Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2012

In an era of intense globalization, rapid demographic change and accelerating technological progress, the best companies for leadership recognize the value of innovation, putting it at the heart of their corporate culture and using this targeted, focused innovation to drive shareholder value and improve efficiency.

Innovation 15

Innovation First-mover Advantage Chemicals Agility 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2012

The other key finding from our research is that firms prepared to grow in diverse ways outperform the ones that narrowly focus on one single mode. Its story starts like many success stories do: An innovative concept coupled with a first-mover advantage, enabling a rapid physical expansion and generating increasing returns to scale.

Strategy 13

Strategy First-mover Advantage Pharmaceuticals Learning-by-Doing 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

In a world of such diverse political forms — democracies, monarchies, authoritarian states — we will increasingly differentiate societies on the basis not of their regime type or income, but of their capacity to harness technology. Technik , then, is the technological quotient of civilization.

First-mover Advantage 8

First-mover Advantage GDP Technology Biotechnology 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

And AI success stories are becoming more numerous and diverse, from Amazon reaping operational efficiencies using its AI-powered Kiva warehouse robots, to GE keeping its industrial equipment running by leveraging AI for predictive maintenance. Investment in AI is growing and is increasingly coming from organizations outside the tech space.

Survey 9

Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 9