The impact of space procurement on suppliers: Evidence from Italy

Jessica Catalano (catalano@csilmilano.com), Francesco Giffoni (giffoni@csilmilano.com) and Paolo Castelnovo (matteo.landoni@unimi.it)
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Jessica Catalano: CSIL Centre for Industrial Studies, https://www.csilmilano.com/team/gelsomina-catalano/
Francesco Giffoni: CSIL Centre for Industrial Studies, https://www.csilmilano.com/team/francesco-giffoni/
Paolo Castelnovo: Department of Economics, Management, and Quantitative Methods, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

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Abstract: This paper investigates the impact of space procurement on supplier firms. We empirically study how public procurement affects several dimensions of firms' performance in the Italian space industry. Our research strategy implies hypothesis-validating interviews, a survey, and an econometric analysis. We found space procurement to generate two outcomes in firms: "intermediate outcomes" - i.e., learning, innovation, and market penetration - and "final outcomes" - i.e., profit and sales, business development, and employment – with the former inducing the latter. Our results offer insights for understanding the role of public procurement from the suppliers’ perspective

Keywords: Public procurement; innovation; space economy; space industry; buyer-supplier relationships (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C25 H57 O32 O38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27 pages
Date: 2021-12-01
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