Technical change and industrial policy: The case of truck manufacturing in Turkey

Abstract

Abstract The paper analyzes the experience of three Turkish truck manufacturing firms under import substitution and export-oriented industrialization strategies. It identifies some of the factors which influence their technological efforts and examines the rate and nature of technical change generated in the firms. By exploring firms' production performance and technological efforts in a broader macroeconomic context, the paper draws lessons on the effects of industrialization policies on the nature, rate and impact of technical change.