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TURKEY’S ENTREPRENEUR WEAPONS: THE DRIVING FORCES BEHIND ANATOLIAN TIGERS

Year 2018, , 96 - 103, 15.07.2018
https://doi.org/10.17261/Pressacademia.2018.841

Abstract

Purpose - Liberalization policies of 1980s had transforming and accelerating influence over the formation of Anatolian capital. Taking innovativeness as granted, New Regionalist studies especially on Turkish SMEs explains the reasons of this development. The aim of this article is to evaluate concerning literature and concepts of development style of (Afterwards so called) Anatolian Tigers.

Methodology - This research is based on methodology of secondary data analysis: selection and discussion of theoretical and descriptive material, in context, and detailed comparison of theories in terms of their applicability.

Findings- Briefly factors to the economic rise of Anatolian Tigers are New industrial spaces conceptualization, Flexible Specialization, Changing aspect of international division of labour, Core-periphery paradigm.

Conclusion- Anatolian Tigers development process is reflect of liberalization term of 1980’s, opening Turkey’s doors to the global economy. This development model and the way they integrate to the world economy is unique development style of T

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Year 2018, , 96 - 103, 15.07.2018
https://doi.org/10.17261/Pressacademia.2018.841

Abstract

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  • Adas, E. B. (2006). The making of entrepreneurial Islam and the Islamic spirit of capitalism. Journal for Cultural Research, 10(2), 113-137.
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  • Demirdag, I. (2015). Entrepreneurship and regional economic sevelopment: evidence on Turkish regions. METU: Ankara, Turkey.
  • Duruiz, L., & Yentürk, N. (1993). Facing the challenge: Turkish automobile, steel and clothing industries' responses to post‐fordist restructuring. Development Policy Review, 11(3), 289-304.
  • Eraydın, A. (2001). The roles of central government policies and the new forms of local governance in the emergence of industrial districts. Promoting Local Growth: Process, Practice and Policy, 81-101.
  • Eraydın, A. (2002). Yeni sanayi odakları: Yerel kalkınmanın yeniden kavramlaştırılması. ODTÜ Mimarlık Fakültesi.
  • Eraydin, A. & Armatli-Köroğlu, B. (2005). Innovation, networking and the new industrial clusters: the characteristics of networks and local innovation capabilities in the Turkish industrial clusters. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 17(4), 237-266.
  • Hoffman, O. and Kaplinsky, C. (1988). Driving force: the global restructuring of technology, labour and investment in the automobile and components industries. London: Westview Press.
  • Hosgor, E. (2013). Islamic capital/Anatolian tigers: past and present. Middle Eastern Studies, 47(2), 343-360.
  • Isık, O. & Pınarcıoğlu, M. (2006). Geographies of a silent transition: a geographically weighted regression approach to regional fertility differences in Turkey. European Journal of Population, 22(4), 399-421.
  • Karadağ, M., Ozlem O. & Delktas, E. (2005). Growth of factor productivity in the Turkish manufacturing industry at provincial level. Regional Studies, 39(2), 213-223.
  • Kenish, O. (1995). The end of the nation state: the rise of regional economies. New York: The Free Press.
  • Keyman, E. F. & Koyuncu, B. (2005). Globalization, alternative modernities and the political economy of Turkey. Review of International Political Economy, 12(1), 105-128.
  • Krugman, P. R. (1991). Geography and trade. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
  • Mardin, Ş. (1973). Center-periphery relations: A key to Turkish politics? Daedalus, 169-190.
  • Nemeth, R. J. & Smith, D. A. (1985). International trade and world-system structure: a multiple network analysis. Review (Fernand Braudel Center), 8(4), Page 517-560.
  • Öncü, A. & Köse, A. (1998). Dünya ve Turkiye ekonomisinde Anadolu imalat sanayii: zenginlesmenin mi yoksa yoksullasmanin mi eşiğindeyiz?. Toplum ve Bilim, 77, Page 151-152.
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  • Sabel, C. (1984). Work and Politics: The Division of Labor in Industry, Cambridge University Press.
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  • Schmitz, H. (2004). Local enterprises in the global economy: Issues of Governance and Upgrading. Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • Sugur, N. (1997). Small firm flexibility in Turkey: the case of OSTIM industrial district at Ankara. New Perspectives on Turkey, 16, Page 87-104.
  • Tok, E. (2011). Varieties of communitarianism in the cities of Anatolia region: a comparison of Kayseri, Gaziantep and Eskisehir. Carleton University: Ottawa, Canada.
  • Toprak, M., Demir, Ö. & Acar, M. (2004). Anatolian tigers or Islamic capital: prospects and challenges. Middle Eastern Studies, 40(6), 166-188.
  • Yavuz, H. (2003). Islamic Political Identity in Turkey. Oxford University Press on Demand https://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/anatolian-tigers.asp#ixzz51KYyRPa1 (Reached: 10.12.2017 )
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Senay Oguztimur This is me 0000-0002-8091-9214

Publication Date July 15, 2018
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APA Oguztimur, S. (2018). TURKEY’S ENTREPRENEUR WEAPONS: THE DRIVING FORCES BEHIND ANATOLIAN TIGERS. Journal of Management Marketing and Logistics, 5(2), 96-103. https://doi.org/10.17261/Pressacademia.2018.841

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