A systematic review of the Space technology transfer literature: Research synthesis and emerging gaps

“…64 However, in the post-Cold-War era, these policies predominantly revolve around the power of innovation. 13,14 In particular, on one hand, the discourse is built on the expectations of technology transfer from publicly funded basic and applied science, [65][66][67] and on the other hand, the creation of new markets for the Space Sector applications [68][69][70][71] as part of economic (development) policy. Hence, the Space Sector's growth is being supported by deliberate top-down policy interventions, often delivered dispersedly by publicly backed innovation intermediaries, while it also relies upon a preexisting environment and bottom-up entrepreneurial action, that is, the Open Innovation approach.…”

Section: Industry Transition and Emergence Of ''New Space''mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Primarily, public agencies are investing in a series of initiatives to ensure that such knowledge ''spillovers'' from (academic) research 126,127 reach the market via ''knowledge intermediaries,'' which is currently the subject of a broad consensus in the field of science and innovation policy internationally 128,129 and in the Space Sector in particular. 65,66,130 These ideas have been adopted at both the U.K.-wide level as well as within the specific regional (Scottish) context, with divergent implementation.…”

Section: From Policy To Action: the Scottish Dimensionmentioning

confidence: 99%

New Space and Innovation Policy: Scotland's Emerging “Space Glen”

Vidmar

2020

New Space

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The global Space Industry's transition to New Space-that is, smaller and cheaper hardware and more easily accessible space data-is expanding space-related economic activity into new, peripheral geographical areas. This paradigm shift has been particularly successful in establishing a budding ecosystem of small-to-medium-sized enterprises in Scotland, which is sometimes referred to as the ''Space Glen.'' These developments are linked to the U.K. and Scottish policymakers addressing the growth of the Space Sector within the innovation policy, rather than a separate Space policy/program. In this review article, I argue that the resulting small-scale and dispersed investment in R&D and business development put forward by the various governmental actors led to the creation of dispersed and divergent clusters of firms, strongly linked to research expertise at local universities, as well as other sectors with more mature markets, such as oil and gas and forestry. Recently, these have been joined together in a common regional sectoral identity, through industry-led grouping initiatives, mainly through promotion at events. Deploying mixed-method data collection and document analysis, this scoping study examines the interplay between innovation policy and emerging sectoral structures in the space sector and poses further questions for a more detailed understanding of the ''Space Glen'' phenomenon.

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“…Furthermore, more board lessons can be learned applicable in many other high-tech contexts. Of particular concern is the current lack of clarity as to the various roles and actions performed by the innovation intermediaries [80] and the contextualised sectoral needs [81,82]. Hence, in order for Agile Space Living Lab innovation model to be understood and developed further, analysis of the roles and activities of innovation intermediaries is needed.…”

Section: Analysing Policy: Innovation Intermediaries and Interventionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Agile Space Living Lab – The Emergence of a New High-Tech Innovation Paradigm

Vidmar

2019

Space Policy

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The global space industry has recently seen a structural transformation through the emergence of "New Space", i.e. a significant expansion of the development of smaller, cheaper and more modular space-related products in services. One example of this expansion is the emergence of a world-leading cluster of New Space industry in Scotland (UK). Critically, this development is being pitched as a new approach to innovation ecosystem, which the players refer to as "Agile Space", based on a consolidation of cross-sector competences within a loose value chain integration. However, I argue in particular, that the emergence of the Scottish New Space Sector is crucially linked to the Living Laboratories (Living Lab) conceptualisation of the innovation practices and processes within the Agile Space approach. Hence, this paper maps the key features of the emergence and development of the New Space Industry in Scotland and analyses the key feature of the Agile Space Living Lab paradigm, before proposing a critical further research agenda suggesting several much-needed strands of enquiry.

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A systematic review of the Space technology transfer literature: Research synthesis and emerging gaps

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New Space and Innovation Policy: Scotland's Emerging “Space Glen”

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