RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES OPENED AND CLOSED, AND EMPLOYMENT RATES: EXAMPLE OF TURKEY
AÇILAN VE KAPANAN KÜÇÜK VE ORTA BÜYÜKLÜKTEKİ İŞLETME SAYILARI İLE İSTİHDAM ORANLARI ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİ: TÜRKİYE ÖRNEĞİ

Author : Selçuk BAKAN
Number of pages : 495-499

Abstract

Employment is considered among the most important issues by policy makers at macro and local level. States try to take some measures to increase employment by instituting various policies. The importance of companies with state institutions increase day by day in terms of increasing employment. Today, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have become an effective economical unit and shares of these enterprises in terms of production, export, added value and investment reached significant numbers. Besides these, SMEs are units that are constantly employed and less affected by economic fluctuations because they can adapt quickly to change and innovation. SMEs have begun to gain more importance in creating employment and competition conditions in most of the countries. After the economic crises in the world, large-scale enterprises have begun to decrease in importance, while SMEs have gained great importance in macroeconomic policies due to their economic contribution to many countries, employment and income distribution. SMEs in Turkey have an important role in the country’s economy due to their significant effect on the number of enterprises and employment and is one of the dynamic and fluent elements of the economy. In this study, the aim was to investigate whether there is a relationship between the number of SMEs opened and closed, and employment rates. No statistically significant relationship was determined between the number of SMEs and employment rates in the study. The following result has been reached in the study. Employees at a new SME opening are provided by other SMEs. When an SME closes, the employees are employed by other SMEs.

Keywords

Employment, SME, Economy

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