MEGARON, cilt.13, sa.3, ss.395-406, 2018 (ESCI)
In this article, the location differentition of innovative firms is examined through the agglomeration and dispersion effects of economic activities in urban centers/urban regions and the location of innovation discussions. To introduce an explanation, yet in a limited dimension, for the spatial differention of innovative firms, the location of innovative firms are analyzed through location either in urban center or urban region; in organized production sites or in a scattered form through the agglomeration and dispersion effects and also by taking the sectoral differention into consideration. As a conclusion, the study puts forward that innovative firms in Izmir locate predominantly in organized production areas, the sectoral differention is significant for the location of the firms and lastly, although the innovative firms in urban center is more than the urban region there is important number of innovative firms located in the pheripherial districts of Izmir.