Learning and Capability Acquisition: A Case Study of the Indian Automobile Industry

Madhuri Saripalle

Working Papers from Madras School of Economics,Chennai,India

Abstract: This study analyzes the impact of government policy regime on the learning and capability acquisition of firms over time. Through a case study analysis of the Indian automotive industry, the study develops three hypotheses relating policy regimes with learning strategies of firms. The study tests these hypotheses through a model of learning using a panel data for the Indian automotive industry. It finds that speed of knowledge assimilation is more important in the liberalized policy regime vis-à-vis protection when knowledge assimilation per se was a more important economic goal.

Keywords: Growth; Learning; Capabilities; Industrial Policy; Automobile industry; Asia; India. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L62 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37 pages
Date: 2012-01
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