Industrial Clustering Approach in Regional Development: The Case of Turkey (original) (raw)

In this paper, a "3-Star Analysis,” commonly used in cluster mapping studies in the European Union (E.U.), was conducted, and manufacturing sectors with clustering potential in Turkey were determined across the 26 regions (NUTS 2). This study first introduces a novel concept of “cluster density index” for the manufacturing sectors in Turkey and then analyzes the relationship between the cluster density index and openness, economic development level and public incentives for investment. In this analysis, we used the non-parametric spearman’s rank correlation to test the relationships between the variables of interest.