Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Bascavusoglu-Moreau, Elif
Author-Email: E.Bascavusoglu@imperial.ac.uk
Author-Workplace-Name: Imperial College Business School
Title: Entrepreneurship and the National System of Innovation - What is Missing in 
	 Turkey? 
Abstract: Although very dynamic and flexible, Turkish SMEs are less innovative 
	 than their European counterparts. The analysis undertaken in this paper 
	 allows to assess whether this low level of innovative activities is 
	 related to a lack of entrepreneurial behaviour and/or to the weaknesses 
	 of the Turkish innovation system. Exploring a unique firm level survey 
	 realized among 50,000 small- and medium-sized enterprises, we seek to 
	 evaluate the impact of firms' behaviour and choices in the presence of 
	 entrepreneurial, technological, institutional, and market opportunities, 
	 in an emerging country context. Our results highlight the importance of 
	 policy measures in building innovative capabilities.
Classification-JEL: O10, O33, L26
Keywords: entrepreneurship, national systems of innovation, SMEs, Turkey, 
	 innovative capabilities, emerging economies
Series: UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Creation-Date: 2010
Number: 030
File-URL: http://www.merit.unu.edu/publications/wppdf/2010/wp2010-030.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 275 Kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2010030