Institutions‟ And Initiatives‟ Role In Turkey‟s National Innovation System

Abstract

In Turkey, increasing focus to the concept of innovation underlined the importance of the related institutions’ role in the economic agenda. Hence, a clear understanding of the functions of the actors that makes up the country’s innovation system is important in policy formulation stages. Accordingly, the goal of this literature review is to analyze institutions’ duties that are active in the National System of Innovation and to assess recent developments’ contribution to the innovation policy targets. It has been observed that Turkey has a strong institutional infrastructure, but also has some problems concerning firm-based innovation, university-industry cooperation and development of innovation inputs