Can Technology be Developed without Government Assistance? Korean Automobile Case Study

Evaluation Note / İrem Kızılca

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"South Korea is the world’s 5^th biggest automobile producer and the 6^th biggest exporter. At the beginning of the 1980s, when Korea was 30^th largest exporter, Turkey was right behind it, in 31^st place. In 30 years, Korea rapidly rose first to 28^th then to 10^th, and established itself as the 6^th largest producer in the early 2000s, while Turkey has only risen from 30^th to 15^th in the time period up to 2011..."