Managerial and Economic Barriers and Incentives to the Commercialization of Solar Energy Technologies

Article Abstract:

The energy needs of modern society make the development of alternative energy sources necessary. Solar energy is an acceptable source for United States water and space- heating. The adoption of new technology includes awareness, interest, evaluation, trial and adoption. Solar technologies are explored in the light of innovative characteristics. Results of a survey of the active solar industry are reported. Performance so far has not been encouraging. Recommendations to remedy this are made. Tables and graphs are given. An appendix presents the survey questionnaire.

Innovations, Solar energy

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Solar System Sorties: Ending the Hiatus

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The Venus Rader Mapper (VRM) to be launched from the Space Shuttle in 1988 will map more than seventy per cent of the surface of Venus. Other low-cost missions planned for the 1990s include a Mars geosience and climatology orbiter, a comet rendezvous and and asteroid flyby, and a Titan probe and radar mapper. Future political situations will decide if grander projects will be undertaken by the United States.

Future Technologies, United States, Space Craft, Space Exploration, NASA

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Team incentives prominent among "best-practice" companies

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A survey has revealed that most best-practice companies rely on team incentive plans as a form of reward to salaried employees. Of the 86 companies surveyed, 70% used team incentives and 55% used business incentives. A total of 53% of the companies also used team incentives to reward work to hourly employees. Three types of teams were identified: work teams, parallel teams and project teams.

Compensation and benefits, Surveys, Work groups, Teamwork (Workplace), Workers, Incentives (Business)

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