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I.Semih Akcomak

TEKPOL, Middle East Technical University
UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University

TEKPOL
Middle East Technical University
Universiteler Mahallesi
Dumlupinar Bulvari, No:1
06800 Cankaya, Ankara
Turkey
Tel: +90 312 2103720
Fax: +90 312 2107993
akcomak@metu.edu.tr

 

publications


Working papers and work in progress


The Future of Turkey-EU Relations in Changing Economic Environment, Guideline paper for the H2020 FEUTURE project (with Erkan Erdil), October 2016.

Intergenerational succession and family business innovation: Case of machinery manufacturing sector in Ankara (with Merve Gül Barut and Çagri Topal) under review. See the two page summary for the SPRU 50th Anniversary Conference, September 2016.

UNU-MERIT at 25 years: How doctoral training at UNU-MERIT contributes to the community of scholars in the economis of innovation? (with Abraham Garcia and Fernando Santiago-Rodriguez), UNU-MERIT WP version (September 2015) GLOBELICS WP version (December 2015)

Estimating the impact of trade, offshoring and multinationals on job loss and job finding (with Henri de Groot and Stefan Groot), August 2013 version

Origins of social capital: Cases from the British history (with Paul Stoneman), February 2010 version



Selected articles

Why did the Netherlands develop so early: The legacy of the Brethren of the Common Life (with Dinand Webbink and Bas ter Weel), Economic Journal, June 2016

Trust and inventive activity in Europe: Causal, spatial and non-linear forces (with Hanna Müller-Zick), forthcoming in Annals of Regional Science, June 2013 version , policy note, press release

Technology, offshoring and the task-content of occupations: Evidence from the United Kingdom (with Suzanne Kok and Hugo Rojas-Romagosa), International Labour Review, June 2016, See February 2013 version

The impact of social capital on crime: Evidence from the Netherlands, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2012, (with Bas ter Weel)

Measuring and interpreting trends in the division of labour in the Netherlands, De Economist (with Lex Borghans and Bas ter Weel), 2011

Social capital of social capital researchers, Review of Economics and Institutions, 2(2), May 2011,

Social capital, innovation and growth: Evidence from Europe, European Economic Review, 53(5), 544-67. July 2009 (with Bas ter Weel)



Selected chapters in books

How do ICT firms in Turkey manage innovation? Diversity in expertise versus diversity in markets (with Erdal Akdeve and Derya Findik), World Scientific Reference on Globalisation in Eurasia and the Pacific Rim. Volume II: Innovation , Dyker, D. and Dai, X. (eds.), Imperial College Press, pp. 155-172, December 2015

Incubators as tool for entrepreneurship promotion in developing economies, in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Development. Szirmai, Naude and Goedhuys (eds.), April 2011



Publications in Turkish

Ahlaksiz Büyüme, Iktisat ve Toplum, 71, s.8-14, Eylül 2016

Bilim, Teknoloji ve Yenilik. Kavramlar, Kuramlar ve Politika [Science, Technology and Innovation. Concepts, Theory and Policy] Ibrahim Semih Akçomak, Erkan Erdil, Teoman Pamukçu ve Murad Tiryakioglu (der.), Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayinlari, 762 sayfa, Eylül 2016 daha fazla bilgi ve içindekiler

Bilim, teknoloji ve yenilik politikalarinin kuramsal çerçevesi, Akçomak, I.S., Erdil, E., Pamukçu, T. ve Tiryakioglu, M. (der.), Bilim, Teknoloji ve Yenilik: Kavramlar, Kuramlar ve Politika, s. 509-528, Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayinlari, Eylül 2016

Teknoloji, küresellesme ve Isgücü piyasalari, Akçomak, I.S., Erdil, E., Pamukçu, T. ve Tiryakioglu, M. (der.), Bilim, Teknoloji ve Yenilik: Kavramlar, Kuramlar ve Politika, s. 301-316, Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayinlari, Eylül 2016

Ar-Ge ve Yeniligin Ölçümü ve Ar-Ge ve Yenilik Anketi Verilerinin Arastirmada Kullanilmasi, Akçomak, I.S., Erdil, E., Pamukçu, T. ve Tiryakioglu, M. (der), Bilim, Teknoloji ve Yenilik: Kavramlar, Kuramlar ve Politika, s. 107-126, Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayinlari, (Elif Kalayci ile birlikte), Eylül 2016

Bilgi, Bilim, Teknoloji ve Yenilik: Kavramsal Tartisma, Akçomak, I.S., Erdil, E., Pamukçu, T. ve Tiryakioglu, M. (der.), Bilim, Teknoloji ve Yenilik: Kavramlar, Kuramlar ve Politika, s. 19-46, Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayinlari, (Erkan Erdil, Teoman Pamukçu ve Murad Tiryakioglu ile birlikte), Eylül 2016

Ankara ili bilgi iletisim teknoloji sektörü yenilik kapasitesi ve üniversite sanayi isbirlikleri, Y. Yilmaz ve E. Embel (der.) Ali Fikirkoca Ani Kitabi: Yasam, Düsünce ve Inovasyon, s. 177-206, Mülkiyeliler Birligi Yayinlari, (Erkan Erdil ve Teoman Pamukçu ile birlikte), Haziran 2015

Isgücü piyasasindaki güncel dinamikler: Teknoloji, küresellesme ve ithal girdi kullanimi [Latest trends in the labour markets: Technology, globalisation and offshoring], Ekonomik Yaklasim, 24(88) 65-100, Ekim 2014

Teknoloji, inovasyon ve ekonomik büyüme [Technology, Innovation and Econmic Growth], in Kalkinma Literatüründe Yeni Yaklasimlar A.F. Aysan, D. Dumludag (der.), Imge Kitabevi, Nisan 2014

Türkiye Isgücü piyasasinda mesleklerin önemi: Isgücü ve ücret kutuplasmasi [The importance of occupations in Turkish labour markets: Job and wage polarisation], Iktisat, Isletme ve Finans, 28(333) (Burcu Gürcihan ile birlikte), Aralik 2013, daha önceki bir versiyonu

Degisen universite-sanayi isbirliginde universite orgutlenmesi [University organisation in changing university-industry dynamics], A.Ü. SBF Dergisi, 68 (2), (Erkan Erdil, Teoman Pamukçu ve Yelda Erden ile birlikte), Nisan 2013

ODTÜ Arastirma Merkezleri Degerlendirme Raporu [METU Research Centers evaluation report] (Erkan Erdil, Teoman Pamukçu ve Yelda Erden ile birlikte), Eylül 2011



Short writings and blog

Turkish football vs. Turkish economy

The future may not be so bright - part 1 -

The future may not be so bright - part 2 -

Immoral growth

The real issue that governs EU-Turkey relations is strategy, not democracy