the second wave of entrants starting from was composed of giant consumer electronic firms attracted by generous tax incentives soon to be followed by leaders in the disk drive and computer segments rasiah apart from protection the state was instrumental in providing subsidies for acquiring foreign technologies eg for the national car project proton and its engine and gearbox technologies from mitsubishi it renewed and strengthened the financial incentives to exportoriented firms and complemented these with specific stimuli for higher valueadded activities such as tax allowances on firms training and rd expenditures unido