TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Relative Knowledge Economy Performance of Turkey’s in European Union Harmonization Process: Statistical Evidence
AU  - İnce, Kevser
AU  - Ünlü, Fatma
PY  - 2022
DA  - December
JF  - Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
JO  - JEIM
PB  - Beta Basım Yayım Dağıtım A.Ş.
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2147-5792
SP  - 55
EP  - 83
VL  - 11
IS  - 2
LA  - en
AB  - Purpose: To examine the information economy performance in Turkey and in the process of harmonization with the European Union and to evaluate its current situation with data. Methodology: The knowledge economy performances of European Union countries and Turkey were analyzed by factor analysis, hierarchical clustering analysis and discriminant analysis using 13 indicators representing the knowledge economy and data from the 2008 and 2018 periods. Findings: According to the results of the analysis, Turkey's knowledge economy performance is most similar to Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia and the Greek Cypriot Administration among the European Union countries. Practical Implications: Turkey needs to implement the necessary reforms in terms of information economy performance and increase investments in R&D, ICT sector, patents, high technology exports and human capital. Originality: This study tries to determine the current situation of Turkey and EU countries with variables of different dimensions and comprehensive analysis.
KW  - Economic Development
KW  - Knowledge Economy
KW  - Cluster Analysis
CR  - Akçam, S. (2006). “Avrupa Birliğinde Bilgi Toplumuna Geçiş Çalışmaları”, TOBB Bilgi
Hizmetleri Dairesi, Haziran 2006
UR  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/jeim/issue//1615479
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/4502089
ER  -