Bu makalede, uzay alaninda isbirligine engel olan baslica uluslararasi düzenlemeler tanitilmis, ABD’nin 2010 yilinda acikladigi ulusal uzay politikasi incelenmis ve uzay alaninda faaliyet gosteren ulkeler acisindan degerlendirilmistir. Ayrica, bu politikaya bagli olarak olusan uluslararasi...

The importance of knowledge for long-run economic growth has long been an important research area for economists and policy makers. This paper attempts to analyze the impact of knowledge on economic growth in Turkey over the 1963-2010 period, by using a production function approach. In contrast...

This paper provides a novel taxonomy of firms based on specialisation versus diversification in production and markets. Firms may chose to specialise on few production activities or alternatively may build expertise in many activities. There is an accompanying decision when firms sell their...

Emerging nanotechnologies bring a new challenge for developing countries to improve knowledge and technology transfer between universities and firms. In developing countries, weaker ties between academia and the industry seem to be one of the main barriers to the dissemination of nanotechnology...

The automotive industry is one of the main contributors to value added, employment and exports of the Turkish economy and it has undergone major changes since the mid-nineties. Most of the automotive manufacturers in Turkey are either joint ventures or wholly-owned affiliates of multinational...

Genisbant internet hizmetleri, bilgi ekonomisinin en önemli altyapilarindan birini olusturmakta ve hem sosyal hem de iktisadi pek çok alanda yeni dönüsümlere sebep olmaktadir. Bu baðlamda, ülkelerin rekabet avantajlarini kaybetmemeleri için ülke birey ve kurumlarinin söz konusu...

This paper tests the impact of ICT on economic growth for underdeveloped and developing countries by using a panel dataset for the period of 1995-2006. We first develop the theory of the relationship between ICT and economic growth. We show that ICT-capital has a positive effect both on long-run...

We deal with nanotechnology research activities in Turkey. Based on publication data retrieved from ISI Web of SSCI database, the main actors and the main characteristics of nanotechnology research in Turkey are identified. Following a brief introduction to nanoscience and nanotechnology...

The purpose of this paper is to explore the determinants of innovative capabilities in an emerging country context. We focus more particularly on the impact of recent changes in SME policies in Turkey. Using a unique firm-level survey conducted on 45.000 SMEs, innovative capabilities of firms...

Technology spillovers from foreign to domestic firms in emerging economies are considered to be the most important channel through which Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) influence the host economy. Empirical evidence about the existence, magnitude and direction of FDI-related spillovers in these...