Development Fast Follower Innovation Productivity 
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 14, 2012
Transformational developments are swirling around the banking industry — as they are in nearly every industry. Many of these trends seem to fit historical patterns of transformation , which means banks need to up their innovation game. The first innovators in the market are often too early in the technology curve.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 29, 2011
Amazon hasn't simply come up with a new product or — as Bezos himself declared — a new service. The net pioneer that reinvented retailing and redefined "word-of-web" recommendations has devised a new innovation ecosystem. Amazon's presence will intensify the innovation tempo in every market touched.
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Harvard Business Review
JUNE 1, 2015
The contrast could not be clearer: Amazon – fearlessly making big, risky bets like a serial entrepreneur; and Microsoft, eschewing disruptive innovation in favor of remaining the “ fast follower ” it has always been, wringing profit from previously proven technologies.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 14, 2012
At Electrolux, for example, the company has implemented a new " 70% rule " for testing its new product innovations to make sure it's not getting too far ahead or falling too quickly behind either its customers or competitors. The clear exception occurs when your innovations effectively create a new kind of customer or client.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 12, 2012
The topic — part of a series on innovation sponsored by Singapore's Economic Development Board and coordinated by Harvard Business Review — was "What's the Right Entry Point for Emerging Markets: Target Customers at the Bottom or the Middle of the Pyramid?". The world simply moves too fast these days.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 22, 2010
Of these 5 articles, some were self-explanatory: " Nation spurs development of new, green technologies ". " Two articles didn't scream sustainability until you read them: " Chemical company paints rosy picture for the future ," which opens with the question, "How can a chemical company earn more money through eco-friendly products?"
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 22, 2010
The article shows how the Dutch firm AkzoNobel is growing in China, particularly through products that help customers reduce environmental footprint in the shipping and building sectors. The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad.
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