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This article examines the preconditions necessary for the successful operation of the open innovation platform and applications in Turkey. In open innovation, firstly the applications in the world are explored and then the methods developed are introduced. Open innovation platforms differentiate according to the participants' freedom of providing ideas and the conditions of selection. Open innovation is designed to mobilize external resources that institutions do not own. In design, why stakeholders need to present ideas, and a way to compare the ideas have to be addressed. The open innovation practices do not see enough attention in Turkey. The first initiative is closed in Turkey. A few big firms exploit the internal open innovation platform. As in South Korea, small and mediumsized companies need open innovation support by public or chamber associations. Developing human capital can be done by giving attention to the ideas of the employees and realizing their suggestions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between learning culture, knowledge management, human capital and organizational effectiveness in logistics service providers. This study is based on competence-based theory. In this study, it is aimed to show how to carry out the knowledge management activities which are used to provide organizational effectiveness in the dynamic logistics and supply chain management environment and to control human capital by the help of learning culture. In this context, a questionnaire was conducted to the blue-collar employees of 25 enterprises in freight transportation and logistics sector, which was listed in the "Turkey's Top 500 Service Exporters Survey" in 2016'by Turkish Export Assembly. The data obtained from 180 questionnaires were analyzed by using structural equation modeling. The findings of the study indicate that learning culture has a significant positive effect on knowledge management, human capital and organizational effectiveness. In addition, the effect of knowledge management on human capital and organizational effectiveness was not statistically significant. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]