Agglomeration as innovation dynamics : a case study in Adana and Mersin

Download

index.pdf

Date

2010

Author

Yünsel, Dilşad Türtük

Metadata

Show full item record

Item Usage Stats

174
views

66
downloads

In the last decades, the globalisation process has reshaped the competition dynamics in two ways: Technology and innovation have become significant components of productivity and competition; and policies taking into consideration local resources and local production systems, gains ground. In that context, clusters appear as new organisations of production. This thesis aims at assessing the innovation performance of the firms and the factors affecting their performance by comparing agglomerated and non-agglomerated firms in the TR62 (Adana, Mersin) Region. Adana Organised Industrial Zone (AOSB) and Mersin-Tarsus Organised Industrial Zone (MTOSB) are selected as agglomeration examples in the region to study the effects of spatial proximity on innovativeness. It is found that local specific policies such as the establishment of an integrated system for cooperation and competition are needed to improve the innovation and competition capacity of the region.

Subject Keywords

Economics.

URI

http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12611958/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/19608

Collections

Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis

Suggestions

OpenMETU
Core

State as an institution of the economic process : an inference from Karl Polanyi Çelik, Necati; Özveren, Eyüp; Department of Economics (2010) This thesis is build up on the idea that state could be described as an institution of the economic process, which imbues it with certain degree of endurance and protects it from the instability and uncertainty of the free markets. If this idea could be proved,then the mainstream tendency to exclude state from the realm of economics and leave the governance of the economic process solely to self-regulating markets will appear to be a fallacy based on the myth of liberalism. Only after this could be achieved...
Determinants of current account deficits in industrialized and developing coıuntries: an empirical investigation Kaya Bahçe, Seçil Aysed; Kaya Bahçe, Seçil Aysed; Department of Economics (2005) This study aims to analyze the determinants of the current account deficits for a broad samples of industrial and developing countries for the period 1984-2001. Using a dynamic panel data estimation procedure, we try to unfold the impact of several macro economic and institutional variables on current account deficits. In this context, we also examine the validity of Feldstein Horioka puzzle and its relevance to the current account imbalances. Results show that better governance, a more sophisticated financ...
Multiregional social accounting matrix and multiplier analysis: an application for Turkish economy Erdoğan, Eda; Voyvoda, Ebru; Department of Economics (2011) Social accounting matrix (SAM) is one of the tools used in regional economic analysis, enabling understanding the structure of the economy as well as analyzing the impacts of policies or exogenous shocks. In this thesis, a two-region SAM of Turkey is constructed for the year 2002 and the findings of multiplier analysis are presented. To this end, first, a two-region input-output (I-O) table is constructed using location quotient (LQ) method and using this two-region I-O table, a two-region SAM is compiled. ...
Japan's development and economic theory Cömert, Hasan; Özveren, Eyüp; Department of Economics (2005) This thesis investigates the relationship between economic ideas and practices in reference to Japanese development experience. To achieve this, it first examines the impact of economic ideas and economists on the Japanese development. Then it examines the characteristics of the Japanese development. Lastly, the study attempts to give an account of the direct impact of Japanese experience. It also tries to elucidate the indirect influence on the Japanese development economics which occurred through its impa...
The causal relationship between energy consumption and economic growth Çevirgen, Banu; Erdil, Erkan; Department of Economics (2008) The causal relationship between energy consumption and economic growth has been a controversial subject of the empirical literature. However, there is no common consensus neither on the existence nor on the direction of the causal relationship between energy consumption and economic growth. The purpose of this study is to investigate the causal relationship between energy consumption and economic growth using a consistent data set. Recently developed Granger causality tests in panel data models are used to ...

Citation Formats

D. T. Yünsel, “Agglomeration as innovation dynamics : a case study in Adana and Mersin,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2010.