For Citation: Eryılmaz, M.E. & Bektaş, O. (2017). An Examination of the Relationship between Vision Content and Amount of Innovation in SMEs: Findings from Turkey. Carvalho, L.C. (Ed.). Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Social Dynamics in a Globalized World. U.S., Hershey: IGI Global. An Examination of the Relationship between Vision Content and Amount of Innovation in SMEs: Findings from Turkey Mehmet Eymen Eryılmaz Uludağ University, Department of Business Administration, Turkey Olcay Bektaş Uludağ University, Department of Business Administration, Turkey ABSTRACT In the literature, it is strongly claimed by some studies that the content of a vision statement may be an appropriate mean to reach some desired individual, group and organizational level results. In addition, the idea relating to vitality of various types of innovation for different sorts of organizations has been supported by findings of many empirical studies. However, these studies that focus on the concept organizational innovation are based on large-sized organization to a great extent. Therefore, this study empirically investigates the effects of vision statements’ content on the amount of innovation in the context of Turkish “Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs). The findings of study indicated that there aren’t statistically significant differences between SMEs with innovation oriented vision statement and other SMEs in terms of amount of product innovation. A possible reason behind this finding may be inadequate vision communication. During the chapter, first, the literatures on organizational innovation, vision statements and SMEs are reviewed briefly. Then, these reviews will be followed by the sections of methodology and the findings. The chapter will be ended with the parts of future directions and conclusions that include the originalities and several limitations of this study. INTRODUCTION Nowadays, almost all organizations in different sectors and all around the world operate in turbulent environments. Therefore, different types of innovation and understanding their triggers have become vital for their survival. Hence, many studies have been conducted to discuss and understand the effects of contextual factors such as environment (Hong, Magnusen & Mondello, 2015), organizational culture (Hogan & Coote, 2014; Leal-Rodrigues, Eldridge, Ariza-Montes & Morales-Fernandez, 2015), size (Blau & McKinley, 1979; Damanpour, 1992; Hong, Magnusen & Mondello, 2015) and technology (Yen & Chou, 2001); dimensions of organizational structure such as complexity,