Is it enough to be entrepreneurial? Enhancing the 'value added' created by SMEs in Turkey through innovation

TÜRKER M. V., İNEL M. N.

2nd Annual International Conference on Leadership, Technology and Innovation Management, İstanbul, Türkiye, 11 - 13 Ekim 2012, cilt.75, ss.397-406 identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Cilt numarası: 75
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.04.044
  • Basıldığı Şehir: İstanbul
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Türkiye
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.397-406
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Similar to other developed and developing economies in the world, SMEs play a predominant role in Turkey. Nevertheless, the contribution of SMEs to total value added (57 %) was much lower than their contribution to employment (81.3 %) in Turkey. This finding indicates a potential low level of apparent labour productivity. And the potential reasons of this situation are worth discussing. Low R&D expenditures and low employment in knowledge-intensive activities are proposed to be factors related with this situation. The sample of this study is the common member countries of both OECD and EU27.