The Relationship Between Direct Government Support for R&D and Patents in Emerging Economies: A Turkish Case Study

Rustem Baris Yesilay (), Ilker Murat Ar () and Serdal Temel ()
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Rustem Baris Yesilay: Ege Higher Vocational School, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
Ilker Murat Ar: Department of Business Administration, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey
Serdal Temel: Science and Technology Center, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey

International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), 2015, vol. 12, issue 05, 1-20

Abstract: Emerging economies have been trying to improve economic growth with the help of different policies like R&D, technology development, technology transfer and patents. Despite the large amount of literature on the relationship between technology, direct government R&D support, R&D activities and patents, it has not been clearly defined in emerging economies. With this research based on 191 observations from companies in the Aegean Region of Turkey, we have found significant relationships between technological infrastructures, inward technology transfer and patents. Furthermore, the findings prove that there is a significant relationship between R&D activities, R&D experience and patents. Surprisingly, there is no significant relationship between outward technology transfer, direct government R&D support and patents. These results contribute to the literature on the relationship between direct R&D support, R&D activities, technology and patents in emerging economies.

Keywords: R&D; technology transfer; government R&D support; patents (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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