R & D and innovation activities of Technoparks in terms of university and industry cooperation: A case of Yildiz Technopark

Changes in science and technology directly affect the market and market mechanism where the products and services are sold. Especially with the globalization, developments taking place in any part of the world have affected the market and market competition at the global level. In addition, the fact that the market and the market has been moved to the international level beyond national boundaries has made it compulsory for the industrial sector to compete with its competitors all over the world. The continuous renewal of market and market needs necessitated the production of products, services and processes developed by scientific studies of the industrial sector. This brought university and industrial cooperations. Therefore, the complexes established within the framework of the so-called technoparks are of great importance for technology and industrial production. Technoparks are the leading companies in the industry by performing R & D and innovation activities. Our study is about university and industry cooperation and technoparks and R & D as the main field of activity of technoparks. Our study includes innovation processes and Yıldız Technopark example.