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First Mover or Fast Follower?

Harvard Business Review

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.

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5 Leadership Lessons: The Velocity Manifesto

Leading Blog

Technology enables velocity—the speed of getting products to market, the speed of delivery, the speed of analytics, and the list goes on. The thing you want to be these days is a “fast follower.” Instead, you want to quickly follow the first movers who are trying to capitalize on a blossoming trend.

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The New New International Economic Order

Harvard Business Review

This was just one round in a developing fight over the rules and norms that govern the international political economy. Writing in 1979, Roger Hansen (in Beyond the North-South Stalemate ) succinctly characterized the choices faced by developed and developing countries in the face of these demands.