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Innovation and change? the evolution of Europe's small satellit / Petroni, Giorgio; Santini, Stefano

Petroni, Giorgio	Journal Article
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2012.

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Since the 1980s a trend has emerged to contain the cost of space missions, which has favored trials in the construction and launch of small satellites. This effort has considerably reduced the cost of the satellites because the construction process uses both traditional components and important technological innovations. There have also been market openings for small satellites, both within the telecommunication sector and for scientific missions and those related to Earth observation. This paper contains the results of a survey of the largest manufacturers of small satellites in Europe and investigates how far (if at all) they have changed the structure of the European space industry. It finds that, through the acquisition of small satellite manufacturers, traditional large companies operating in the field of space in Europe have secured for themselves important technological innovations and market opportunities, while maintaining their oligopolistic position.

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Innovations ; Oligopoly ; Small Satellites ; System Integrators

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Space technology transfer: spin-off cases from Japan / Venturini, Karen; Verbano, Chiara; Matsumoto, Mitsutaka

Venturini, Karen	Journal Article
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2013.

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Government organizations have to justify high expenditure during periods of financial crisis such as the one we are experiencing today. Space agencies have attempted to increase the returns on their investments in space missions by encouraging the commercial use of advanced technologies. This paper describes two technology transfer (TT) cases promoted by JAXA, in order to identify the organizational models and determinants of TT. The development of a TT process from space to Earth not only benefits the aerospace industry but also the network of national companies. The aim of the paper is to investigate who the actors are and the nature of their role, as well as the determinants of the TT process in the Japanese space sector. The case studies confirm the typical path of transfer as 'Earth-space-Earth'.

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Technology Transfer ; System Integrators ; Space Technologies ; JAXA

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