KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO EMPLOYMENT IN TURKEY
Abstract
In this study, the current status of knowledge economy in Turkey has been
examined and its contribution to employment in Turkish economy has been investigated.
As a result, it was determined that R&D spending a leading indicator of the knowledge
economy has been increased in all sectors particularly in private sector R & D
expenditure and the number of employees parallel to R & D spending and patent
registration has also been increased. At the same time, R & D growth in employment
yielded a positive result by reflecting patent applications. However, the share of R & D
employment in total employment was determined average 1.5%. To provide more
employment in sectors depends on knowledge economy, entrepreneurial culture should be
developed and efficiency of SMEs that has an important place in employment should be
increased by supporting formation of the IT infrastructure.
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Details
Primary Language
Turkish
Subjects
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Journal Section
Conference Paper
Publication Date
August 25, 2016
Submission Date
August 1, 2016
Acceptance Date
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Published in Issue
Year 1970