12. Integrated Framework for Technology Dissemination

Technology entrepreneurs in rural areas are one of the important agents of rural development. They depend on technologies for processing raw materials, production of outputs and distribution of outputs to end-users. One of the sources of technologies is research labs based in academic institutions, government scientific agencies and non-governmental organizations. New Product Development (NPD) is the framework applied to the study of technology dissemination, which includes technology transfer, technology commercialization. However, this framework is limited because it does not include the different settings for the flow of technologies through the processes in NPD. Hence, metrics developed independently don’t adequately monitor and correct the processes. This paper presents an integrated framework with conditions and parameters for the measurement of the progress of processes and makes corrective actions.