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<p>After launching the First Survey on the Spanish aerospace industry, important results were obtained, which helped to delve into the roots of the digital transformation (DT) of this sector, focussing on the Madrid region (Spain). From this type of study, which had not been carried out until now at the regional level, extremely interesting data have emerged that allow us to define the situation of Madrid companies in the aerospace sector. We have characterised and quantified the influence of what we have called ‘transformative enablers’. We have also analysed their relationships with the general characteristics of the companies, such as location, number of employees, legal form or type of company. We also obtained interesting conclusions about the role of respondents within organisations to discover the ‘capillarity’ of their situations and thus understand the degree of DT in terms of whether they achieve the so-called Industry 4.0 (Fourth Industrial Revolution) specifications. Finally, we have carried out a monographic study of the disruptive innovations within the start-up ecosystem to understand its definition and scope in the aerospace industry as a precursor of the latter’s DT.</p>
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After launching the First Survey on the Spanish aerospace industry, important results were obtained, which helped to delve into the roots of the digital transformation (DT) of this sector, focussing on the Madrid region (Spain). From this type of study, which had not been carried out until now at the regional level, extremely interesting data have emerged that allow us to define the situation of Madrid companies in the aerospace sector. We have characterised and quantified the influence of what we have called ‘transformative enablers’. We have also analysed their relationships with the general characteristics of the companies, such as location, number of employees, legal form or type of company. We also obtained interesting conclusions about the role of respondents within organisations to discover the ‘capillarity’ of their situations and thus understand the degree of DT in terms of whether they achieve the so-called Industry 4.0 (Fourth Industrial Revolution) specifications. Finally, we have carried out a monographic study of the disruptive innovations within the start-up ecosystem to understand its definition and scope in the aerospace industry as a precursor of the latter’s DT.

An Analysis of the Spanish Aerospace Sector: The Case of the Start-Up Ecosystem in Madrid

Organisational Engineering, Business Administration and Statistics Department, Higher Technical School of Aeronautics and Space Engineering

Transactions on Aerospace Research

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After launching the First Survey on the Spanish aerospace industry, important results were obtained, which helped to delve into the roots of the digital...

An Analysis of the Spanish Aerospace Sector: The Case of the Start-Up Ecosystem in Madrid

Published Online: Dec 16, 2022

Page range: 37 - 47

Received: Feb 18, 2021

Accepted: Oct 10, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/tar-2022-0022

Keywords
digital transformation, aerospace, start-up ecosystem, enablers, Madrid

© 2022 Juan José Morillas-Guerrero, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

An Analysis of the Spanish Aerospace Sector: The Case of the Start-Up Ecosystem in Madrid

Published Online: Dec 16, 2022

Page range: 37 - 47

Received: Feb 18, 2021

Accepted: Oct 10, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/tar-2022-0022

Keywordsdigital transformation, aerospace, start-up ecosystem, enablers, Madrid

© 2022 Juan José Morillas-Guerrero, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
digital transformation, aerospace, start-up ecosystem, enablers, Madrid