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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254947003321

Titolo

The Decentralized and Networked Future of Value Creation : 3D Printing and its Implications for Society, Industry, and Sustainable Development / / edited by Jan-Peter Ferdinand, Ulrich Petschow, Sascha Dickel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

3-319-31686-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Collana

Progress in IS, , 2196-8713

Disciplina

621.988

Soggetti

Information technology - Management

Electronic commerce

Sustainability

Manufactures

Production management

Business IT Infrastructure

E-Business

Machines, Tools, Processes

Operations Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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. .