Hardware start-ups and manufacturing innovation

Abstract

ABSTRACTThis paper provides firstly an overview of the literature on hardware start-ups, which are also related to manufacturing innovation. It continues with a framework, based on an interview series with hardware start-ups and their respective stakeholders. It includes a discussion about the relevant challenges and success factors, along with a potential set of metrics that can be of help for the evaluation of start-ups.

Keywords

• Hardware start-ups
• manufacturing innovation