Business models with additive manufacturing - Opportunities and challenges from the perspective of economics and management
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Book ChapterEditor
Brecher, ChristianPublication Year
2014Book
Advances in Production Technology. Lecture Notes in Production EngineeringPublication Begin page
39Publication End page
48Publication Number of pages
10
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Technological innovation has frequently been shown to systematically change market structure and value creation. Additive manufacturing (AM), or, colloquially 3D printing, is such a disruptive technology (Berman 2012; Vance 2012). Economic analysis of AM still is scarce and has predominantly focused on production cost or other firm level aspects (e.g., Mellor et al. 2014; Petrovic et al. 2011; Ruffo and Hague 2007), but has neglected the study of AM on value creation and market structure. In this paper, we want to discuss the economic effects of AM on the locus of innovation and production. This is why we first review some current business models that successfully use AM as a source of value creation. Being a potential disruptive influence on market structures, we then discuss how AM may enable a more local production by users, supplementing the recent development of an upcoming infrastructure for innovating users and “Makers”.Keyword
Technological Innovation, Human factors in Production Technology, Individualized Production, Integrative Production Technology, Self-optimizing Production Systems, Virtual Production SystemKnowledge Domain/Industry
Innovation Managementae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1007/978-3-319-12304-2
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