Call for Chapters｜The Space Economy: Management, Innovation, and Strategy
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Call for Chapters
The Space Economy: Management, Innovation, and Strategy
Editors:Jingning Ao, Gianni De Bruyn, Raja Roy, and Gideon Markman
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co
Why the Space Economy — and Why Now?
The space economy is rapidly becoming a central arena for innovation, competition, entrepreneurship, and value creation. Beyond satellites and launches, space is enabling new industries—including in-orbit manufacturing, resource extraction, robotics, and space-based data infrastructure powering AI and global communications. These developments raise fundamental questions for management scholars:
- How do firms build an advantage in orbital environments?
- How do new space infrastructures reshape industries on Earth?
- How do innovation, governance, and entrepreneurship operate when the “market” is literally off-planet?
- How will robots accelerate exploration in space and management on Earth?
This volume invites first- and fast-moving scholars to this emerging frontier. This volume is designed especially for Ph.D. students, postdocs, and junior scholars. Three key advantages:
- Build Your Publication Record and Do It Fast: Convert a seminar paper, dissertation chapter, or conference paper into a publishable outcome.
- Strengthen your publication skills: Published chapters can be revised and submitted to academic journals. Many influential journal articles begin as book chapters.
- Receive early editorial guidance: Get constructive feedback from editors to sharpen your theoretical contribution and positioning.
We seek conceptual, empirical, and theory-building chapters on the space economy, including:
- Innovation and entrepreneurship in space
- Orbital manufacturing and infrastructure
- Resource extraction (e.g., lunar or asteroid mining)
- Space-based computing and data centers
- Industry emergence and ecosystem formation
- Entrepreneurship, governance, strategy, and competitive dynamics
- Investment, financing, and business model innovation
- We are especially interested in book chapter submissions on China’s commercial space sector. 我们尤其希望收到关于中国商业航天的书章节投稿。
Submission Details
Length: 30–40 pages
Deadline: May 1, 2026 (rolling review; early submission encouraged)
Publication: 2027
Submission link: Here or by email (see below)
Questions: Jingning Ao (aojingning@gmail.com) & Gianni De Bruyn (dbruyn.g@gmail.com)
(attached the PDF of the full call)