ANALYSIS OF FACTORS AFFECTING INNOVATION PERFORMANCE IN SMEs BY FUZZY DEMATEL BASED ANALYTIC NETWORK PROCESS (FDANP) METHOD AND AN APPLICATION

It is becoming difficult for enterprises to compete by producing classical products and services in the markets that turn into a dynamic structure with the rapid increase of technological developments. For this reason, R&D and innovation activities in recent years have an important issue for the development of enterprises. In this study, it was aimed to determine the factors affecting innovation activities in SMEs and to determine the importance level of the factors using Fuzzy Dematel Based Analytical Network Process (BDANP) method. As a result of the analysis, it was determined that the variables of cooperation with the financial institutions and the cooperation with the universities are the most important criteria and the variables of the age and organizational structure of the enterprises have the least importance