The Pan-Industrial Revolution: How New Manufacturing Titans Will Transform the World

By: Richard D'Aveni

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Synopsis: The acclaimed author of Strategic Capitalism presents a provocative new vision of global industry in the age of 3-D printing: &“essential business reading&” (Kirkus, starred review). With books like Hypercompetition and Strategic Capitalism, Richard D&’Aveni has established himself as a business strategist of uncanny prescience. In The Pan-Industrial Revolution, he demonstrates how the advent of industrial‑scale 3‑D printing is already happening under the radar, and that it will have a far‑reaching impact that most corporate and governmental leaders have yet to anticipate or understand. 3-D printing, now called additive manufacturing, has moved far beyond a desktop technology used by hobbyists to churn out trinkets and toys. In this eye-opening account, D&’Aveni reveals how recent breakthroughs have been secretly adapted by Fortune 500 companies to revolutionize the manufacture jet engines, airplanes, automobiles, and so much more. D&’Aveni explains how this technology will transform the landscape of manufacturing, and the dramatic effect this change will have on the world economy. A handful of massively powerful corporations—what D&’Aveni calls pan‑industrials—will become as important as any tech giant in re-structuring the global order.