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Potential Applications of Concentrated Solar Photons (1991) / Chapter Skim
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3 Organization, Technology Transfer, Program Direction, and Institutional Issues
Pages 48-50

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... Subject to equally high-qual~ty business analysis including analysis of the industry to be affected, market shares of companies, competing technologies, and definition of cost and performance objectives some of these concepts could be translated into development or demonstration projects. The latter would then prove that the targeted cost objective can be met and that the product or process does meet the performance and market window requirements leading to a transfer of the technology.
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From page 49...
... Utilization of concentrated solar energy in nonelectric applications differs from the area of solar to electrical conversion in that each potential application must cany and justify its own program. The different applications discussed span a very broad range of scientific and technological areas that require teams of scientists and engineers with different backgrounds and experience, in addition to those experienced in solar concentrator design.
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From page 50...
... In the committee's view, in-depth business analyses and translat~on of such analyses by management to technology, cost, and timing objectives focused on user-oriented projects are imperative. To see an increasing flow of products and processes based on the application of concentrated solar photons, program management should examine internally, possibly through analysis conducted by a business school or management consulting organization, the institutional cultures and values that now define "success" in the organization.
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  • applications differs
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