International Congress on Eurasian Economies

International Conference on Eurasian Economies

24-25 August 2021 – Istanbul, TURKEY and ONLINE

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Paper ID : 2588
Status : Paper published
Language : Turkish
Topic : Microeconomics and Entrepreneurship
Presenter: Dr. Fikret Bostan
Session : 6C Girişimcilik

The Decisive Role of Sectoral Technology Intensity in the Impact of International Technology Diffusion on Innovation Performance: An Empirical Application on the Turkish Manufacturing Industry
Uluslararası Teknoloji Yayılmasının Yenilik Performansı Üzerine Etkisinde Sektörel Teknoloji Yoğunluğunun Belirleyici Rolü: Türk İmalat Sanayi Üzerine Ampirik Bir Uygulama

Abstract

The increasing pressure of competition in a globalizing world forces the countries that aim to grow rapidly to strengthen their market share. This requires technological innovation, and its primary source is scientific knowledge. Hence, the main aim of this study is to investigate the determining role of the sectoral technology intensity on the impact of international technology spillovers channels on innovation performance. For the aim of the study, 900 observations that belong to 320 firms for the period of 2009–2016 are obtained by matching approximately 350.000 of the survey data of the Business Statistics, Research and Development. Activities and Innovation provided by TUİK. Findings estimated by the System Generalized Method of Moments (SGMM) indicate that technology absorptive capacity has a positive and significant effect on the innovation performance of the firms operating only in high-tech industries. Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) has a stronger effect on firms' innovation performance in low-technology-intensive sectors than in high-tech-intensive sectors. There is no significant difference between sectoral technology intensities in the effect of export activities on innovation performance of firms. On the other hand, technology transfer expenditures have a statistically slightly positive and significant effect only for firms operating in high-technology-intensive sectors. Consequently, the government should support high technology intensive sectors instead of traditional low technology intensive sectors in order to benefit more from the international technology diffusion channels in Turkish manufacturing industry. This strategy can lead to a long-term economic growth.

JEL codes: O00, O12, O14

Bostan, Fikret, Karadağ, Metin (2021). "The Decisive Role of Sectoral Technology Intensity in the Impact of International Technology Diffusion on Innovation Performance: An Empirical Application on the Turkish Manufacturing Industry" in Proceedings of International Conference of Eurasian Economies 2021, pp.485-493, Istanbul, TURKEY and ONLINE.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36880/C13.02588

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Session 6C: Girişimcilik

Eurasian Economists Association Istanbul Beykent University Doğuş University Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University