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Yayın Benefiting innovative capabilities of software developer/user communities in developing countries(IEEE, 2010) Ansal, Hacer; Yıldırım, NihanSince technological innovation is generally considered to be a major force in global economic growth, the development of innovative capabilities in developing countries has been a very important policy issue. Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) has reshaped software technology through the creation of developer/user communities which enabled the collaboration of different parties resulting in the production of Linux and similar software projects. FLOSS user/developer community networks serve not only as "learning, reviewing, and testing" environments for developers, but they may also act as innovation networks that contribute to the improvement of the innovative capabilities of individual developers within the community. Therefore, understanding the characteristics, the motivating factors and the innovative dynamics of these developer communities will provide valuable insight into how to improve the innovative capabilities of developing countries in relation to software.The aim of this paper is to explore the characteristics of FLOSS developer communities in order to discover what benefits they may offer developing countries in generating innovative capabilities related to software. By conducting a survey in the FLOSS user/developer community in Turkey, the demographic characteristics, motivation factors and innovative characteristics of the community are explored and the question of whether these communities may act as innovation networks is examined. It is concluded that FLOSS community networks mostly serve as knowledge sharing and collaboration platforms, however, they do have the potential to evolve into innovation networks if they receive support from the local software industry and academic institutions.Yayın Is it possible to define a universal technology management discipline?(Bilgesel Yayıncılık San Tic Ltd, 2009-08) Ansal, Hacer; Aygören, Huriye; Ekmekci, Cavit UmutConsidering the diversity of needs and concerns in developed and developing countries, the evolution of technology management (TM) discipline would be expected to follow different paths to include different national experiences and unique needs of these countries. Whether this diversity is reflected in the mainstream TM research agenda is an important issue. Thus, the aim of this study is in two folds; first, to examine how the general research agenda of TM discipline has evolved in the academic research in a developing country context, namely Turkey, and next, whether this research agenda has converged or diverged with the patterns of mainstream TM research in international journals, by analyzing the Turkish academics TM publications both in the national and international scientific journals. The findings reveal that the TM discipline in Turkey indicates both divergent and convergent characteristics when compared with the results of recent studies about developed and developing countries.Yayın First domino tile in the social innovation process: idea creation of university students(IEEE, 2016-09-08) Yıldırım, Nihan; Ansal, HacerInterrelations between creativity, innovativeness and entrepreneurial skills of individuals have long been discussed in the literature. Due to the challenges regarding their measurement, most studies focused on the intentions rather than the outcomes. The idea generation that requires creativity is the first stage of social innovation. The young population's creative potentials in participating social innovation practices deserve a special attention as they play a critical role in the innovativeness and entrepreneurship of societies. This study aims to explore the factors that determine the creative intentions of university students that are important in generating social innovation projects. A structured survey based on the literature was conducted among 600 management and engineering students from 3 universities from the different percentiles of the Entrepreneurial and Innovative University Index for 2012 of the Turkish Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology. The survey included questions on the demographic characteristics, environmental factors, motivators, university/institutional context, perceptions and creative thinking attitudes. By conducting reliability and factor analysis, accuracy and validity of data is tested and the impact factors were identified. Findings reveal that visionary attitude, curiosity, exploration and learning, attitude for own creativity, self-esteem, perception about the learnability of creativity, university and social environment are components of creative thinking intentions of students and some of these factors vary by year of study and university.Yayın Bilgi yoğun profesyonel hizmet firmalarında bilgi yönetimi: Türkiye'deki reklam ajansları üzerine bir çalışma(Bilgesel Yayıncılık San Tic Ltd, 2010-12) Şahin, Çiğdem; Ansal, HacerBu çalışma, bilgi yoğun hizmet üreten firmaların performanslarına etki eden bilgi ile ilgili faktörleri ortaya çıkarmayı amaçlamaktadır. Günümüz ekonomisinde firmaların en önemli stratejik gücü olarak değerlendirilen bilginin özellikle bilgi yoğun hizmetlerde yönetimi detaylı bir analizi gerektirmektedir (Grant, 1996). Bu çalışmada firmanın bilgiye ulaşım, bilgiyi paylaşım ve bilgi biriktirme yöntemlerinin firmanın performansı ile ilişkisi firmanın yerli ve yabancı kaynaklı olması çerçevesinde araştırılmaktadır. Önemli bilgi yoğun sektörlerden biri olan reklamcılık sektöründe yürütülen araştırmada, Türkiye'de faaliyet gösteren farklı performans seviyelerine ve kaynağa sahip altı adet reklam ajansı ile örnek olay çalışması yürütülmüştür. Araştırma firmanın yerli veya yabancı kaynaklı olmasının, firmanın bilgisini ve onu rekabet avantajına dönüştürebilme becerisini etkileyebildiğini göstermektedir. Bu çalışmanın bir diğer önemli sonucu ise farklı sektörlerde ve birçok müşteriye hizmet vererek kazanılan deneyimin bilgi yoğun firmalar için önemli bir rekabet avantajı sunuyor olmasıdır.
