... Innovation Emerging economies 3D printing Global manufacturing networks Additive manufacturing Prototyping A FabLab is a community space where everyone can access fabrication technologies, learn new skills, make prototypes and share knowledge with the rest of the community (Gershenfeld, 2012...

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...), “ A typology of plants in global manufacturing networks ”, Management Science , Vol. 52 No. 11 , pp. 1737 - 1750 . Vlckova , J. and Thakur-Weigold , B.S. (2019), “ Global value chains in the MedTech industry ”, International Journal of Emerging Markets , Vol. 15 No. 1 , pp. 70 - 92...

... platforms, as well as to analyze changes in the pyramidal structure of the supply chain, from both a spatial and relational perspective. © Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Automotive industry Global manufacturing networks Modular production...

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... Global manufacturing networks Manufacturing operations International operations Human factors The recent political discussion on trade barriers has underlined how globally dispersed manufacturing networks with local production close to the market can provide a firm with a competitive edge...

..., they contribute to the literature on manufacturing networks by discussing and testing empirically the role of national and organizational culture in network integration. Global manufacturing networks Network coordination National culture Organizational culture Cultural distance Multilevel regression...

... Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Digitization Manufacturing industry Information systems Industry 4.0 Global manufacturing networks The manufacturing industry is on a transformation journey toward smart and flexible manufacturing systems (Gilchrist, 2016 ; Samaranayake...

... manufacturing networks © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only The platform concept is not a novelty in the automobile industry. From the 1960s onward, most carmakers tried to achieve scale and scope economies by sharing a growing number of parts...

... capabilities Buyer-supplier relationships Global manufacturing networks Innovation is regarded as the driving force of economic development which provides a firm with a competitive edge over others (Schumpeter, 1934 ; Becheikh et al., 2006). Innovation in general is defined as “the creation...

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...). Strategic objectives Global manufacturing networks Lateral knowledge flow Manufacturing companies have undergone many changes in the new millennium. In the past, manufacturing companies were organised to produce at one plant and serve worldwide markets through that plant. Today, several companies...

... Licensed re-use rights only IMSS Supply chain management Global manufacturing networks The design of global manufacturing networks (MNs) is going through radical changes. For multinational companies, the evolution from streamlined supply chains (SCs) to value and knowledge networks...