Technology Management Capability Assesment an Empirical Study in Izmir Turkey for Model Development

Technology Management Capability measurement is being emphasized as an important research field in the Technology Management discipline which continues to be developed by interdisciplinary interactions. Companies which improve technology management capabilities and become mature in this sense may improve their competitive powers and in turn their performances. To test these hypothesis; which defines the technology management capabilities of the companies in relation with the Project, Innovation and Knowledge Management capabilities, process based draft evaluation model has been developed. A survey has been performed via face to face structured interviews with the upper management of the 75 selected İzmir city based companies all of which were performing in Defense area as part of the defense clustering project. Findings as a result of the evaluation of the data gathered are supporting the hypothesis. The only exception is the cause and effect relationship between technology management and knowledge management processes. This should be analyzed further been order to deepen the research.