Mémoires

Abstract This thesis is focusing on the convergence between the space industry and the internet industry. To better scope the topic, this thesis is started with the definitions of the two industries, and the definition of industry convergence. A specific model and a universal research framework are developed for this topic. A new approach, bibliometrics

Abstract The space industry has been facing some evolutions over the years. During the Cold War, access to Outer space was a way for each nation to assert their power. After this period, space activities started to grow up, mainly for science purpose. The result is that for a long time, space industry has been

Abstract If Supplier Development (SD) is at the heart of strategies of most industrial companies, it is because its scope allows to meet universal needs by focusing on the cost, the quality and the delivery performance. It is also the result of acceptation from companies that suppliers were an essential stakeholder of the whole industrial

Abstract In 1978, NASA scientist Donald J. Kessler demonstrated the danger represented by the decaying of man-made space objects in orbit around Earth. Indeed, if these space debris had been for a long time considered as an acceptable risk considering the low probability of collision, the ever expending activity of man in space skyrocketed the