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Bandi, Venkata / Dufva, Mikko / Farny, Steffen / Huuhtanen, Kaija / Leiho, Patrik / Osti, Prajwal / Litvinova, Evgenia

Additive manufacturing (AM) has attracted lots of publicity in recent years and is expected to become a disruptive innovation. The attractiveness of additive manufac-turing is easy to see, considering its theoretical potential and the possibility to bring manufacturing industries back to high-income countries. However, considering the current technological, economical and legal questions, the expectations aimed to-wards additive manufacturing may be overly optimistic. Through this article, we take a critical look at the potential of additive manufacturing and the possible effects its widespread adoption could have on the economic, societal and global levels. A special concern is the policymaker viewpoint: what can be done to capitalize on the possible rise of additive manufacturing? Does it have the potential to bring manufacturing industries back to the West?

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Title :

Additive manufacturing - printing the future

Contributors:

Bandi, Venkata (author) / Dufva, Mikko (author) / Farny, Steffen (author) / Huuhtanen, Kaija (author) / Leiho, Patrik (author) / Osti, Prajwal (author) / Litvinova, Evgenia (author) / Yrjö Neuvo, Erkki Ormala / Karvonen, Elina

Publication date :

2013-01-01

Remarks:

Bandi , V , Dufva , M , Farny , S , Huuhtanen , K , Leiho , P , Osti , P & Litvinova , E 2013 , Additive manufacturing - printing the future . in E O Yrjö Neuvo & E Karvonen (eds) , BIT BANG 5: Changing Global Landscapes : Role of Policy Making and Innovation Capability . Aalto ARTS Books , Espoo , pp. 116-143 . < http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-60-3634-2 >

Type of media :

Article/Chapter (Book)

Type of material :

Electronic Resource

Language :

English

Keywords :

/dk/atira/pure/core/keywords/558218865 , Management studies , Additive manufacturing , business models , IPR , future scenarios , /dk/atira/pure/core/keywords/entrepreneurship , Entrepreneurship , /dk/atira/pure/core/keywords/558391192 , Sustainability sciences , Management & Economics