Competitive Industrial Performance Index and Its Drivers: A Comparative Analysis on Turkey and Selected Countries
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2009
Yazarlar: Çağaçan DEĞER, Burcu TÜRKCAN, Neşe KUMRAL
Ege Academic Review, SCI Expanded İndekslerine Giren Dergi, Uluslararası, EconLit, 2009, cilt 9, ss 1375-1398
Özet
<p><span style="left: 200.833px; top: 715.414px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.8549);">Competitiveness of manufacturing industry is regarded as one of the basic </span><span style="left: 200.833px; top: 734.214px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.869714);">determinants of long run sustainable growth of a country</span><span style="left: 658.117px; top: 734.214px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.894367);">. Therefore it is </span><span style="left: 200.833px; top: 753.214px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.856571);">important to have an understanding of relative positions of countries in </span><span style="left: 725.117px; top: 753.214px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.861651);">terms of </span><span style="left: 200.833px; top: 772.014px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.849982);">competitiveness and determinants of competitive ability. This study aims to </span><span style="left: 200.833px; top: 790.814px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.875329);">reveal the standing of Turkey in a group of countries and analyze determinants </span><span style="left: 200.83333333333331px; top: 809.8135416666664px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif;">o</span><span style="left: 210.033px; top: 809.814px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.865582);">f competitive ability. The competitive industrial performance (CIP) index, taken </span><span style="left: 200.833px; top: 828.614px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.853707);">to be an indicator of relative competitive ability, has been calculated for a </span><span style="left: 200.833px; top: 847.414px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.867656);">sample of 33 countries for years 1985, 1990, 1998 and 2002. Panel data </span><span style="left: 200.833px; top: 866.414px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.854201);">methods then have been emp</span><span style="left: 434.283px; top: 866.414px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.851218);">loyed to reveal sources of competitive ability. </span><span style="left: 200.833px; top: 885.214px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.884693);">Conducted analysis reveals Turkish manufacturing industry to be lagging </span><span style="left: 200.833px; top: 904.014px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.847946);">behind many of the sample countries </span><span style="left: 522.517px; top: 904.014px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.864479);">and </span><span style="left: 562.117px; top: 904.014px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.839372);">presents a grim picture for </span><span style="left: 200.833px; top: 923.014px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.862692);">sustainable</span><span style="left: 289.833px; top: 923.014px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.857667);"> development</span><span style="left: 389.683px; top: 923.014px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.856809);"> in medium and long run. </span><br></p>