Determining Probability of Success First, governments must identify those industries that have a high probability of success. Some industries grow to be competitive because of governmental protection; automobile production in Brazil is a good example. However, in many other cases, such as automobile production in Malaysia, the protected industries remain inefficient even after years of government aid. infant-industry protection fails to reduce costs enough to compete against imports, chances are its owners, workers, and suppliers will constitute a formidable pressure group that may prevent the competing lower-priced products. Also, the security of importation of