Italian Craft Firms Between Digital Manufacturing, Open Innovation, and Servitization

Journal of the Knowledge Economy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 136-149

  Bonfanti, Angelo ^a   Del Giudice, Manlio ^b   Papa, Armando ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b LINK CAMPUS UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

3D printing; Competitiveness; Craftsmanship; Digital technologies; Entrepreneurship; Foot and body scanner

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044471707     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18687873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13132-015-0325-9     Document Type: Article

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