Social Issues in Management SIM

The New Space Economy is rapidly transforming the landscape of business and innovation. Novel business models are emerging at the intersection of space technologies, sustainability, governance, and ecosystem participation.

This roundtable will explore how business models in the New Space Economy emerge, when they emerge, what types exist, and how sustainability and governance shape their evolution. We will also examine space as a common-pool resource, raising distinctive questions around shared access, long-term sustainability, stewardship, and legitimacy.

Importantly, the discussion is not only about space ventures. Space is increasingly becoming an attractive domain for non-space firms (including firms in mobility, agriculture, energy, digital services, and other adjacent sectors) that seek to leverage space-based data, infrastructure, and platforms.

Together, we will discuss how space-native and non-space firms can participate in, or transition into, the space economy through new roles, capabilities, partnerships, and business model configurations for creating, appropriating, and capturing value.

👥 Facilitators
• Lorenzo Massa - Aalborg University Business School
• Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli - Polytechnic University of Bari
• Esteve Almirall Mezquita - ESADE Business School
• Petteri Leppänen - IE Business School

💬 Key questions
• What makes space a distinctive domain for entrepreneurial and innovation activities beyond governance-of-the-commons challenges?
• How can non-space firms enter and position themselves within the space economy?
• What roles, capabilities, business model configurations, and partnerships enable their participation?
• What theoretical lenses and methods can help us study the emergence and evolution of space-related business models?
• How can insights from space business models enrich our understanding of "mainstream" business model innovation?

Join us for a focused conversation on how the Space Economy can advance research on business model innovation, ecosystem participation, sustainability, governance, and value creation in frontier contexts.

🗓 August 1, 2026 | 2:00–5:30 PM
📌 Loews Hotel, Philadelphia, USA
🔗 Register: https://lnkd.in/e3czZT4R
📩 Questions: Mehdi.montakhabi@said.oxford.edu