Annexure a

District-wise distribution of sampling elements from each State

District name / Number of Organizations
Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu / 20
Sambha / 16*
Haryana
Faridabad / 20
Gurgaon / 20
Himachal Pardesh
Solan / 20
Sirmur / 20
Punjab
Ludhiana / 20
SAS Nagar / 20
Total / 156

Note: *only this many number of units were found to be operating in this district as per the criteria set for short listing of medium and large manufacturing units from each district of every state.

Annexure b

Factor Analysis Results for Technology Orientation Construct

Statements / Factor / Communalities
The selection of appropriate supplier of technology / .881 / 0.776
Frequency of developing upgraded technology / .879 / 0.772
The presence of well defined objectives of new technology / .839 / 0.704
Training of the employees at all levels for upgrading them with latest technological changes / .802 / 0.643
Tie up with research institutes/universities or R&D activities / .799 / 0.639
Patenting Technology / .794 / 0.631
Extensive and thorough use of these technology adoption policies / .754 / 0.568
Eigen Value / 4.733
Cumulative Percentage of Variance / 67.61
Barlett’ssphericity test / Chi-square value equal to 748.546* / Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO)= 0.89

Note: * significant at 1 per cent level of significance.

Annexure c

Chi-Square Test Results

MTO Units
S.No. / Variable
1. / Outreach of Organization / 55 (International)*
2. / Frequency of evaluation of proposals of technological innovations in your unit / 57 (Quarterly/Annually/Weekly)***
3. / Pattern of Launching new technology / 52 (Initially on pilot basis)*
4. / Period Existence / 52 (During and after 2001) *
5. / Number of Personnel engaged in R&D activities / 50 (Less than 10)
LTO Units
1. / Outreach of Organization / 45 (National/Regional)*
2. / Frequency of evaluation of proposals of technological innovations in your unit / 40 (Not fixed as and when need arises)***
3. / Launch new technology / 42 (Otherwise)*
4. / Period Existence / 41 (Before 2001) *
5. / Number of Personnel engaged in R&D activities / 37 (Otherwise)

Note: 1. *chi-square value significant at 1 per cent level of significance; **chi-square value significant at 5 per cent level of significance; ***chi-square value significant at 10 per cent level of significance.

Annexure d

Independent Sample t-Test Results

Variables / Levene's Test for Equality of Variances / t-Test for Equality of Means
Tech-orientation / N / Mean / F / t / df
Total number of employees working in your unit / LTO Units / 69 / 512.19 / A / 14.01 / -2.99 / 154.00
MTO Units / 87 / 1095.15 / B / -3.18 / 0.00
Has your organization’s performance improved in relation to rival firms by applying the results of R&D* / LTO Units / 69 / 2.51 / A / 3.13 / 2.65 / 154.00
MTO Units / 87 / 2.16 / B / 2.63 / 139.31
How do you rate the image of the products sold by your organization in the eyes of your customers* / LTO Units / 69 / 1.84 / A / 0.26 / 3.34 / 154.00
MTO Units / 87 / 1.46 / B / 3.27 / 131.16

Note: 1.A= Equal variances assumed; B=Equal variances not assume

2. *Rated on 5 point likert type scale wherein 1 stands for always and 5 never.