Nome da Revista: Space Policy
Classificação: B2
Dossiê Temático: “Strategic Management and Organization in the Space Sector”
Prazo: 30/11/2021
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Special Issue: Strategic Management and Organization in the Space Sector
April 2021
Guest Editors
Loizos Heracleous, Professor of Strategy, Warwick Business School
Sotirios Paroutis, Professor of Strategy, Warwick Business School
Christina Wawarta, Associate Fellow, Warwick Business School
Contact: spacespecialissue@gmail.com
The growing importance of the space sector in the global economy and society is undoubted [1]. In this context Space Policy fulfils a unique and crucial niche of providing social-science oriented analysis and commentary focusing on the sector. Reinforcing and complementing this focus, we invite manuscripts for a special issue of the journal oriented towards policy, strategic management and organization issues as they pertain to central actors in the industry across the globe. More specifically, we invite manuscripts that report on research and analysis of such issues, relating to key actors such as NASA, SpaceX, or Blue Origin as well as to state and industry-level actors such as the US Government, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and others. We are interested in national as well as commercial space activities, in both advanced and developing economies, and analysis may focus on the project, organizational, cluster, sector or network levels.
The topics below are not exhaustive but can provide some direction of relevant themes.
Manuscripts may focus on:
- Application of policy, strategy and organization theories to the space sector, with a view to gaining applied and conceptual insights into the challenges of the sector
- Studies of national and/or commercial space actors, their interrelationships, strategies or Operations
- Industry-level studies tracking shifts in the space sector over time using analytical approaches, such as industry structure, modes of industry evolution, or network analysis
- Analysis that ranges from a long-term, historical perspective to specific time periods, or from extended programs to particular strategic decisions or events
- Analysis of particular themes as they pertain to the space sector, such as shifts in business models, employment of open innovation and open strategy, functioning of interorganizational networks, or gender issues in space
- Studies of how new technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, virtual reality, quantum computing and robotic process automation are shaping the space sector; such analysis should not be overly technical but should be from a social science, strategic management or policy perspective
- Analysis of particular space-related projects or programs with a view to advancing both applied and conceptual understanding
- Geographical focus can be in the United States, Europe, Japan, China, India or elsewhere around the globe, including on space
In terms of methodology, we welcome articles employing various approaches including qualitative, historical, processual, narrative, practice-oriented, action research, case study or quantitative analysis. We also welcome analysis that draws from different meta-theories, including interpretivism, structuration theory, pragmatism, or practice theory.
Further, we welcome interdisciplinary manuscripts as well as manuscripts from a variety of fields including strategic management, organization theory, sociology, history, international relations, aerospace studies, development studies, political science and ethics, which are in line with interdisciplinary scope of the journal. Given the orientation of the special issue on social science and policy, we are not interested in merely or largely technical, engineering, physics or mathematics-oriented manuscripts, but rather on analyses of space activities in their political, economic, industrial, legal, cultural and social contexts.
We invite full research articles with length from 4,000 to 7,000 words. The deadline for submission is 30 November 2021, with a scheduled publication date of November 2022. Prospective contributors should contact the Special Issue Editors with a brief proposal (between 400 to 800 words) between 1 May and 31 July 2021 to gauge suitability for the special issue (spacespecialissue@gmail.com). A virtual workshop may be organized in September 2021 so that invited authors can present their ideas and receive feedback from peers. Once submitted, full manuscripts will undergo a double-blind peer review process, and an invitation to submit or re-submit a manuscript does not imply eventual acceptance.
[1] Morgan Stanley. 2020. Space: Investing in the final frontier. 24 July. Available at:
https://www.morganstanley.com/ideas/investing-in-space.