The article aims to identify industry clusters in Turkey by examining inter-industry selling and purchasing relationships. The 1990 Turkish input-output table is used to identify similarities between selling and purchasing patterns of the 60 manufacturing industries and derive a matrix that...

Bölgesel ekonomilerin gelişme deneyimlerinde devletin rolü, Keynesyen bakış açısının ötesine geçmiş ve 1950’lerden başlayarak gelişen kalkınma iktisadı, çeşitli okulların etkisiyle evrilerek, kamu harcamalarının gerekip gerekmediği değil; hangi alana yatırım...

The objective of this paper is to estimate efficiency in manufacturing activities in some selected countries in Europe and to provide an answer to the question of whether or not contiguity to an efficient country contributes to the efficiency levels of manufacturing industries. The Stochastic...

Industry clusters in a region represent a material basis for an innovation-based economy. The paper aims to explore the Turkish industry clusters by examining the inter-industry selling and purchasing relationships. The 1990 Turkish input-output table is used to identify the similarities between...

This paper examines the role of multinational corporations (MNCs) as the creator and diffuser of new and superior technologies. If these firms fulfil this attributed role, then they are expected to generate some spillovers to domestic industries in host economies. Theoretical and empirical...

This paper measures technical efficiency and technical and total factor productivity changes by estimating a translog stochastic frontier production function for the Turkish manufacturing industry in selected provinces. This method incorporates technical change and has time-varying technical...

This paper investigates the role of state played in the regional innovation systems through state universities and legal and institutional set-up within Turkey. Initially, the paper will discuss the lack of regional perspective in policy-making that, until very recently, was predominant in...

Bu calisma, Turkiye’de devletin bolgesel yenilik sistemlerinde devlet universiteleri ve yasal ve kurumsal altyapi araciligiyla oynadigi rolu incelemektedir. Yakin zamana kadar, bolgesel bakis acisinin eksikligi tartisildiktan sonra, bolgesel iktisat icin onemli yansimalari bulunan iki onemli...