Der Hype um 3D-Drucken hat mittlerweile den Höhepunkt erreicht: Deutliche Kostensenkungen bei 3D-Druckern, breitere Möglichkeiten des Materialeinsatzes und das Auslaufen kritischer Patente haben die Dynamik in diesem Feld beschleunigt. Industrielles 3D-Drucken hat sich in den letzten beiden...

This paper integrates and extends the literatures on industry evolution and dominant firms to develop a dynamic theory of dominant and fringe competitive interaction in a segmented industry. It argues that a dominant firm, seeing contraction of growth in its current segment, enters new segments...

This paper focuses on the Ink Jet Printing (IJP) industry in the vicinity of Cambridge, UK, and explores the emergence and maturation of a knowledge-based cluster of activity. The discussion is organised in terms of the origins and progeny of the firms in the cluster and their business...