Management analysis for the space industry

The objectives of this study are to review prior research which analyzes the space industry from management perspectives and to show that there is much more scope to analyze it for providing suggestions about management in the industry growth. There are two clusters of prior research, focusing on risk management and technology management. Certain other research themes are dispersed across several fields and do not form clusters. As conclusions, the two suggestions are provided about those fields that require increased research attention in future; first is organizational behavior to improve efficiency of business operations and to get business opportunities, and second is public support for designing appropriate business environments, which facilitate firms to generate new business in the space industry.