While the technology is still in the very early stages, 3D printing is nearing becoming a real world application. 3D printing is a tool that can be used to validate a design, ensure pieces fit together properly and even make a product mock-up for marketing.

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After studying a few exceptions to the pattern of disruption, Christensen concluded that the only way a big company could avoid being disrupted was to set up a small spinoff company that would function as a start-up, make the new low-end product, and be independent enough to ignore what counted as sensible for the mother ship.

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New models need a make over to match Ford's line-up of new product as well as foreign imports.

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You might think that a start-up should focus on one product and try to make it a success before branching out.

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Only when demand starts to grow and some of those users start to pay for the product can the entrepreneur make a case that the start-up will earn investors an attractive return.

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The best way to boost national economic prosperity is to make labour and product markets work more efficiently, speed up the shift of jobs from old industries to better-paying new ones, and improve education and training to prepare workers for tomorrow's jobs.

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