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Innovation Policies, Business Creation and Economic Development

A Comparative Approach

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  • © 2009

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Editors:
  1. Neslihan Aydogan

    1. Department of Economics, Neslihan Aydogan Cankaya University, Baglica Campus, Turkey

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  • Showcases original empirical and theoretical research on the timely topic of entrepreneurship and economic growth
  • Integrates analysis at both macroeconomic and firm levels, with a particular emphasis on small and medium-sized enterprises
  • Features contributions from both established researchers and fresh voices from the developing world

Part of the book series: International Studies in Entrepreneurship (ISEN, volume 21)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  3. Company Innovativeness and Growth

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
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    2. The Phenomenology of Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship

      • Lance B. Kurke
      Pages 95-111

    3. Innovativeness: Is It a Function of the Leadership Style and the Value System of the Entrepreneur?

      • Alev Katrinli, Gulem Atabay, Gonca Gunay, Burcu Guneri, Ahenk Aktan
      Pages 113-135

    4. Ankara Technology Development Zones Within the Context of Innovation Strategies in Turkey

      • Cigdem Varol, N. Aydan Sat, Asli Gurel Ucer, Gulsen Yilmaz
      Pages 137-158

    5. Innovation Ability of Small Firms in Turkish Industrial Clusters: Ankara-Ivedik Industrial Region Case

      • Özlem Özkanli, Erdal Akdeve
      Pages 159-173

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 297-299
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About this book

It is now apparent to many scholars and practitioners that research and development activities and innovation are the pathways to sustainable economic growth. One also recognizes that delving into a topic as such is rather challenging as it is a multidimensional task. We have learned quite a bit on the innovation-growth relationship of the dev- oped countries based on the extensive research on the topic. However, we are yet to understand the very same process for the developing countries where the challenges are expected to be paramount. There obviously is few empirical and theoretical discussion on this topic. This book dares to provide a succinct discussion on a wide array of issues on the innovation and growth relationship for the developing countries. The book starts off by providing the reader with a promising - ternative to endogenous growth models that entails understanding the effect of variables, such as technological change on growth in cons- erable detail. The next step in the book involves a thorough analysis of economic growth models and how the investment climate affects innovationand entrepreneurship and hence economic growth. Against this background is examined the context of the telecommunications industry in Turkey. Following this, we delve into understanding the radical versusincremental innovationactivities,where itis argued that developing nations are more likely to engage in radical innovation, whereas developing nations are engaged in incremental innovation.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Economics, Neslihan Aydogan Cankaya University, Baglica Campus, Turkey

    Neslihan Aydogan

About the editor

Neslihan Aydgoan is Assistant Professor, Department of Economic, Cankaya University, and Visiting Assistant Professor, Duquesne University, Donahue Graduate School of Business. She has served as an Instructor, University of Maastricht; Visiting Scholar, Carnegi Mellon University, Software Industry Center; and Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Business Economics and Public Policy, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University. She has published on such topics as knowledge management, innovation, entrepreneurship, high-tech industries, and economic development, and is coauthor of Social Capital and Business Development in High-Technology Clusters (Springer, forthcoming, 2008).

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