INTERNALIZATION OF TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION PROCESS: AN EVALUATION IN TERMS OF EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS

Abstract

Evolutionary theory has revealed that technological change is a field of research that should be examined through evolutionary concepts, and has striven to internalize the relevant processes. This approach models technological development and innovation phenomena based on concepts that can lead to non-equilibrium situations such as uncertainty, change, bounded rationality, path dependence, cumulative learning, heterogeneity and natural selection. In doing so, it is determined that the relevant processes have micro dynamics and are embedded in institutional structures. In light of all this, this study reveals that evolutionary approaches develop a different style of analysis than the New Growth Theories, which tried to internalize R&D and innovation in the same years, and go beyond simple causality relations. Thus, it is understood that technological development and innovation occur as a result of numerous intertwined mechanisms and interactions.

Keywords

• Innovation
• Technological Development
• Evolutionary Economics
• Institutional Structure

TEKNOLOJİK GELİŞME VE İNOVASYON SÜRECİNİN İÇSELLEŞTİRİLMESİ: EVRİMCİ DİNAMİKLER ÜZERİNDEN BİR DEĞERLENDİRME

Öz

Evrimci teori, teknolojik değişimi ve inovasyon süreçlerini evrimci dinamikler üzerinden incelenmesi gereken birer araştırma alanı olduğunu ortaya koymuş ve ilgili süreçleri içselleştirme çabalarına girişmiştir. Bu yaklaşım, teknolojik gelişim ve inovasyon olgularını belirsizlik, değişim, sınırlı rasyonellik, patika bağımlılığı, birikimli öğrenme, heterojenite ve doğal seçilim gibi denge dışı durumlara yol açabilen kavramlara dayalı olarak modellemiştir. Bu şekilde, ilgili süreçlerin mikro dinamikler taşıdığı ve kurumsal yapılara içerilmiş olduğu belirlenmiştir. Tüm bunların ışığında, bu çalışmada, evrimci yaklaşımların yine aynı dönemlerde Ar-Ge ve inovasyonu içselleştirmeye çalışan Yeni Büyüme Teorilerinden farklı bir analiz tarzı geliştirdiği ve basit nedensellik ilişkilerinin dışına çıktığı ortaya koyulmuştur. Dolayısıyla, teknoloji ve inovasyonun çok sayıda iç içe geçmiş mekanizma ve etkileşimler sonucunda gerçekleştiği anlaşılmıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• İnovasyon
• Teknolojik Gelişme
• Evrimci İktisat
• Kurumsal Yapı

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