Part 1 Technological decision making and national development: the technological project; the technology transfer process; the nature of technological mastery; politics, policy and decision-making; technological decisions and project analysis; the project cycle and technological decision making; technological decision-making, technology transfer and the project cycle. Part 2 Iron and steel in Turkish development: strategies of development; the iron and steel sector; the global scene; Ataturk's development strategy; the Karabuk plant; the emergence of a multi-party system; the arrival of national planning; Turkey's development strategy and its consequences. Part 3 The decision to build Erdemir: the negotiations; the design issues; the impact issues; the management issues; the implementation. Part 4 Salvaging the project: Turkish perspectives; the new studies; the new loan; the Sinter plant decision. Part 5 The expansion of Erdemir: project approval; the design of the project; management issues. Part 6 Isdemir, Sidemir, Karabuk - projects and comparative perspectives. Part 7 Technological decision making - retrospect and prospects: the quality of technological decisions; the functioning of the transfer; the nature of technological decision making; the emergence of a new perspective.

An in-depth study of the process of descision-making, in both an empirical and theoretical context, within the iron and steel industry in Turkey, with respect to the planning, development and implementation of major construction projects.