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The purpose of this paper is to provide an approach to the metaphorical use of Darwin’s evolutionist view in a variety of areas of knowledge –social sciences, anthropology, sociology, psychology and economics. A theoretical analysis of the links between these areas and business organizations is carried out resulting in a succinct theoretical foundation about the interrelationships of evolution, as a biological concept, with the business reality. The latter, like any species, must adapt to the environment in the struggle for existence, and must, in addition, co-evolve in order to increase its chances of survival. Finally, unaddressed aspects or contradictions are pointed out which suggest possible outlooks for future research studies., El objeto del presente artículo es proveer un enfoque sobre la utilización metafórica desde la concepción evolucionista de la teoría darwinista a distintas áreas del conocimiento –ciencias sociales, antropología, sociología, psicología y economía–. Se realiza un análisis teórico de los vínculos que guardan dichas áreas con las organizaciones empresariales, arribando a una fundamentación teórica sucinta de las interrelaciones que tiene la evolución como concepto biológico con la realidad de la empresa. Esta última, como cualquier especie, debe adaptarse al entorno en la contienda por su existencia, además de coevolucionar para aumentar sus probabilidades de sobrevivencia. Por último, se idean ausencias o contradicciones que dilucidan prismas para futuras investigaciones.

This paper aims at proposing a methodological approach to identify the minimal contents for a future solar photovoltaic (PV) roadmap in Argentina, focusing on the actions required to reach a high penetration scenario until 2030. Argentina has been facing energy supply shortages caused by a combination of increasing in energy demand and government inability to meet the additional demand on time with the available resources (mainly fossil fuels). Although versatile and scalable, Solar PV technology has been receiving low incentives from Argentinean government. Two literature’s perspectives - the functional perspective of technological innovation systems and prospective studies (mainly normative scenarios and roadmaps as a planning tool) – were applied to set the proposed high penetration scenario up to 2030. Stakeholders and expert’s visions, global path of technology and a local prospective study made by local experts in 2012 were used to validate the proposed scenario. As main results, a way to build a future solar photovoltaic scenario in urban and suburban areas is described; minimal contents that can orient a local roadmap construction are defined, and the necessary improvements of solar PV framework in Argentina (both regulatory and promotion aspects) are pointed out.