Yılmaz Kılıçaslan

Determinants of subcontracting and regional development: An empirical study on Turkish textile and engineering industries

Taymaz E. and Kiliçaslan Y. (2005) Determinants of subcontracting and regional development: an empirical study on Turkish textile and engineering industries, Regional Studies 39 , 633–645. Recent studies on small‐ and medium‐sized establishments emphasize the importance of networking and regional clusters for (regional) industrial development. This study is focused on an important form of cooperation between firms: the subcontracting relationship. The aim is to identify the determinants of subcontracting in Turkish textile and engineering industries and to derive policy implications from our empirical analysis. Subcontract offering and subcontract receiving models are estimated for both industries by using panel data on all establishments employing ten or more workers between 1993 and 2000. The findings show that a short‐term/unequal relationship exists between clients and subcontractors in the textile industry, whereas subcontracting relationships in the engineering industry are established between ‘similar’, relatively advanced firms with complementary assets and technologies. Moreover, subcontracting flourishes in regions densely populated by firms.

ICT and employment generation: evidence from Turkish manufacturing

ABSTRACT This study is said to be the first attempt in exploring the impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) capital on employment generation/destruction in Turkish manufacturing industry by using labour demand estimation framework. The analysis is based on firm-level data, which includes all firms employing 20 or more employees in Turkish manufacturing for the period 2003–2013. Our findings based on system GMM estimations show that ICT has employment-enhancing effects in Turkish manufacturing. Moreover, our results provide the evidence that tangible ICT capital has stronger employment generation impact than that of intangible ICT capital in medium- and low-tech industries.

Tarımsal Üretimde Girdi Kullanımının Etkinliği: Türkiye’den Kanıtlar

Yeryuzu’nun ekolojik sisteminde iklim degisikligi nedeni ile ortaya cikan degismeler ile tarimsal urun talebindeki artislarin neden oldugu olumsuz etkiler hem Turkiye’de hem de Dunya’da tarim urunleri piyasalarinda dengesizlik egilimlerini artirmistir. Bu gelismeler tarimsal uretimde etkinligi her zamankinden daha onemli hale getirmistir. Bu calismanin amaci Turkiye’de tarimsal uretimde girdi kullaniminin etkin(siz)ligini belirleyen faktorleri ortaya cikarmaktir. Bu amacla, Turkiye’nin 17 farkli bolgesinde yaklasik 2000 uretici ciftci ile gorusulerek 4 urun (bugday, arpa, celtik ve aycicegi) ile ilgili veriler toplanmistir. “Stokastik Sinir Analizi (SSA)” yontemi kullanilarak elde edilen sonuclar, gubre kullaniminin verimsizligine isaret etmektedir. Sertifikali tohum kullanimi bugday ve celtik, toprak analizi ise bugday ve aycicegi uretiminin etkinligini arttiran faktorler olarak ortaya cikmistir.

Sınai Yapı, Yapısal Değişim ve Üretkenlik

Bu makalenin amaci, 1965-1999 donemi icin farkli gelir ve kalkinmislik duzeyindeki ulkelerin imalat sanayilerini inceleyerek, uretkenlik ve sinai yapi arasindaki iliskileri saptamaktir. Bu amacla, oncelikle imalat sanayii uretim ve istihdaminin teknolojik yonelime gore evrimi incelenmis, daha sonra yapisal degisimin uretkenlik artisindaki etkisi arastirilmistir. Imalat sanayii yapisinin teknolojik yonelime gore betimleyici analizi, ozellikle hizli buyuyen ulkelerin sinai yapilarinin yuksek teknoloji yogun ve uzmanlasmis sektorlere dogru yoneldigini gosterirken, ayristirma (decomposition) analizi ozellikle sanayilesmis ekonomilerin imalat sanayilerindeki yapisal degisimin uretkenlik artisinda cok ciddi bir katkisinin olmadigini gostermektedir. Bu bulgu, sanayilesmede basarili olan ulkelerin imalat sanayiinin butun alt sektorlerinde yuksek uretkenlik artisi sagladigini gostermektedir.