ISSN 2756-3308
African Journal of Estate and Property Management ISSN 9671-8498 Vol. 4 (6), pp. 001-007, June, 2017. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
An analysis of small and medium-sized forest products enterprises in Turkey based on production, capacity usage, machine park and technology
Derya Sevim Korkut1*, Emel Erdem2 and M. Nafiz Duru3
1Duzce University, Faculty of Forestry, Department of Forest Industrial Engineering, Duzce, 81620, Turkey.
2Forest Industrial Engineer, Duzce-Turkey.
3Istanbul Aydin University, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Department of Industrial Engineering, Istanbul- Turkey.
Accepted 11 January, 2017
Abstract
With this work, it is aimed to put forward the present situation about “production, capacity usage, machine park and technology” and to define the problems of the actuations of the forest products industry which is included in the scope of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in Duzce (an important place in terms of actuating the forest products industry in Turkey). For this aim, face-to-face questionnaires were administered to 43 SMEs in the forest products industry in Duzce. Data obtained revealed the problems of the SMEs and it was found that the basis of their problems was insufficient finance.
Key words: Small and medium sized enterprises, SME, forest industry, Turkey.