite intense competition from international telecom juggernaut Vodafone (VOD), and the mix of prepaid and postpaid subscribers continues to shift in favor of more profitable and consistent post-paid contracts.
These points rang home during the opening keynote by John Gerzema, author of the book Spend Shift: How the Post-Crisis Values Revolution is Changing the Way We Buy, Sell and Live.
The notion is that industrialisation turns traditional societies into secular-rational ones, while post-industrial development brings about a shift towards values of self-expression.