INNOVATIVENESS IN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS OF TURKEY AND INDICATORS OF INNOVATION ACTIVITIES IN SMEs

Abstract

ABSTRACT

In recent years “innovation” become an important concept of regional development literature. In many regional development studies, innovation concept and indicators of innovation are defined as regards to regional economic and industrial characteristics and technological level of region. In the context of the paper innovation indicators and relationship between firm networks and innovation capacity are researched in industrial nodes of Turkey. Paper depends on data of field survey, realised in Ankara, Bursa and Denizli. Results of the study show that general innovation indicators are not directly related with innovation capacity in sample industrial nodes, however networks, especially global Networks are important for innovation activities in firms and regions.

Keywords

• Key Words: Industrial districts, regional development, innovativeness, SME network

TÜRKİYE’DE SANAYİ BÖLGELERİNDE YENİLİK SÜREÇLERİ VE KOBİ’LERDE YENİLİKÇİLİK GÖSTERGELERİ

Abstract

Son dönemde bölgesel gelişme yazınında “yenilik” gelişme için önemli bir kavram olarak öne çıkmaktadır. Bölgesel gelişme çalışmalarında yenilik kavramı ve yenilikçilik göstergeleri çalışmanın kapsamına, bölgenin ekonomik ve sanayi yapısına, teknoloji düzeyine göre tanımlanmaktadır. Makale kapsamında Türkiye’de sanayi odaklarında genel kabul gören yenilikçilik göstergelerinin ne kadar gelişmiş ve ne kadar geçerli olduğu, sanayi odaklarında firma ağları ve yenilikçilik kapasitesi arasındaki ilişki araştırılmaktadır. Makale Ankara, Bursa ve Denizli’de gerçekleştirilen alan araştırması verilerine dayanmakta ve araştırma sonuçları örnek sanayi bölgelerinde genel kabul gören göstergelerin yenilikçilik kapasitesi ile doğrudan ilişkili olmadığını, ancak firma ağlarının özellikle de küresel ağların önemini göstermektedir

Keywords

• Sanayi bölgeleri, bölgesel gelişme, yenilikçilik, KOBİ ağları

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