IMPACT OF PATENT INCENTIVES ON INNOVATION PERFORMANCE OF TECHNOLOGY-BASED FIRMS: THE CASE OF METU TECHNOPARK

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İÇİN, İREM

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Technoparks, as an area of innovation, are significant for the development of sustainability of the innovation of technology-based firms within it. Patents are the one of the factors that affect innovation performance of these firms. At this point, the main purpose of the thesis is revealing the actual impact of patent incentives on the innovation performance of technology-based firms. In order to measure the impact, the study field of the thesis is identified as the METU Technopark. The pioneering step of the thesis is taken by classifying 429 firms in total according to number of their registered patents. The target group with two and/or more than two patents are tagged as TG1 whereas TG2 refers to firms who has only one patent. To fulfill the thesis’ aim, 36 semi-structured interviews are conducted. These qualitative data are supported by the official websites of METU Technopark and TürkPatent. The result of the analysis comes up with a finding that patent incentives do not have any significant effect on innovation performance of technology-based firms. However, they create educational, structural and R&D-based behavioral changes. Besides, patents cause limitations on the firms related to commercialization and infrastructure deficiencies. Considering all the findings, two policy recommendations are presented specific to METU Technopark and Turkey’s future patent policies. The primary policy recommendation offers a matchmaking mechanism that prioritizes university, industry, and government cooperation, while the secondary one focuses on the development of grants and procedures for commercialization, infrastructure, public information, education, and patent support programs.

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patent, innovation, firm, technopark, impact

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/98185

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İ. İÇİN, “IMPACT OF PATENT INCENTIVES ON INNOVATION PERFORMANCE OF TECHNOLOGY-BASED FIRMS: THE CASE OF METU TECHNOPARK,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2022.