Product Development In The Sociosphere Game Changing Paradigms For 21st Century Breakthrough Product Development And Innovation 1st Edition Dirk Schaefer Eds by Dirk Schaefer (eds.) 9783319074030, 9783319074047, 3319074032, 3319074040 instant download after payment.

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.