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.

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 addr...

Table of Contents:

• Part I: Economies of 3D Printing - Reorganizing Manufacturing
• Part II: Communities of 3D Printing - Makers, Entrepreneurs, Outlaws
• Part III: Futures of 3D Printing - Trajectories and Applications.