Economic implications of 3D printing: Market structure models in light of additive manufacturing revisited

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 164, Issue , 2015, Pages 43-56

  Weller, Christian ^a   Kleer, Robin ^a   Piller, Frank T ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D printing; Additive manufacturing; Economic modeling; Flexible manufacturing; Market structure

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; COMMERCE;

3-D PRINTING; ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS; ECONOMIC MODELING; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING; INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS; MARKET STRUCTURES; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS;

3D PRINTERS;

EID: 84927949917     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2015.02.020     Document Type: Article

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