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Can Open Source Hardware Disrupt Manufacturing Industries? The Role of Platforms and Trust in the Rise of 3D Printing

In: The Decentralized and Networked Future of Value Creation

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  • Sebastian Spaeth

    (University of Hamburg)

  • Piet Hausberg

    (University of Osnabrück)

Abstract

The costs of 3D printing have rapidly fallen and have thus provoked new interest in this technology, which per se does not pose a revolutionary challenge. Prima facie, it seems to present a fitting analogy to the extreme price declines in computing that Christensen described as the “Innovator’s Dilemma”. We argue that it is necessary to look beyond the direct increased possibilities a 3D printer provides and focus on the disruptions in workflows and processes that will follow. Similarly to how the development of common open source software tools and infrastructure enabled start-ups to cheaply build on existing knowledge, the creation of common knowledge pools and tools will shape the way in which many companies will interact and source knowledge on physical artifacts in the future. We argue that its impact and success crucially depends on how the available platforms develop and support the creation of trust in the relevant communities.

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  • Sebastian Spaeth & Piet Hausberg, 2016. "Can Open Source Hardware Disrupt Manufacturing Industries? The Role of Platforms and Trust in the Rise of 3D Printing," Progress in IS, in: Jan-Peter Ferdinand & Ulrich Petschow & Sascha Dickel (ed.), The Decentralized and Networked Future of Value Creation, pages 59-73, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:prochp:978-3-319-31686-4_4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-31686-4_4
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    Cited by:

    1. Stanko, Michael A. & Allen, B.J., 2022. "Disentangling the collective motivations for user innovation in a 3D printing community," Technovation, Elsevier, vol. 111(C).
    2. Wolf, Patricia & Klotz, Ute & Gaudenz, Urs, 2020. "Mitbestimmung von Mitarbeitenden aus DIY-Communities," Study / edition der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, Düsseldorf, volume 127, number 438.
    3. Reinauer, Tobias & Hansen, Ulrich Elmer, 2021. "Determinants of adoption in open-source hardware: A review of small wind turbines," Technovation, Elsevier, vol. 106(C).

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