Abstract
It
is known that being chosen by intellectual capital is among the development
criteria of countries. In today's economy, businesses need to develop measures
to keep human capital in their hands so that sustainable development can be
maintained. From this point of view, the current study aimed to determine the
effects of migration on intellectual capital, by establishing a link between
migration and the number of granted patents on provincial basis. With the
analysis of the data (from 2000 to 2010), obtained from Turkish Patent
Institute (TPI) and Turkish Statistics Institute (TSI), on the number of
granted patents and migration on provincial basis; the provinces that get
migration are found to be decisive in patents numbers, so the effect of
migration on intellectual capital is statistically proven. Moreover, some implications
for researchers on further research are provided besides some recommendations
for the practitioners.