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Building Growth with Additive Manufacturing

November 19, 2018 | MIT Sloan Management Review | Operations

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

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