This thesis analyses the ways of strengthening Small and Medium
Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Turkey and promoting entrepreneurship in the
light of the current EU policies from a holistic approach. Analyses of
theoretical framework and exploring the structure of SMEs, existing support
policies and the future strategies of both European Union and Turkey are the
major stages of this study. This thesis makes critical evaluation of SME
policies in Turkey by pointing out their weaknesses, which are supported by
the results obtained from the case study conducted on SMEs in Adana. This
study also attempts to develop some recommendations in order to eliminate
shortcomings of SME policy in Turkey. The main idea of this thesis is that a
long term strategy, which should be developed in order to promote
entrepreneurship and support Turkish SMEs requires reassessment of the
policies and developing effective measures in wide range of policy domains
such as, R& / D, technology, labor markets, financial markets, education and
social policies.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12606515/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 September 2005 |
| Creators | Isik, Seval Iskender |
| Contributors | Ege, Aylin |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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