ABSTRACT

From the context created by new disruptive technologies in the advent of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the present work is a concise literature review in which the objective was to delineate the topic of additive manufacturing, encompassing not only its concept and entrepreneurial challenges, but also the opportunities that arise through its many forms of application. This study contributes to the literature by reinforcing the relationship between firms, entrepreneurs and innovation, as well as their link with the identification of new opportunities and business models.