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- 27 Apr 2015
- News
Leadership Lessons From Outer Space
- June 2021
- Technical Note
SPAC Space
By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In 2020, over half of all initial public offerings (IPOs) in the United States were special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), blank-check companies that typically had two years to find a business to take public, usually through a reverse merger. Together, 248... View Details
Keywords: Special Purpose Acquisition Companies; SPACs; Mergers and Acquisitions; Going Public; Initial Public Offering; Investment; Strategy
Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "SPAC Space." Harvard Business School Technical Note 721-456, June 2021.
- June 2024
- Article
Real Growth in Space Manufacturing Output Substantially Exceeds Growth in the Overall Space Economy
By: Tina Highfill and Matthew Weinzierl
Accurately measuring real economic output in the space economy is made difficult by the rapid increase in capabilities and decrease in prices of launch and satellite technologies achieved over the past two decades. Nominal measures of output in space will tend to... View Details
Highfill, Tina, and Matthew Weinzierl. "Real Growth in Space Manufacturing Output Substantially Exceeds Growth in the Overall Space Economy." Acta Astronautica 219 (June 2024): 236–242.
- 02 Nov 2018
- News
Hunting Big Game in Commercial Space
- 28 Mar 2025
- News
Opportunities in Space
- 06 Jul 2021
- News
Highfliers in space
- April 1965 (Revised July 1973)
- Case
Space Constructors, Inc.
Holstein, William K. "Space Constructors, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 613-020, April 1965. (Revised July 1973.)
- Web
Indoor Spaces | About
Indoor Spaces Many indoor spaces inside the buildings of the Harvard Business School campus have been named in honor or in memory of donors, alumni, faculty, and friends of HBS. Anderson Classroom The... View Details
- February 1980 (Revised September 1980)
- Case
Orbiting Space Observatory
By: J. Ronald Fox
Keywords: Aerospace Industry
Fox, J. Ronald. "Orbiting Space Observatory." Harvard Business School Case 380-146, February 1980. (Revised September 1980.)
- 15 Jun 2024
- News
Space for Sale
- 24 Apr 2015
- News
Learning and Leading in Space
- March 2018
- Teaching Note
ISRO: Explore Space or Exploit CubeSats?
ISRO, India’s space agency, established to address domestic challenges with space technology, is one of the six largest space agencies in the world. Through its 59 missions, ISRO has launched numerous satellites for communication, disaster management, navigation,... View Details
- 26 May 2023
- Blog Post
Bringing Space Tech Back to Earth
Space exploration has produced so many technologies that are now part of everyday life. Polymers in space suits became the flame-retardant suits used by firefighters. Miniature imaging systems became the... View Details
- April 2017 (Revised July 2017)
- Case
ISRO: Explore Space or Exploit CubeSats?
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) achieved global acclaim by launching successful missions to the moon and Mars at a fraction of the cost of prior Western missions. It is now faced with an important strategic dilemma—whether to continue exploring deep space... View Details
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Tarun Khanna, Karim Lakhani, and Rachna Tahilyani. "ISRO: Explore Space or Exploit CubeSats?" Harvard Business School Case 617-062, April 2017. (Revised July 2017.)
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Outdoor Spaces | About
Outdoor Spaces The founders of HBS created a unique context for management education—one in which the physical environment reflects and reinforces the School’s participant-centered learning model through a residential campus. Outdoor... View Details
- 04 Feb 2016
- News
The Space Shuttle Columbia’s Final Mission
- February 2016 (Revised May 2016)
- Case
Blue Origin, NASA, and New Space (A)
By: Matthew Weinzierl and Angela Acocella
Jeff Bezos, six years after starting a revolution in retailing with Amazon.com, turned his life-long passion for space into a start-up, Blue Origin. Blue (as it was called) was a part of the New Space industry, a collection of startup aerospace engineering companies... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Partners and Partnerships; Transportation; Business Startups; Government and Politics; Business and Government Relations; Aerospace Industry
Weinzierl, Matthew, and Angela Acocella. "Blue Origin, NASA, and New Space (A)." Harvard Business School Case 716-012, February 2016. (Revised May 2016.)
Real Growth in Space Manufacturing Output Substantially Exceeds Growth in the Overall Space Economy
Accurately measuring real economic output in the space economy is made difficult by the rapid increase in capabilities and decrease in prices of launch and satellite technologies achieved over the past two decades. Nominal measures of output in space will tend to... View Details
- March 2022
- Teaching Note
Tomorrow.io Goes To Space
By: Joshua Lev Krieger, Abhishek Nagaraj and James Barnett
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 822-005. In March 2021, the weather company Tomorrow.io announced a new project to develop satellites equipped with radar for weather monitoring and launch them into Earth’s orbit. Company leadership considers execution strategies. View Details
- 04 Feb 2016
- Cold Call Podcast
The Space Shuttle Columbia’s Final Mission
Keywords: Re: Amy C. Edmondson