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A significant paradigm shift can be seen in the rapid prototyping industry. It’s mainly due to sustainable practices, advanced technologies, and improved efficiency. In modern times, works in material ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. A few weeks ago, I met with an extremely frustrated founder. “I just spent all of my capital building and designing a great product,” he ...

This paper explores the impact on sales growth of different product development strategies, especially an approach that focuses on the coordination of multiple projects that overlap in time and share ...

Back in 2022, I wrote about the triple threat of additive, agility and automation—three forces that were already reshaping manufacturing and product development. Fast forward to 2025, and these trends ...

Leonard-Barton, Dorothy, and Gil Preuss. "Chaparral Steel: Rapid Product and Process Development." Harvard Business School Case 692-018, September 1991. (Revised January 1998.) ...

Achieving immediate product growth is a top priority for companies looking to gain a competitive edge. Business development teams play a crucial role in driving this growth by identifying and ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. In June 2014, Jeff Bezos took the stage at Amazon’s Seattle headquarters to announce its latest product: the Fire Phone. He had no idea ...

Frédéric Pasquier, VP of engineering at Ateme, explains how the company is focusing on two critical concerns in the streaming industry; optimising Quality of Experience (QoE) and reducing carbon ...