Determination of KOSGEB Support Models for Small- and Medium-Scale Enterprises by Means of Data Envelopment Analysis and Multi-Criteria Decision Making Methods

Ali Sevinç,Tamer Eren

doi:10.3390/pr7030130

Abstract

Small- and Medium-Scale Enterprises (SMEs) act as catalysts in the general economy with regard to their added value. Support programs have been designed by the government through the Small and Medium Enterprises Development and Support Administration KOSGEB) and other institutions in order to further the general economic contributions of such enterprises. However, there is no method for using support models according to a productivity and effectiveness principle. This causes serious wastes of both resources and time. In this study, the problem of applying support models to improve the most critical problems of SMEs was discussed. As a place of application, 82 firms registered to the Konya Chamber of Industry were selected for the automotive supplier industry. Firstly, a productivity evaluation of companies was performed by a data envelopment analysis (DEA). Firms were grouped into A, B1, B2, C1, and C2 according to their activity scores. Using an Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), the order of KOSGEB support was found using the Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution method (TOPSIS). Thus, firms will be able to focus on their most pressing problems, as well as enabling the efficient use of resources A: Small- and Medium-Scale Enterprises Improvement and Support Program (KOBIGEL) support model, B1: Logistic support model, B2: KOBIGEL support model, C1: Test analysis and calibration support model, and C2: Test analysis and calibration support model. This means that these support models are required in the first place for group companies.A KOBIGEL support model is the provincial rank for A group companies.

Highlights

Economy management of Small- and Medium-Scale Enterprises (SMEs) has become an important means of increasing per capita national income in order to increase the welfare of the people
Support programs were organized by various public institutions, especially by KOSGEB, in order to improve the added value provided to the general economy at higher levels
Placement of the productivity to the center of all these works, solving productivity problems of the enterprises together with other problems and producing projects for the future will make the economy of the country more dynamic

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Economy management of Small- and Medium-Scale Enterprises (SMEs) has become an important means of increasing per capita national income in order to increase the welfare of the people. SMEs were evaluated as an opportunity to grow and develop the economy. A total of 99.7% of all enterprises are composed of SMEs, and they provide 78% of employment, 55% of added value, 59% of exports, 50% of total investments, 65.5% of total sales, and 24% of total credits. The added value SMEs contributed to the country’s economy attracted attention and economy entities of governments observing the potential of SMEs’ developed strategies, plans, and programs to contribute to the development and growth of Processes 2019, 7, 130; doi:10.3390/pr7030130 www.mdpi.com/journal/processes. SMEs in order to provide dynamism in the economy of a country.

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