Economic Consequences of 3D Printing

Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject Economics - Case Scenarios, grade: 1.7, HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management, language: English, abstract: The aim of this paper is to explain the process of additive manufacturing, understand what the benefits of 3D printing are and what economic consequences it will have and finally analyze the prospect of 3D printing to become the mainstream technology.