Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

31-68

Authors: Nihat Işık, Efe Can Kılınç

Abstract Innovation which has significant importance on development of countries is one of the foremost subjects that countries’ concern about. Innovation contributes to economic development via improving productivity level of physical and human capital, labor force and improvement of intellectual property rights. It is proved in most study that there is a positive correlation between economic development and innovation. In the literature countries that are at the top stage of development are called innovation-driven, countries that are at the lowermost stage of development are called factor-driven and the rest of the countries are called investment/productivity driven countries. In the study countries such as Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Germany are specified as innovation-driven economies; Turkey, Romania and Croatia are specified investment/productivity-driven countries. Relation between innovation and economic development is analyzed within the frame of explainer approaches and indicators for the European Union countries and Turkey.

70-97

Authors: Nurullah Uçkun, Nuray Girginer

Entrepreneurship is not only an economic term but also a sociological phenomenon. Entrepreneurs who have a wide range of talents and abilities including creativity, agility, courage, risk taking and imagination have become the motorized force of the social and economic transformation. Looking at entrepreneurship as not only an added economic value but also as a sociological phenomenon led to the rise of the academic studies done in this particular field. Researches on the general features of the entrepreneurs in different sectors and on their problems in their initiatives will serve as guides in the drafting of the policies on the subject matter and in the future and present successes of other entrepreneurship moves and initiatives. To this end, this study seeks to offer a profile of the entrepreneurs active in the metal industry based in the Eskişehir Organized Industrial Zone and identify their views on the factors that they rely on in their initiatives.