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    How Do Enterprises Communicate Their Innovation Strategies? An Assessment and Comparison of Turkish Firms’ Website Statements
    (2016) Sakarya, Arif Orçun
    Innovation strategy practices primarily aim to sustain competitive advantage and growth via new business models and added value. The goal of this study is to discover the extent of innovation statements communicated to stakeholders by Turkish firms listed in the second top 500 industrial enterprises ranking of Istanbul Chamber of Industry as of 2013 and 2014. To do this, topics closely related to innovation are examined via a comparative analysis of related website contents. The study includes four main parts. The first and second parts review the literature and theoretical background. The third part introduces the methodological framework of the paper including the profile of the firms under consideration and analytical procedures. Content analysis is used to group web-based information related to innovation and other notions. Groups include mission, vision and values, research and development ability, and innovation related topics which statement densities are discussed in the context of motivation for value creation. It has been deduced that the gradual increase in firms’ innovation awareness is also communicated to stakeholders especially in research and the context of development activities’. Finally this paper ends with a conclusion.
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    Communication of Innovation Messages via the Internet: An Example of Turkish Exporting Firms
    (2019) Sakarya, A. Orçun
    In a firm, innovation mainly targets to preserve competitive advantage via commercialization. The objective of this study is to examine the extent of website innovation statements of Turkish firms listed in the top one thousand exporter firms’ ranking of the Turkish Exporters Assembly. To do this, website contents that are closely related to the notion of innovation are examined. Content analysis methodology is used to group websites which contain innovation related statements. The groups consist of values, vision, mission, research and development activities, and topics related to innovative activities. At the end of the study, it was deduced that businesses are gradually increasing in their innovation awareness as a message to stakeholders, especially in the context of their research and development activities.