International Conference on Eurasian Economies
11-13 October 2012 – Almaty, KAZAKHSTAN
Paper detail
Paper ID : 487
Status : Paper published
Language : Turkish
Topic : Microeconomics and Entrepreneurship
Presenter: Mr. Mehmet Vahit Eren
Session : 1D Mikroekonomi I
The Role of Entrepreneurship in Local Economic Growth: Example of Gaziantep
Yerel Ekonomik Kalkınmada Girişimciliğin Rolü: Gaziantep Örneği
- Mr. Mehmet Vahit Eren (Şırnak University, Türkiye)
- Prof. Dr. Erdinç Tutar (Niğde University, Türkiye)
- Asst. Prof. Dr. Filiz Tutar (Niğde University, Türkiye)
- Ph.D. candidate Çisil Erkan (Karadeniz Technical University, Türkiye)
Abstract
In order to avoid social inequality of opportunity and improvement of local economies have become government policies in Turkey, as it is in other countries around the world. Incentives, regional development agencies, techno parks and also local entrepreneurs play crucial role in the improvement process of local economies. The increasing rivalry and globalization concept necessitate entrepreneurs to take more risks, to reach innovations to seize opportunities in optimum level. Entrepreneurship is a motor vessel in financial growth and in development, and entrepreneurship is also the source of innovation and creativity. In this regard, the more entrepreneurship develops in a country, the higher level of welfare possesses the chance to advance. The purpose of this report, in which it has been aimed to reveal vital role of entrepreneurship in the progress of local economies, is emphasizing the status of entrepreneurship that transformed Gaziantep’s socio-economic level of development into its present position. Thus with this aim a SWOT analysis, in terms of Gaziantep’s economic entrepreneurship has been carried out. Positive contributions of Gaziantep’s immensely developed industry, facilitation of local innovative entrepreneurs’ involvement in various local economic sectors and in accordance channeling immigration into deployment in local economy have been observed in this study. Significantly it has been observed that plenitude of “opportunist entrepreneurship” or in other words “the entrepreneurs with strategic growth plans” in this region contributed local economy positively.
JEL codes: L26, O49
Eren, Mehmet Vahit, Tutar, Erdinç, Tutar, Filiz, Erkan, Çisil (2012). "The Role of Entrepreneurship in Local Economic Growth: Example of Gaziantep" in Proceedings of International Conference of Eurasian Economies 2012, pp.369-373, Almaty, KAZAKHSTAN.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36880/C03.00487
