Knowledge and Innovation Economy: an Evaluation of Turkey

Bakırcı, Fehim

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“…Based on its unique location between advanced Western and emerging Eastern Markets, the country is attracting increasing numbers of FDIs and multinational enterprises (MNEs) that are locating their R&D activities in Turkey (Ayden et al, 2018;Karabag et al, 2011). Furthermore, the country is perpetually transforming its economic structures into a more knowledgebased system, fostering innovation activities of its domestic firms and implementing measures in education as well as public and private R&D (Bakirci, 2018;Yildirim, 2017). Nevertheless, limited R&D activities together with a lack of technological knowledge result in low value-added of many Turkish firms, meaning that the export of high technological products remains at low levels (Yaşar, 2019).…”

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Barriers to university–industry collaboration in an emerging market: Firm-level evidence from Turkey

Kleiner-Schaefer

Schaefer

2022

J Technol Transf

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University-industry collaborations (UICs) are one of the main sources of external knowledge and technologies for industrial firms, particularly in the context of emerging markets (EMs) and firm development. It is thus highly relevant to identify potential barriers internal to the firm as well as in the regional innovation system that might prevent firms from using UICs for innovation, in particular in an EM context. In order to address this issue, we conduct a firm-level study of the R&D-related segment of the manufacturing industry in Istanbul. Logistic regression analysis is used to test the effect of potential barriers on using UICs for innovative activities. With this approach, we are able to identify barriers that prevent innovation-related UICs and thus form a bottleneck to collaborations in the first place. Our findings show that lack of information about UIC opportunities as well as lack of financial support for UICs are the most relevant barriers that inhibit firms’ usage of UICs for innovation. This firm-level evidence points out the importance of university technology transfer offices in regional innovation systems and for fruitful UICs. We further find that administrative barriers have no significant effect, while barriers related to trust and skill matching with scientific partners even have a reverse effect to what we would have expected from the literature. This finding might point towards an effect of perceived versus deterring barriers that has been observed in innovation studies before and might be relevant for studying UICs as well.

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Barriers to university–industry collaboration in an emerging market: Firm-level evidence from Turkey

Kleiner-Schaefer

Schaefer

2022

J Technol Transf

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“…Nonetheless, TMNEs' outward FDI activities have primarily been attributed to marketseeking motives up to now (Aybar, 2016;Ayden et al, 2018). At the same time, increasing public efforts are visible that seek to strengthen the domestic scientific and educational knowledge base and aim to promote firm-level upgrading through public support (Bakirci, 2018;TUIK, 2019b;Yildirim, 2017). However, with respect to the private sector in Istanbul, Huggins and Strakova (2012) indicate a demand gap for innovation-related services provided by universities or the national government.…”

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“…The country and especially Istanbul have attracted an increasing amount of FDIs from countries around the world (Ayden et al, 2018), including growing numbers of MNEs engaging in R&D activities (Karabag et al, 2011). Moreover, the nation is constantly transforming its economic structure toward an innovation-related environment by implementing mechanisms in education and direct support measures for innovation activities of its domestic firms (Bakirci, 2018;Yildirim, 2017). Therefore, the 11th development plan of Turkey provides several policy measures to strengthen the R&D capabilities of Turkish manufacturing, providing a support structure to accelerate innovation outputs (Presidency of The Republic of Turkey, 2019).…”

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Innovation success in an emerging economy: A comparison of R&D‐oriented companies in Turkey

Kleiner‐Schäfer

Liefner

2021

Growth and Change

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Knowledge and innovation capacities are unevenly distributed on a global scale, with national or regional settings playing a crucial role when it comes to the production and usage of knowledge. In particular, emerging economies are less equipped with relevant institutions and resources, meaning that firms residing in such contexts are likewise dealing with lacking innovation capabilities. However, achieving innovation is highly relevant for the economic development of firms and regions. Therefore, we aim to identify key factors for innovation strategies in a differentiated corporate landscape that might affect innovation success. Survey data from the innovative segment of 225 manufacturing firms in Istanbul is used in a two‐step methodological approach. We apply dimension reduction through principal component analysis and use the resulting components in logistic regression analysis to estimate their effects on firms’ innovation success. The results reveal not only important findings about factors for the innovation success of firms, but also highly relevant insights about firms’ innovation strategies. The usage of internal and external R&D resources varies with firm type. In addition, we find that external R&D resources determine firms’ internationalization strategies. Hereof, we suggest policy implications for distinct firm types to support diverse innovation strategies and consequently innovation success.

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“…Secondly, its unique location between Europe and Asia and corresponding proximity to advanced Western and emerging Eastern markets have attracted an increasing amount of inward FDI of MNEs from around the world (Ayden et al, 2018;Erdilek, 2008). Thirdly, Turkey is strategically developing toward an innovation-related environment, transforming its economic structure by implementing mechanisms in education, social state policies and R&D expenditures (Bakirci, 2018) as well as through direct support for innovation-related activities of Turkish firms (Yildirim, 2017).…”

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“…, 2018; Erdilek, 2008). Thirdly, Turkey is strategically developing toward an innovation-related environment, transforming its economic structure by implementing mechanisms in education, social state policies and R&D expenditures (Bakirci, 2018) as well as through direct support for innovation-related activities of Turkish firms (Yildirim, 2017).…”

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Internationalization and domestic political support: a differentiation of R&D-related foreign and domestic firms in Turkey

Kleiner-Schaefer

Tatoğlu

Liefner

2022

IJOEM

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PurposeThis paper contributes insights into how different firm types in the emerging market (EM) of Turkey respond to upgrading pressures in terms of internationalization and the usage of domestic political support. It seeks to highlight how the usage of and the responses to different strategies, connections and policy instruments vary with firm types.Design/methodology/approachBinary logistic regression analysis is used to differentiate and identify characteristics of firms regarding market-seeking strategies and their usage of institutional and financial support. The analysis is based on survey data from firms located in the metro-region of Istanbul: advanced market multinational enterprises (AMNEs), Turkish MNEs (TMNEs) and domestic Turkish firms (DTFs).FindingsDifferent types of firms within the population of innovative firms in the EM setting of Turkey show significant variety regarding the usage of and the responses to key factors affecting internationalization. AMNEs particularly benefit from investment and export incentives as well as from establishing political connections in Turkey. DTFs significantly use tax incentives and primarily seek advanced markets. TMNEs particularly benefit from investment and export incentives and prefer to target advanced markets.Research limitations/implicationsUsing Turkey as a single-country setting is a limitation to the generalizability of the results. Future studies could use more cases of AMNEs to compare different countries of origin. In addition, the intended focus on R&D-related firms produces specific outcomes for such companies.Practical implicationsNational and regional policies need to pursue different strategies for the surveyed groups of firms to attract and maintain foreign direct investments (FDIs) of AMNEs as well as to support outward FDIs of domestic firms and EM MNEs. In particular, policies for market entries and knowledge sourcing in advanced markets are becoming a crucial factor for EM firms in overcoming a shortage of resources at home.Originality/valueThis paper’s findings challenge existing theories such as the concept of psychic distance or liabilities of foreignness, which do not always provide an adequate explanation for internationalization activities of EM firms. In addition, it is highly relevant to apply an eclectic or multidimensional concept when conducting research in EMs in order to capture the interrelated constructs of upgrading, internationalization and political support.

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Knowledge and Innovation Economy: an Evaluation of Turkey

Cited by 5 publications

References 3 publications

Barriers to university–industry collaboration in an emerging market: Firm-level evidence from Turkey

Barriers to university–industry collaboration in an emerging market: Firm-level evidence from Turkey

Innovation success in an emerging economy: A comparison of R&D‐oriented companies in Turkey

Internationalization and domestic political support: a differentiation of R&D-related foreign and domestic firms in Turkey

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