ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY MANAGER IN END-TO-END COMMERCIALIZATION, FROM A CASE OF TELE-ECG SYSTEM
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Technology Manager, Commercialization, End-to-End Technology TransferAbstract
An R&D organization that develops a commercially usable product can draw its benefit by either manufacturing &selling the new product directly to customers, or by licensing out the technology to a firm that manufactures& sells. Many a time the research organization is not mandated to manufacture & sell directly to end-users. Then licensing would be the best path available for commercialization of developed product. The main actors in this process (also called technology value chain) are developer, technology-transfer office,transferee-firm, suppliers of components / accessories, and market-researchers.It is desirable to have a central actor to coordinate all the activities to ensure the effectiveness of end-to-end technology value chain. Such a central actor may be called technology manager.A case of Tele-ECG system developed by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) of India is taken as an example. The objective of the paper is to elucidate the role of a perceived ‘technology manager’ in the process of commercialization.Semi-structured interviews were conducted with individual actors such as developer, technology-transfer expert, a few technology-transferees and a few end-users. Perceptive analysis was carried out to figure out the importance of a central functionary called technology-manager.
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