Kalaycı, ElifKalayci, ElifPamukcu, TeomanDepartment of Business2024-07-052024-07-05201440957-88111743-972810.1057/ejdr.2014.12https://doi.org/10.1057/ejdr.2014.12https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14411/177Kalayci, Elif/0000-0001-6658-0595Research and development (R&D) activities of firms in developing countries (DCs) have been gaining in importance for nationwide economic growth and development, while globalization of the world economy offers a number of opportunities for fostering knowledge-creating activities. Therefore, a better understanding of factors influencing R&D activities of firms in DCs with a view to conceive and implement appropriate policies is firmly on the agenda. In this article, a rich firm-level data set and a new estimation methodology with selection and endogeneity correction are used over the period 2003-2007 to investigate drivers of manufacturing R&D in Turkey. Our results indicate positive effects of foreign direct investment (FDI)-related vertical R&D spillovers, R&D subsidies and distance to technology frontier on R&D intensity, whereas FDI-related horizontal R&D spillovers, firm size and export intensity exert a negative effect.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessforeign R&DFDI spilloverslinkagesR&D subsidiesHeckman selectioninstrumental variablesTurkeyArticleQ2265853869WOS:000346157800017