Innovation Trends in the Space Industry

The quadruple/quintuple helix model in entrepreneurial ecosystems: an institutional perspective on the space case study

“…In line with our exploratory research objectives and our longitudinal approach, this data collection method enables ‘ academics and practitioners alike [to] use journals most often for acquiring information and disseminating new findings and represent the highest level of research ’ (Ngai and Wat, 2002, p. 416). Regarding the timeframe of our research, we focused on the acceleration of the commercialization of space activities and their entrepreneurial dynamics, which began in the 2010s (Dos Santos Paulino, 2020; Dos Santos Paulino and Gudmundsson, 2021) and is referred to as the ‘New Space’ era (Dos Santos Paulino and Le Hir, 2016). We mainly selected articles from the 2010s to 2021, but we also included seven articles dating back to 1985, which were useful for historical data triangulation (Yin, 2009).…”

“…Because the space EE is smaller than other industrial sectors (Dos Santos Paulino, 2020) and thus induces a smaller data set than those analyzed by Fosso Wamba et al (2013) and Pinkse et al (2014), we chose not to rely on qualitative data analysis software but to proceed manually to a thematic analysis of the articles that we selected (Tranfield et al, 2003; Cao and Shi, 2020; Cho et al, 2021). Doing so allowed us to identify and synthesize concepts that do not have a well‐known defined construct, such as for the emergent entrepreneurial dynamics in the space EE (Thomas and Harden, 2008; Barnett‐Page and Thomas, 2009).…”

“…This case is of interest, both theoretically and empirically, by being highly regulated by institutions and by addressing major sociotechnological transformations (Lamine et al, 2021). Thus, it seems to be a relevant empirical case for studying how the entrepreneurial dynamics of the space EE are influenced by institutions (OECD, 2019; Dos Santos Paulino, 2020; Lamine et al, 2021). To that end, we rely on a qualitative thematic analysis based on three space‐oriented journals from 1985 to May 2021; thus analysis enables us to find promising theoretical insights into the emergence of EEs and their institutional interplay.…”

Market Diffusion of Industrial Products and Regulatory Barriers to Adoption: The Case of Satellites

“…Since 2003, the satellites market has experienced a rapid growth due to an acceleration of the commercialization trend fuelled by disruptions referred to as New Space (e.g. new entrants, new technologies) (Dos Santos Paulino, 2020;OECD, 2016). This paper informs the commercialization of space by analysing the influence of regulatory barriers in the diffusion of satellites.…”