Regional Specialization Pattern of Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) in Turkey

Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) are perceived as important drives of economic development and innovation. In general, KIBS are one of the most important activities of regional and national scale development in terms of economic power, knowledge production and knowledge transfer and ther...

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Main Authors: Mehmet Tahsin ŞAHİN, Mutlu YILMAZ, Çiğdem VAROL
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ankara University 2018-12-01
Series:Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi
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Online Access:http://dtcfdergisi.ankara.edu.tr/index.php/dtcf/article/view/5660
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author Mehmet Tahsin ŞAHİN
Mutlu YILMAZ
Çiğdem VAROL
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Çiğdem VAROL
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description Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) are perceived as important drives of economic development and innovation. In general, KIBS are one of the most important activities of regional and national scale development in terms of economic power, knowledge production and knowledge transfer and therefore, geographical density of KIBS are expected to be a critical factor for regions. The paper seeks to introduce the concept of knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) and to analyze the role of KIBS in regional development, especially from the viewpoint of regional specialization. For this purpose, detailed sector data have been used. Knowledge-intensive business services are subordinate to producer services and are defined in 10 sub-sectors. These 10 sub-sectors have been analyzed for 26 NUTS-2 regions of Turkey, based on the number of workplace and employment, and giro data of the years of 2009 and 2015 received from Turkey Statistics Institution. The location quotient (LQ) technique has been used in the analysis. The results show that all KIBS sectors, except the telecommunication sector, have been specialized in metropolitan cities. Explaining the regional specialization pattern of the KIBS is very important for offering guidance to regional plans and policy makers.
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spelling doaj.art-cd263746005040589739a1675a64039a2023-12-03T09:04:05ZengAnkara UniversityAnkara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi2459-01502018-12-015821492152110.33171/dtcfjournal.2018.58.2.164477Regional Specialization Pattern of Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) in TurkeyMehmet Tahsin ŞAHİN0Mutlu YILMAZ1Çiğdem VAROL2Ankara Üniversitesi. mtahsinsahin@gmail.comAnkara Üniversitesi. yilmazm@ankara.edu.trGazi Üniversitesi. cvarol@gazi.edu.trKnowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) are perceived as important drives of economic development and innovation. In general, KIBS are one of the most important activities of regional and national scale development in terms of economic power, knowledge production and knowledge transfer and therefore, geographical density of KIBS are expected to be a critical factor for regions. The paper seeks to introduce the concept of knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) and to analyze the role of KIBS in regional development, especially from the viewpoint of regional specialization. For this purpose, detailed sector data have been used. Knowledge-intensive business services are subordinate to producer services and are defined in 10 sub-sectors. These 10 sub-sectors have been analyzed for 26 NUTS-2 regions of Turkey, based on the number of workplace and employment, and giro data of the years of 2009 and 2015 received from Turkey Statistics Institution. The location quotient (LQ) technique has been used in the analysis. The results show that all KIBS sectors, except the telecommunication sector, have been specialized in metropolitan cities. Explaining the regional specialization pattern of the KIBS is very important for offering guidance to regional plans and policy makers.http://dtcfdergisi.ankara.edu.tr/index.php/dtcf/article/view/5660Bilgi Yoğun İş Hizmetleri (BYİH)Yerelleşme Katsayısı (LQ)Bölgesel Uzmanlaşma Örüntüsü
spellingShingle Mehmet Tahsin ŞAHİN
Mutlu YILMAZ
Çiğdem VAROL
Regional Specialization Pattern of Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) in Turkey
Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi
Bilgi Yoğun İş Hizmetleri (BYİH)
Yerelleşme Katsayısı (LQ)
Bölgesel Uzmanlaşma Örüntüsü
title Regional Specialization Pattern of Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) in Turkey
title_full Regional Specialization Pattern of Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) in Turkey
title_fullStr Regional Specialization Pattern of Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) in Turkey
title_full_unstemmed Regional Specialization Pattern of Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) in Turkey
title_short Regional Specialization Pattern of Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) in Turkey
title_sort regional specialization pattern of knowledge intensive business services kibs in turkey
topic Bilgi Yoğun İş Hizmetleri (BYİH)
Yerelleşme Katsayısı (LQ)
Bölgesel Uzmanlaşma Örüntüsü
url http://dtcfdergisi.ankara.edu.tr/index.php/dtcf/article/view/5660
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