This thesis aims to measure additionality effect of TÜ / BiTAK&rsquo / s Industrial R& / D
Projects Funding Programme and try to reveal input, output and behavioral
additionality effect of it. A pilot evaluation study is conducted on firms from
Ankara operating on software development sector where firms who have received
TÜ / BiTAK funding are subject to the analysis. In order to comprehend results of the
analysis, first theoretical background on emergence of industrial R& / D funding is
explained and the need for evaluation of industrial R& / D funding instruments is
discussed. Then, focus is turned to major changes in industrial R& / D policies in
Turkey by taking into account of resolutions of Supreme Council of Science and
Technology. After summarizing available industrial R& / D funding instruments in
Turkey, attention is turned to TÜ / BiTAK&rsquo / s Industrial R& / D Projects Funding
Programme and evaluation of the programme is explained in detail. The impact of
TÜ / BiTAK funding on firms R& / D expenditures, commercial successes and behavioral
changes are discussed and finally the thesis ends with a discussion on the
organization of this evaluation practice as well as suggestions for further
evaluation studies.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12609762/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 July 2008 |
| Creators | Goren, Huseyin |
| Contributors | Erdil, Erkan |
| 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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