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Abstract
This research, which was made within the category of a multiple case study, has as an objective
to contribute to the understanding of the processes that explain the Management of
Technological Innovation (MTI) in small and medium enterprises (SME's) with low
investment in research and development (R&D), analyzing the internal and external variables
that set out the process. Methodological approaches and susceptible concepts to be used were
examined.An instrument that allowed the evaluation and learning of the variables details from
MTI in SME`s from the lacto industrial area and from the national capital that have had
outstanding efforts ending up in specific products that have been introduced into the market.
The main innovations, management functions and the key factors of success that are necessary
for their operation were detected through a visit to the plants. The results are presented by
means of a narrative structure.