A primer to new space business - Beyond “Business in space: The new frontier” (Goodrich, Kitmacher and Amtey, 1987)

Sebastian H. Fuchs, Tim Vorley and Marc J. Ventresca

Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 2024, vol. 22, issue C

Abstract: The purpose of this article is to serve as a primer and gateway to contemporary developments around New Space as an entrepreneurial phenomenon. Despite its media-presence, commercial space activity in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) has been mostly absent from the management literature. We use considerations that Goodrich et al. had voiced in Business Horizons in 1987 with their piece “Business in Space: The New Frontier” to pick up on earlier thinking around venturing into space, update highlighted themes, and go beyond those. Our article follows the structure set out in 1987 and covers the current state of space commercialization, obstacles to space commercialization, opportunities in space, marketing and managerial implications, and concludes with research avenues. We find that entrepreneurship in space is currently in a phase overcoming many of the previously voiced obstacles, embracing the opportunities that space offers beyond catering to government agencies as main clients. We call this contemporary period for space Transition Space, which is situated between Old government-driven and venture-driven New Space. We argue that space is a critical new context not only for entrepreneurial activity but for entrepreneurship research as well. Our article contributes to the nascent space management literature.

Keywords: Space management; Space business; Low Earth Orbit; New Space (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbvi.2024.e00493

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