Technology development cycle describes the process of a new technology through the stages of technological maturity:Research and developmentdemonstrationdeploymentdiffusioncommercial maturity
In current world trends, with TLCs shortening due to competition and rapid innovation, a technology becomes technically licensable at all points of the TLC, whereas earlier, it was licensed only when ...
There is usually technology hype at the introduction of any new technology, but only after some time has passed can it be judged as mere hype or justified true acclaim. Because of the logistic curve n ...
The TLC may be seen as composed of four phases:(a) The research and development (RD) phase (sometimes called the "bleeding edge") when incomes from inputs are negative and where the prospects of failu ...
The technology life-cycle (TLC) describes the commercial gain of a product through the expense of research and development phase, and the financial return during its "vital life". Some technologies, s ...
