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Innovative and Competitive Structure of Regional Economies in T urkey
Author(s) -
Akpinar Rasim,
Taşçi Kamil,
Özsan Mehmet Emin
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
growth and change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.657
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1468-2257
pISSN - 0017-4815
DOI - 10.1111/grow.12088
Subject(s) - regional development , regionalism (politics) , regional science , economic geography , state (computer science) , shift share analysis , business , cluster (spacecraft) , economic system , economic growth , economics , political science , geography , algorithm , politics , computer science , law , democracy , programming language
Regional development theories have experienced a transition from K eynesian state‐led economic development models to development based on public–private partnerships, innovation, industrial districts, etc. With the increasing concern for innovative milieu, products, process, organizational, and institutional innovations have assumed an important place in regional development policies. All these regional development paradigms have formed the basis of the initiation of a new process in regional development called the new regionalism, which includes cumulative efforts to revitalize local economic growth. In this paper, we identify technological levels of 26 NUTS 2‐level regions according to the O rganisation for E conomic C o‐operation and D evelopment ( OECD )'s classification. Then, we develop an innovation and competitiveness index for T urkey by employing principal component analysis. In conclusion, we formulate some workable policy solutions and suggestions for regional economies in T urkey. According to the results, I stanbul is the most innovative and competitive region in T urkey. A nkara is becoming a regional knowledge cluster, thanks to its strong R & D infrastructure and highly qualified researchers.