Projects

This project focuses on Turkish high-tech SMEs in technoparks which have higher value-added and internationalization prospects and aims to develop toolkits for technopark managers, entrepreneurs, governmental agencies, and universities in building collaborative relationships for SME survival. SMEs are the backbone for successful economies such as in the UK and thus, are a key driver for social welfare. Entrepreneurs in those poor populations usually have very limited resources so they draw on the assistance of networks. Firms in Turkey having a cumbersome court system and a relatively poor population need both contractual and trust-based agreements. Most SMEs do not have the relationship management know-how for collaborative innovation without losing their competitive advantages. Building on successful UK models, larger Turkish technoparks can be reinforced as role models that will replicated across Turkey.