Abstract:

Purpose – The aim of this study is to examine recent innovation performance of Turkey in comparison to the European Union member states and hence to determine in which dimensions Turkey lags behind the European Union countries. Methodology – In order to investigate Turkey’s innovation performance in comparison to the European Union member states European Innovation Scoreboard 2016 is descriptively analysed. Findings-According to the results of the descriptive analysis, it is found that the innovation performance of Turkey has generally improved in recent years. However, Turkey falls behind the European Union countries in terms of a number of dimensions of the innovation performance. Conclusion-Although Turkey has improved its innovation performance recently it still lags behind from the European Union countries with regard to the several dimensions of innovation. Thus, the policies which help firms to increase their innovation performance should be implemented in order to reach better outcomes in the future.

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