The Space Economy raises urgent questions about the social, ethical, and global implications of business activity beyond Earth.
As public–private partnerships, multinational enterprises, and new ownership models become increasingly central to the space sector, management scholars have an opportunity to examine how responsible business conduct can be advanced in a domain marked by ambiguous property rights, geopolitical tensions, and evolving governance arrangements.
This roundtable explores the social and ethical impacts of the Space Economy, with particular attention to public–private partnerships, ownership models, governance, global cooperation, and responsible innovation. The discussion will also consider how frameworks such as ownership, location, and internationalization can be adapted to understand business conduct in space.
👥 Facilitators
• Nien-hê Hsieh - Harvard Business School
• Tony Guidotti - Harvard Business School
🌍 Discussion questions
• How can ownership models for the Space Economy advance governance that considers distributional aspects of the global commons?
• What might responsible ownership and governance models in space look like?
• How can we envision global cooperation and partnership when moving from geopolitics to astropolitics?
• What role might corporate diplomacy play in the Space Economy?
• What might responsible innovation look like in the context of space?
• What ethical and distributional impacts should be considered across R&D, global supply chains, and implementation?
Join us for a focused discussion on how the Space Economy can help management scholars rethink social responsibility, ownership, global cooperation, corporate diplomacy, responsible innovation, and justice in frontier contexts.
🗓️ August 1, 2026 | 2:00–5:30 PM
📍 Loews Hotel, Philadelphia, USA
🔗 Register: https://lnkd.in/e3czZT4R
📩 Questions: Mehdi.montakhabi@said.oxford.edu
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Enrique Acebo
University of León
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