Yüksekögretim sisteminin yeniden yapilandirilmasi 2012 yilinin çok tartisilacak konularindan birisi olmaya adaydir. Pek çok üniversite bu konudaki görüslerini, genel yapilanmanin ne sekilde olmasi gerektigi konusunda detayli bilgiler içeren raporlar vasitasiyla açiklamislardir. Bu...

Bu makalede üretim parçalanmasi modeli ve ara mali ticaretine dayanan üretim örgütlenmesinin is gücü piyasalarina etkisi tartisilmistir. Ürünlerin, sermayenin, emegin ve fikirlerin serbestçe dolasabildigi günümüz ekonomisi, üretimin küresellesmesine ortam saglamaktadir. Üretimin...

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...

This study investigates the patterns of innovation in Turkey and its primary aim is to examine the intra-industry heterogeneity in innovative activities. For this purpose double-level factor analysis is performed and resulting factor scores are used in the subsequent cluster analyses. Four...