Abstract China's space industry has made exponential advancements since its creation in 1956, and has recently witnessed a rapid growth of commercial companies. At the same time, certain Chinese industries have found success in disruptive innovation, which have displaced established competitors in both domestic and international markets. We examine whether Chinese commercial space companies might follow the footsteps of these other industries and generate cost, application, and business model innovations that disrupt the satellite communications sector. Our findings draw from in-person interviews with commercial space companies in China, and a review of news articles and investment data. Results indicate that while emerging commercial space companies are not very technologically mature compared to their Western counterparts, they exhibit many of the attributes of disruptive innovation in the global space sector.

    Highlights Examine Chinese commercial space industry through in-person interviews. Companies are technologically behind their US and Western counterparts. Companies may generate disruptive innovations in the satellite communications sector.


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    Title :

    Assessing China's commercial satellite communications sector as a potential case of disruptive innovation


    Contributors:
    Liu, Irina (author) / Han, Xueying (author) / Lal, Bhavya (author)

    Published in:

    Acta Astronautica ; 181 ; 130-138


    Publication date :

    2020-09-23


    Size :

    9 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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