The Decentralized and Networked Future of Value Creation 3D Printing and its Implications for Society, Industry, and Sustainable Development /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ferdinand, Jan-Peter (Editor), Petschow, Ulrich (Editor), Dickel, Sascha (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Progress in IS,
• Subjects: Business.; Production management.; Management information systems.; E-business.; Electronic commerce.; E-commerce.; Manufacturing industries.; Machines.; Tools.; Sustainable development.; Business and Management.; Business IT Infrastructure.; e-Business/e-Commerce.; Sustainable Development.; Manufacturing, Machines, Tools.; Operations Management.
• Physical Description: VIII, 255 p. 47 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319316864
• ISSN: 2196-8705

This book identifies, analyzes and discusses the current trends of digitalized, decentralized, and networked physical value creation by focusing on the particular example of 3D printing. In addition to evaluating 3D printing’s disruptive potentials against a broader economic background, it also addresses the technology’s potential impacts on sustainability and emerging modes of bottom-up and community-based innovation. Emphasizing these topics from economic, technical, social and environmental perspectives, the book offers a multifaceted overview that scrutinizes the scenario of a fundamental transition: from a centralized to a far more decentralized system of value creation. .