Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/54091 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2010/54
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
Although very dynamic and flexible, Turkish SMEs are less innovative than their European counterparts. The analysis undertaken in this paper allows to assess whether this low level of innovative activities is related to a lack of entrepreneurial behaviour and/or to the weaknesses of the Turkish innovation system. Exploring a unique firm level survey realized among 50,000 small- and medium-sized enterprises, we seek to evaluate the impact of firms' behaviour and choices in the presence of entrepreneurial, technological, institutional, and market opportunities, in an emerging country context. Our results highlight the importance of policy measures in building innovative capabilities.
Subjects: 
entrepreneurship
national systems of innovation
SMEs
innovative capabilities
emerging economies
JEL: 
O01
O33
L26
ISBN: 
978-92-9230-291-7
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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