NewSpace, an Innovatization of the space sector - What lessons for public policy?
Type
applied research project
Start Date
June 2022
End Date
February 2024
Status
Completed
Keywords
innovation studies
innovation policy
NewSpace
space economics
engineering economics
Description
This research deals with the radical transformations currently taking place in the space sector, and the way in which public policy - particularly innovation policy - has to readjust its objectives and instruments accordingly, in order to make positive changes sustainable.
AIM 1: To answer “what is innovatization?” with rigorous evidence from the space sector. Here we fully establish the concept (as well as technological achievements), rigorously characterize it and needed theory, and confront it to all available evidence in the space sector.
AIM 2: To establish “how should we measure innovatization in practice?”, as well as distinguish technological achievements vs. innovations. Reliable indicators are needed to measure the (i) innovatization at the sectoral level from WP2, and (ii) technological achievement vs. innovation at the product/system/project level.
AIM 3: To characterize what is happening in the Swiss space sector (in a European context), and provide innovation policy recommendations.
AIM 1: To answer “what is innovatization?” with rigorous evidence from the space sector. Here we fully establish the concept (as well as technological achievements), rigorously characterize it and needed theory, and confront it to all available evidence in the space sector.
AIM 2: To establish “how should we measure innovatization in practice?”, as well as distinguish technological achievements vs. innovations. Reliable indicators are needed to measure the (i) innovatization at the sectoral level from WP2, and (ii) technological achievement vs. innovation at the product/system/project level.
AIM 3: To characterize what is happening in the Swiss space sector (in a European context), and provide innovation policy recommendations.
Leader contributor(s)
Marc-andre Chavy-macdonald
Benoit Cornet
Dominique Foray
Member contributor(s)
Funder
Topic(s)
innovation policy
innovation economics
NewSpace
space economy
engineering economics
Method(s)
start-up survey
conceptual modelling
product archaeology
innovation economic data and indicators
contract analysis
Notes
Funder was the Swiss Space Office (SSO) under SERI.
211 kCHF went to HSG, the rest spent at EPFL.
211 kCHF went to HSG, the rest spent at EPFL.
Range
HSG + other universities
Principal
HSG
Division(s)