Abstract
In accordance with
increased acceptance of the importance of innovation, businesses and countries
want to increase their innovation activities. In particular, industry 4.0 as a
new industrial vision makes innovation activities more critical. Innovation activities
previously were seen as an activity that occurs within the business. Following,
there has been a thought that interaction of various actors facilitated this
activity. At this point, the concept of innovation clusters has been developed.
Today, however, there is a view that the cluster perspective does not reflect
the dynamic dimension of innovation activities. According to this view,
innovation requires a vibrant structure in which a wide variety of actors
learn, develop and evolve together. The vibrant structure is defined by the
concept of "ecosystem". In this study by examining the relevant
literature the major variables of Turkey's innovation ecosystem (markets,
capital, universities, businesses/enterprises, human resources, culture, and
regulations) have been identified, each variable has been analyzed according to
relevant indicators and a general overview has been presented.