Virtual Local Communities.

Distributed manufacturing offers the promise of bringing jobs back to local communities, producing goods that are personalized or harmonize with distinctive cultures, and thereby reversing significant aspects of the globalization that has dominated in recent years. Large corporations may still have...

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Main Author: Bainbridge, William
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Business Expert Press, 2019.
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Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Chapter 1: Virtual Exploration of Real Possibilities; Chapter 2: The Universe of Online Virtual Worlds; Chapter 3: Principles of Virtual Manufacturing; Chapter 4: Modes of Work-Related Communication; Chapter 5: Socio-economic Structure and Dynamics; Chapter 6: Artificial Intelligence in the Human-Technology System; Chapter 7: Large-Scale Technical and Cultural Variation; Glossary; About the Author; Index; Adpage; Backcover