OPEN INNOVATION MATURITY OF TURKISH A&D INDUSTRY

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2025-7

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Şahin, Arzu

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Increasing competition, global tensions, and rapid developments in disruptive technologies have made innovation a necessity for companies and economies, not just to be competitive but to survive. The paradigm of open innovation argues that companies can no longer survive in isolation and need external knowledge and effective collaborations for sustainable growth. Despite being known for security concerns, protectionist policies, and traditional in-house R&D activities, aerospace and defense (A&D) companies are also trying to open their innovation systems. However, academic studies examining the open innovation practices and maturity of the sector are still quite limited. This thesis aims to develop a model to measure the open innovation maturity of A&D companies in Türkiye employing the dynamic capabilities theory and to design a sector-specific model by weighing the maturity dimensions via AHP method. The model consists 16 dimensions under 5 categories. Later, an empirical study is conducted to measure Turkish A&D industry’s open innovation maturity. In this context, the maturity model is converted into survey format and a field research was conducted with managers of a Turkish A&D OEM company and its innovation ecosystem. The survey results are verified through interviews and internal company data. In this research, data was collected both with quantitative and qualitative methods. The results indicate a planned (level 3, out of 5) maturity level both for the OEM and its ecosystem companies with some differences in dimensions. Finally, policy and strategy recommendations are developed, and policy tools are designed to enhance the industry’s open innovation maturity.

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Open innovation, maturity model, Turkish aerospace and defense sector, dynamic capabilities, AHP method

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/115150

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis