Building Growth with Additive Manufacturing
Additive manufacturing — also known as 3-D printing — was developed in the 1980s and began moving beyond costly industrial manufacturing applications in the late 2000s when it was taken up by the open-source and do-it-yourself movements. This collection of articles from MIT Sloan Management Review takes a closer look at this disruptive technology, which is on the verge of going mainstream.
Articles included in this collection:
Choosing Scope Over Focus
By Richard A. D’Aveni
Getting Past the Hype About 3-D Printing
By Jaime Bonnín Roca, Parth Vaishnav, Joana Mendonça, and M. Granger Morgan
The Killer App for 3D Printing? The Circular Economy
By Gregory Unruh
Supply Chains Built for Speed and Customization
By ManMohan S. Sodhi and Christopher S. Tang
Innovation Lessons From 3-D Printing
By Jeroen P.J. de Jong and Erik de Bruijn