TÜRKİYE’DEKİ İMALAT İŞLETMELERİNİN SÜRDÜRÜLEBİLİR İNOVASYON FAALİYETLERİ

Year 2021, Issue: 3, 185 - 201, 30.07.2021

Eyüp Çalık

https://doi.org/10.51551/verimlilik.739778

Cited By: 6

Abstract

Amaç: İmalat işletmelerinin, sürdürülebilir kalkınma hedefi doğrultusunda rekabet avantajını sürdürebilmek ve daha verimli çalışabilmek için sürdürülebilir inovasyon faaliyetlerine kaynak ayırmaları gerekmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, Türkiye’deki imalat işletmelerinin sürdürülebilir inovasyon faaliyetlerinin genel durumunu ortaya koymaktır.

Yöntem: İmalat işletmelerinin sürdürülebilir inovasyon faaliyetleri, literatür temelli bir model üzerinden ele alınarak ekonomik, çevresel ve toplumsal sürdürülebilirlik boyutları, ürün ve süreç inovasyon türleri açısından sektörlere ve firma büyüklüklerine göre karşılaştırılmıştır. Bu karşılaştırma, imalat firmalarından web tabanlı bir anket yoluyla elde edilen 454 geçerli veri üzerinden basit ortalama yöntemi kullanılarak, ortalama puanlar üzerinden renk ölçeği yardımıyla yapılmıştır.

Bulgular: İmalat firmalarının genelde süreç inovasyonu faaliyetlerine daha fazla odaklandığı görülmüştür. Sektörel olarak ise plastik sektörünün ön plana çıktığı, elektrik-elektronik imalatçılarının sürdürülebilir inovasyon faaliyetleri konusunda daha geride bulunduğu belirlenmiştir. Diğer yandan, firma ölçeği büyüdükçe sürdürülebilir inovasyon faaliyetlerinin artmakta olduğu gözlemlenmiştir. Son olarak, sürdürülebilirlik boyutları açısından bakıldığında ise toplumsal boyut faaliyetlerinin daha yüksek değere sahip olduğu bulunmuştur.

Özgünlük: Türkiye’deki imalat firmalarının sürdürülebilir ürün ve süreç inovasyonu faaliyetlerini saha verilerine dayalı olarak model temelli inceleyen ilk araştırmadır. Elde edilen sonuçlar, imalat firmalarının bulundukları sektörlerin durumunu görmeleri yanı sıra imalat sanayii ile ilgili politika yapıcılar ve aracı kurumlar tarafından politika geliştirmek amacıyla kullanılabilir.

Keywords

Sürdürülebilir İnovasyon, Faaliyetler, İmalat, Sektör, Ölçek

SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION ACTIVITIES of MANUFACTURING FIRMS in TURKEY

Abstract

Purpose: Manufacturing enterprises should allocate resources for sustainable innovation activities in order to maintain their competitive advantage in sustainable development target. This study aims to reveal an overall state of sustainable innovation activities of manufacturing firms in Turkey.

Methodology: Sustainable innovation activities of manufacturing enterprises are handled on a literature based model and compared according to sectors and firm sizes in terms of economic, environmental and social sustainability dimensions, product and process innovation types. This comparison was made using the simple averaging method of 454 valid data obtained from manufacturing companies through a web based questionnaire, using the color scale over the average scores.

Findings: The findings indicate that manufacturing companies generally focus more on process innovation activities. Moreover, it has been observed that the plastic sector is more prominent while the electrical and electronic manufacturers are behind in terms of sustainable innovation activities. Furthermore, sustainable innovation activities increase as the company scale grows. Finally, in terms of sustainability dimensions, it is seen that the social dimension has a higher score.

Originality: It is the first model and data-based research that reveals the general picture of sustainable product and process innovation activities of manufacturing companies in Turkey. These results can be used by manufacturing companies to see the state of their sectors as well as by policy makers and intermediary institutions related to the manufacturing industry.

Keywords

Sustainable Innovation, Activities, Manufacturing, Sector, Scale

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