Impact of Digitalization on SMEs’ Productivity in Turkey 1 March 2022

Project Name: Impact of Digitalization on SMEs’ Productivity in Turkey

Country: Türkiye

Start Date: 01-05-2021

End Date: 01-03-2022

Client Name: Vodafone

Project Details: 

This project aimed at assessing the impact of digitalization investments of Turkish SMEs on their productivity trends. The study also provides evidence-based policy and program recommendations towards Turkey’s 12th Development Plan.

The unique methodolgy developed by PAL Included a comprehensive survey of 600 enterprises, and integration of Turkstat databases of 130K enterprises. PALimplemented the project in three stages. In the first stage, literature reviews were carried out and information on the effects of digitalization on businesses was compiled. The Digital SMEs survey, which was prepared in line with the findings obtained in the literature study, was carried out with the participation of 600 enterprises. In the second stage, a rich database was created by combining TurkStat micro data sets containing data on the use of information technologies and economic performance of SMEs, and then the effects of digitalization on firm performance were revealed with econometric analyses. In the last stage, all the findings were synthesized with a view to craft evidence-based policy recommendations, which in turn, aimed to contribute the 12th Five-Year Development Plan of Turkey.

To access the report, click here. (In Turkish)