Product Development in the Socio-Sphere: Game Changing Paradigms for 21st Century Breakthrough Product Development and Innovation

By Dirk Schaefer

Book Overview

This book provides a broad overview of a number of game-changing paradigms that are anticipated to reshape 21st century product development. Topics including cloud computing-based design, cloud manufacturing, crowd-sourcing and mass collaboration, open source and social product development will be discussed in the context of advanced distributed and collaborative product creation. The purpose of the book is threefold: (1) to provide decision makers in industry with a solid base for strategic design and manufacturing-related process re-organization; (2) to provide researchers and scientist with the state-of-the-art from an academic perspective as well as a research agenda aimed at advancing the theoretical foundations of the field and (3) to serve as supplementary reading in design and manufacturing-related courses at universities and technical colleges.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319344285
• ISBN13: 9783319344287
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 235 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"