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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Soft costs"”.
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The Impact of Soft Costs Associated with the Implementation of New Information Technology in United States-Based Small to Medium Businesses on Productivity
This research investigates the influence of "soft costs" on the productivity impact of new information technology (IT) implementations in US-based Small and Medium-sized Businesses (SMBs). Soft costs, distinct from "hard costs," encompass factors such as resistance to change, training, …
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Effects of hardware and soft features on the performance evolution of low-carbon technologies
… about the role of hardware- and non-hardware ('soft') innovations in technological progress remains largely unanswered despite the societal importance of improved technology. Multiple low-carbon technologies exhibit rising shares of soft costs, and understanding their determinants is thus …
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Fabrication of singulated c-Si solar cells for semi-flexible photovoltaic modules
… PV projects are still dominated by soft costs incurred through the distribution, permitting, and installation of panels. Part of this cost can be attributed to the weight of the panels, on the order of 30 kilograms per 300 watt panel, primarily caused by the thick glass protective …
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Recharging the facade : designing and constructing novel BIPV assemblies
… have been realized, prohibitively high costs and multiple technical complexities persist. A main cause of these challenges is a lack of system-level design and engineering ofphotovoltaic (PV) systems coupled with traditional methods of building construction. PV installation remains a …
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Perceptions of risk in increasingly capital-intensive electricity grids : measuring the impacts of accurate cost of capital representation on investment planning for future energy systems
… of improved representation of financing costs for the various stakeholders who interact with large-scale capacity expansion models. This is achieved through the exploration of two distinct but connected research objectives, the first being relevant to energy modelers and the second to …