use of any activity for business purposes and financial gain.

When something becomes run or influenced by business.

the act of commercializing something; involving something in commerce; "my father considered the commercialization of Christmas to be a sacrilege"; "the government tried to accelerate the commercialization of this development"; "both companies will retain control over the commercialization of their own products"

the process by which the results of research projects are converted to marketable products or services, either by the inventors or by third-party developers

The process of refining and settling plans for full scale manufacturing and marketing. p. 304

same as commercialization.