3D Printing as Driver of Localized Manufacturing: Expected Benefits from Producer and Consumer Perspectives

Social Practices of 3D Printing: Decentralising Control, and Reconfiguring Regulation

Australian Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy ◽

10.18080/jtde.v4n3.64 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 110-125 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Luke Heemsbergen ◽

Robbie Fordyce ◽

Bjorn Nansen ◽

Thomas Apperley ◽

Mike Arnold ◽

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Keyword(s):

3D Printing ◽

Communication Networks ◽

Participant Observation ◽

Social Practices ◽

Legal Scholarship ◽

Mixed Methods Approach ◽

Policy Frames ◽

The Social ◽

Consumer Perspectives ◽

Property Regimes

This paper considers the social practices of 3D printing by comparing consumer perspectives and practices with legal scholarship on intellectual property regimes. The paper draws on data gained through a mixed-methods approach involving participant observation, focus groups, and social network analysis of 3D printing file-sharing practices. It finds that while consumers display a level of naivety about their 3D printing rights and responsibilities, they possess a latent understanding about broader digital economies that guide their practices. We suggest that the social practices associated with 3D printing function through communication networks to decentralise manufacture and reconfigure legal capacities for regulation. The paper concludes by introducing nascent paths forward for policy frames across industry, government and consumer concern to address the opportunities and challenges of 3D printing’s evolving interface with society.

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Social Practices of 3D Printing: Decentralising Control, and Reconfiguring Regulation

Australian Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy ◽

10.18080/ajtde.v4n3.64 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 110 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Luke Heemsbergen ◽

Robbie Fordyce ◽

Bjorn Nansen ◽

Thomas Apperley ◽

Mike Arnold ◽

...

Keyword(s):

3D Printing ◽

Communication Networks ◽

Participant Observation ◽

Social Practices ◽

Legal Scholarship ◽

Mixed Methods Approach ◽

Policy Frames ◽

The Social ◽

Consumer Perspectives ◽

Property Regimes

This paper considers the social practices of 3D printing by comparing consumer perspectives and practices with legal scholarship on intellectual property regimes. The paper draws on data gained through a mixed-methods approach involving participant observation, focus groups, and social network analysis of 3D printing file-sharing practices. It finds that while consumers display a level of naivety about their 3D printing rights and responsibilities, they possess a latent understanding about broader digital economies that guide their practices. We suggest that the social practices associated with 3D printing function through communication networks to decentralise manufacture and reconfigure legal capacities for regulation. The paper concludes by introducing nascent paths forward for policy frames across industry, government and consumer concern to address the opportunities and challenges of 3D printing’s evolving interface with society.

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Circular Business Models Identification

New Business Models for the Reuse of Secondary Resources from WEEEs - SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-74886-9_2 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 9-16

Author(s):

Paolo Rosa ◽

Claudio Sassanelli ◽

Sergio Terzi

Keyword(s):

3D Printing ◽

Business Models ◽

Use Cases ◽

Classification Method ◽

Classification Methods ◽

Metal Powders ◽

3D Printed ◽

Expected Benefits

AbstractThe main objective of FENIX is demonstrating the benefits coming from the adoption of CE practices through a set of circular business models adequately configured within the project. These CBMs have been selected basing on the three use cases requirements pertaining to different industrial streams (metal powders, 3D-printed jewels and advanced filaments for 3D printing applications). The chapter starts with a literature assessment of both current CBMs and current CBM classification methods. Subsequently, existing CBMs have been mapped basing on the most common classification method (i.e. the ReSOLVE framework), evidencing the most suitable CBMs to be adopted in FENIX. In parallel, a literature assessment of industrial benefits expected from the adoption of CE practices have been implemented. Subsequently, FENIX industrial partners have been interviewed in order to select the most relevant benefits expected from the project. A final comparison of available CBMs and expected benefits allowed to select the most suitable CBMs to be demonstrated in FENIX.

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