Digital swadeshi and 3D printing intellectual property in India: The multi-level perspective, causal layered analysis and backcasting

Birtchnell, Thomas; Daly, Angela; Heemsbergen, Luke

doi:10.1016/j.futures.2020.102596

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“…Also unrealized is a predicted shift from e‐commerce to “file‐commerce” (products purchased online to be printed at home) and 3D printing that would dramatically change how products are developed, distributed, and acquired (Jiang et al, 2017). Consequently, the once predicted IP crisis from consumer piracy of objects (Birtchnell et al, 2018; Jiang et al, 2017; Mendis et al, 2019; Rayna & Striukova, 2016), has also failed to materialize.…”

Section: Assessing Predictions Of 3d Printing‐enabled Transformationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Beside investigating business models for the 3D printing industry (e.g., Holzmann et al, 2020), literature has projected that 3D printing would radically reconfigure business models in physical sectors, just like what has happened in the digital realm, whether by choice or necessity due to consumer piracy of objects (Appleyard, 2015; Birtchnell et al, 2018; Depoorter, 2014; Mendis et al, 2019). 3D printing would not only change business models—leading to more consumer‐centric business models involving consumers in the manufacturing supply chains (Bogers et al, 2016), with, over time, a proliferation of “business models that involve increased levels of customer self‐service” (Bogers et al, 2016, p. 12), but business model innovation in itself (Rayna & Striukova, 2016).…”

Section: Assessing Predictions Of 3d Printing‐enabled Transformationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Where digital meets physical innovation: Reverse salients and the unrealized dreams of3Dprinting

Rayna

West

2023

J of Product Innov Manag

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For more than three decades, enthusiasts have predicted that direct manufacturing enabled by 3D printing would inevitably supplant traditional manufacturing methods. Alas, for nearly as long, these utopian predictions have failed to materialize. One reason is a flawed assumption that hybrid digital-physical systems such as 3D printing would advance as rapidly as purely digital innovations enabled by Moore's law. Instead, like other examples of cyber-physical systems (CPSs), technological progress in 3D printing faces inherent limitations that are emblematic of the differences between CPSs and purely digital innovations. As with any complex CPS, improved performance of a 3D printing system has been limited by that of its key components-the sort of limiting problem previously defined as a reverse salient. Unlike previously studied technologies, several reverse salients for 3D printing performance have neither resolved nor signs of resolving soon.Here we analyze these key reverse salients, and show how they have hampered the suitability of 3D printing for direct manufacturing and other predicted applications. We contrast predicted versus actual capabilities for 3D printing-enabled transformation in six key areas: product innovation, mass customization, home fabrication, distributed manufacturing, supply chain optimization and business model innovation. From this, we suggest opportunities for greater realism in future 3D printing research, as well as broader implications for our understanding of CPSs and reverse salients.

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Section: Assessing Predictions Of 3d Printing‐enabled Transformationsmentioning

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Section: Assessing Predictions Of 3d Printing‐enabled Transformationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Where digital meets physical innovation: Reverse salients and the unrealized dreams of3Dprinting

Rayna

West

2023

J of Product Innov Manag

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“…Applications are a lengthy and costly process and further costs may arise to maintain the resulting IP. 47 This makes it unlikely in the case of OSHW that any community contribution related to physical parts will be protected by IP, 48 which means that community members are unlikely to be able to sue freeriding companies if they wanted to.…”

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Commercialization Strategies of Large-Scale and Distributed Open Innovation: The Case of Open-Source Hardware

Rayna

Striukova

Fauchart

2023

California Management Review

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The ability to commercialize products based on distributed innovation is one of the critical challenges of large-scale open innovation. While this issue has been largely investigated in relation to open-source software (OSS), the literature on commercialization strategies of open-source hardware (OSHW) is comparatively scarce, despite OSHW commercialization being more complex. Based on a multi-method exploratory study, this article shows that with OSHW, firms may strategically leverage a “gray area” between closeness and openness to take advantage of OSWH community innovations.

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“…Current 3D printing needs to expand to larger volume production with consistent quality Recycling and reuse of PPEs produced by 3D printing will make the process more sustainable (Sakin and Kiroglu, 2017;Aquino et al, 2018;Vones et al, 2018;Beltagui et al, 2020) Intellectual property and availability of highquality design data A good balance of IP protection and the availability of free high-quality design models is required A tighter protection regime may hinder innovation which is bad during the COVID-19 pandemic Birtchnell et al, 2020;Gabble and Kohler, 2014 or hospital. Such designs are easy to install, repair and most importantly easy to sanitize.…”

Section: Sustainability Of 3d Printing For Covid-19mentioning

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“…Gabble and Kohler (2014) raised the questions of a patent or not to the patent drugs and a similar idea is needed to raise in the context of 3D printing when 3D printing is helping in tackling a pandemic that nobody has thought of. Birtchnell et al (2020) pointed out the balance between the progress of 3D printing technology and a breach of IP. The idea of IP is properly discussed in the western world but it needs more attention in the developing Asian markets.…”

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A review on the role of 3D printing in the fight against COVID-19: safety and challenges

Singh

Venkatesh

Deoghare

2021

RPJ

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Purpose During the COVID-19 pandemic, the three-dimensional (3D) printing community is actively participating to address the supply chain gap of essential medical supplies such as face masks, face shields, door adapters, test swabs and ventilator valves. This paper aims to present a comprehensive study on the role of 3D printing during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, its safety and its challenges. Design/methodology/approach This review paper focuses on the applications of 3D printing in the fight against COVID-19 along with the safety and challenges associated with 3D printing to fight COVID-19. The literature presented in this paper is collected from the journal indexing engines including Scopus, Google Scholar, ResearchGate, PubMed, Web of Science, etc. The main keywords used for searches were 3D printing COVID-19, Safety of 3D printed parts, Sustainability of 3D printing, etc. Further possible iterations of the keywords were used to collect the literature. Findings The applications of 3D printing in the fight against COVID-19 are 3D printed face masks, shields, ventilator valves, test swabs, drug deliveries and hands-free door adapters. As most of these measures are implemented hastily, the safety and reliability of these parts often lacked approval. The safety concerns include the safety of the printed parts, operators and secondary personnel such as the workers in material preparation and transportation. The future challenges include sustainability of the process, long term supply chain, intellectual property and royalty-free models, etc. Originality/value This paper presents a comprehensive study on the applications of 3D printing in the fight against COVID-19 with emphasis on the safety and challenges in it.

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Digital swadeshi and 3D printing intellectual property in India: The multi-level perspective, causal layered analysis and backcasting

Cited by 12 publications

References 32 publications

Where digital meets physical innovation: Reverse salients and the unrealized dreams of3Dprinting

Where digital meets physical innovation: Reverse salients and the unrealized dreams of3Dprinting

Commercialization Strategies of Large-Scale and Distributed Open Innovation: The Case of Open-Source Hardware

A review on the role of 3D printing in the fight against COVID-19: safety and challenges

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