Global value chains from a 3D printing perspective

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Laplume, Andre O.; Petersen, Bent; Pearce, Joshua M.
• 署名单位: Michigan Technological University; Copenhagen Business School; Michigan Technological University; Michigan Technological University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2506
• DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2015.47
• 发表日期: 2016
• 页码: 595-609
• 关键词: additive manufacturing; 3D printing; Value chain; geographic span; geographic density

摘要

This article outlines the evolution of additive manufacturing technology, culminating in 3D printing and presents a vision of how this evolution is affecting existing global value chains (GVCs) in production. In particular, we bring up questions about how this new technology can affect the geographic span and density of GVCs. Potentially, wider adoption of this technology has the potential to partially reverse the trend towards global specialization of production systems into elements that may be geographically dispersed and closer to the end users (localization). This leaves the question of whether in some industries diffusion of 3D printing technologies may change the role of multinational enterprises as coordinators of GVCs by inducing the engagement of a wider variety of firms, even households.