An Empirical Study on R & D Incentives and Innovation Relation in OECD Countries

Öz

R&D activities in the age of knowledge economy are a necessity rather than a need. With the transfer of innovation and technological development to the center of economic growth, R&D indicators are used as a measure. The strengths of firms and economies are proportional to how well and how quickly they catch up with innovation. The government provides direct and indirect support to the private sector in order to promote innovation activities that are becoming increasingly important in today's World economy. The purpose of this study is to measure the impact of these incentives on innovation by using the cross-sectional analysis method for 2016 data of OECD countries. According to the empirical results obtained from the study, it was found that R&D incentives in OECD countries did not have a statistically significant effect on innovation.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• R&D Incentives,Innovation,OECD

OECD Ülkelerinde Ar-Ge Teşvikleri ve İnovasyon İlişkisi Üzerine Ampirik Bir İnceleme

Öz

Bilgi ekonomisi çağında Ar-Ge faaliyetleri yapmak bir ihtiyaçtan ziyade zorunluluktur. İnovasyonun ve teknolojik gelişmenin ekonomik büyümenin merkezine taşınmasıyla birlikte Ar-Ge göstergeleri bir iktisadi gelişmişlik ölçütü olarak kullanılmaktadır. Firmaların ve ülke ekonomilerinin güçlü olması yeniliği ne kadar iyi ve ne kadar kısa zamanda yakaladıkları ile orantılıdır. Günümüz dünya ekonomisinde önemi her geçen gün artan yenilik faaliyetlerini teşvik etmek amacıyla devlet, özel sektöre doğrudan ve dolaylı yolla destek sağlamaktadır. Bu çalışmanın amacı, söz konusu teşviklerin ulusal bazda geliştirilen inovasyon üzerindeki etkisini OECD ülkeleri için 2016 yılı verilerini kullanarak yatay-kesit analiz yöntemi ile ölçmektir. Çalışmadan elde edilen ampirik sonuçlara göre,  OECD ülkelerinde Ar-Ge teşviklerinin inovasyon üzerinde istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir etkiye sahip olmadığı bulgusuna ulaşılmıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Ar-Ge Teşvikleri,İnovasyon,OECD

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