Abstract
:Ensuring competition in global economy, the production of high value products within the country and the reduction of current budget deficit; in other words, increasing the output of industries manufacturing intermediate goods and end products, which have high import dependency, are major targets of Turkey. The state of technological infrastructure of manufacturing industry in the country as well as the process of change that the industry undergoes are essential for the realization of these targets. New technologies play an important role in the competitiveness and economic development of cities, region and the country in the international market. In particular, the use of new technologies in manufacturing industry and companies’ capacity for innovation are prerequisites for businesses to enter a tougher competition in the global economy as well as for cities and countries to persevere on the larger scale. In this respect, the main purpose of this study is to examine the technological transformation of the manufacturing industry in Gaziantep, which is positioned in the top five among Turkey's exports and employs a considerable work force, in comparison to the technological change experienced by the manufacturing industry in Turkey. In the study, the technological level of manufacturing industry in Turkey and the technological change process of manufacturing industry in Gaziantep are presented between 2009-2016 with key indicators. The findings of this study reveal that the current level of technology the city of Gaziantep manufacturing industry has had is far behind the level Turkish manufacturing industry has reached.
Highlights
Developed countries, especially in the different geographical areas of the world after the Second World War, achieved a rapid growth trend with strong industrial structure and increased their prosperity levels
Gaziantep Technological Change in Manufacturing Sector: According to ISIC Rev.[3] and Rev.[4] classification obtained from TURKSTAT NUTS 1 scale, 2, 3 or 4 digit data were used in the analysis of goods produced in Gaziantep's manufacturing sector according to 4 different technological group
In this part of the study, it was not possible to determine the technological change in the manufacturing sector of Gaziantep because the production, added value, number of firms and employment statistics were not published by the TURKSTAT
Summary
Especially in the different geographical areas of the world after the Second World War, achieved a rapid growth trend with strong industrial structure and increased their prosperity levels. Manufacturing and exporting of the manufacturing industry, which has an important place in the Turkish economy, has seen a significant increase in recent years. There are many different and important classical and neo-classical approaches to technological change in the literature, this study has been examined in the context of the Schumpeterian Theory (creative destruction) According to this theory, technological innovation has been regarded as the engine of economic development in a long period of time. According to Schumpeter (1942), the process of technological change can be "destructive" at the same time as being a "creative" process maintained by innovations (Swedberg, 2003) This theory tries to explain the technological differences between firms, and the mechanism of "creative destruction" is related to technological developments (Avcı, Uysal and Tasci, 2016).
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