A study on determining the factors preventing enterprises from innovation: Erzincan organized industrial zone example

Year 2019, Issue: 54, 417 - 446, 31.12.2019

Serkan Demirdöğen

https://doi.org/10.18070/erciyesiibd.521871

Cited By: 1

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the internal and external factors
that prevent the innovation activities of enterprises operating in the Erzincan
Organized Industrial Zone (OIZ). Additionally, it was also aimed in this study
to determine whether there was a statistically significant relationship between
internal and external innovation barriers, and also between the innovation
barriers and general structures of the enterprises (annual return, operating
cycle, and number of employees). The survey form that was prepared in line with
these aims was applied to all the owners and managers of 35 enterprises that
were functioning in the Erzincan OIZ as of April 2018. According to the results
of the study, “the simplicity of copying the product innovation” was determined
as the external innovation barrier, and “insufficient skills of the employees”
was determined as the internal innovation barrier. Additionally, based on the
results of the correlation analysis, it was determined that there was a
statistically significant and strong relationship between the internal and
external innovation barriers. It is considered that this study will make
important contributions to the plans and studies to be conducted by the central
and local units for increasing the innovation potentials of enterprises. By
this means, it is expected that this will also contribute to the technological
development and international competitiveness of enterprises and country. In
addition, it is thought that the study will contribute to the academic studies
that will be conducted in order to identify internal and external innovation
barriers throughout the country.

Keywords

Innovation, Innovation Barriers, Erzincan OIZ

İşletmelerin inovasyon yapmalarına engel olan faktörlerin belirlenmesine yönelik bir araştırma: Erzincan organize sanayi bölgesi örneği

Abstract

Bu çalışma Erzincan Organize
Sanayi Bölgesinde (OSB) faaliyet gösteren işletmelerin inovasyon yapmalarına
engel olan iç ve dış faktörlerin belirlenmesi amacıyla yapılmıştır. Çalışmada
ayrıca iç inovasyon engelleri ile dış inovasyon engelleri arasında ve inovasyon
engelleri ile işletmelerin genel yapısı (yıllık ciro, faaliyet süresi ve
çalışan sayısı) arasında anlamlı bir ilişkinin olup olmadığının tespit edilmesi
amaçlanmıştır. Bu amaçlar doğrultusunda hazırlanan anket formu 2018 yılı Nisan
ayı itibariyle, Erzincan OSB’ de faaliyet gösteren 35 işletmenin sahip ve
yöneticilerinin tamamına uygulanmıştır. Araştırmanın sonuçlarına göre, dış
inovasyon engeli olarak “ürün yeniliğinin kopyalanmasının kolay olması”, iç
inovasyon engeli olarak da “çalışanların yeteneklerinin yetersiz olması” ön
plana çıkan engeller olmuştur. Ayrıca yapılan korelasyon analizi sonuçlarına
göre iç ve dış inovasyon engelleri arasında güçlü ve anlamlı bir ilişki
bulunmuştur. Çalışmanın merkezi ve yerel birimler
tarafından işletmelerin inovasyon güçlerinin arttırılmasına yönelik olarak
yapacakları planlamalara ve çalışmalara önemli katkılar sağlayacağı
düşünülmektedir.  Bu sayede de
işletmelerin ve ülkenin teknolojik gelişimine ve uluslararası rekabetçiliğine
çeşitli katkılar sağlanması umulmaktadır. 
Ayrıca çalışmanın ülke genelinde iç ve dış inovasyon engellerinin
belirlenmesine yönelik yapılacak akademik çalışmalara da katkı sağlayacağı
düşünülmektedir.

Keywords

İnovasyon, İnovasyon Engelleri, Erzincan OSB

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