DETERMINATION OF THE DETERMINANTS OF COMPETITIVENESS FOR HVAC-R SECTOR

Purpose- Turkish HVAC-R sector has recently increased its production and export value, as well as being considered as having high potential in terms of these two factors. Thanks to the current public policy which is determinative and supports production; it’s supposed capital and technology intensive sectors’ competitive level to raise up. Nevertheless, it’s discussed broadly that it’s clear of the 2023 goals to come true, in view of the export progress. As a result of these circumstances, analyzing current competitiveness of sectors has a strategical importance. It has been seen in the literature review that, any study has not been executed which puts forward the dynamics to be used to analyze the competitiveness of Turkish HVAC-R sector. With this study, it’s aimed that to be determined the dynamics of competitiveness of HVAC-R sector, which is a capital and technology intensive sector, by taking into consideration its idiosyncratic characteristics. Methodology- The study is a typical exploratory research with this essence. In the research, deep interview method was used with the sector’s experts those had been chosen by judgement sampling. So data has been primary data as well as the other information has been picked up from secondary data resources. For this data gathering, scientific publishments, various chambers’, associations’, and institutions’ reports was compiled. Findings- With this research, it has been found out what the determinants of competitiveness that can be used in the analysis of competitiveness of HVAC-R sector are. Conclusion- The findings that were achieved by primary research, has generated a base for the following researchs of competitive anaylsis of HVAC-R sector