A study of the relationship of certain measures of success on the technology readiness index score for small manufacturing organizations in the Mexico City metropolitan area

Mexico's economic success has been consistently attributed to the entrepreneurial and hardworking characteristics of small manufacturing organizations. Small manufacturing organization's in Mexico differ substantially from larger organizations in that less attention is placed on seeking information and planning investments. These firms usually rely on the owner's and manager's knowledge to make technological decisions.;The role of technology management in organizations is to understand the value of technology and be able to determine when to invest in or withdraw from technology investments. A review of current publications indicates an urgent need for scholarly inquiry of technology issues such as, how ready small manufacturing are organizations to embrace and effectively use new technologies? If they are, does this mean, they will be successful and competitive? Is it possible to group these enterprises into different segments on the basis of their technology readiness?;It is with these questions in mind, the purpose of this study was to determine if a relationship exists between certain measures of success (business survival, annual revenues, number of employees and technology consumption) of small manufacturing organizations located in the Mexico City metropolitan area, and organizations technology readiness index scores.