Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2012

Many of these trends seem to fit historical patterns of transformation , which means banks need to up their innovation game. Is the advantage to the "first mover" or should you be a "fast follower"? Companies like Facebook and Tencent make hundreds of millions through microtransactions. Sometimes the resources aren't there.

Fast Follower 12

Fast Follower Banking Innovation Follow-up 12

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 29, 2012

Many successful bloggers today were not necessarily first-movers, but rather fast-followers able to leap frog the early adopters. In fact, blogging has been around long enough we’re now starting to experience the second and third comings of those who once abandoned their blogs only to come back again. Where Are We Now?

Blog 302

Blog Early Adopters Niche Marketing Magazine 302

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2013

Market leaders and fast followers seek transformational change; cautious adopters and laggards dip their toe into incremental change. Market leaders and cautious adopters proactively seek change; fast followers and laggards take a reactive approach. Organizational DNA. See accompanying chart.)

CIO 8

CIO Succession Fast Follower Chief Information Officer 8

Leading Blog

MARCH 18, 2011

The thing you want to be these days is a “fast follower.” The concept here is that you have a better chance of making a good investment in a trend or idea if you are not the very first—but also not the fifth, sixth, or seventh—into the market.

Chief Information Officer 279

Chief Information Officer CIO ROI Technology 279

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

The demands associated with those trends aren't going away. It is possible, for example, to point to the same data and argue that because the developing countries are getting richer, what they want out of the global economic system will come to more closely match the preferences of today's rich countries.

Globalization 11

Globalization Banking Restructuring Politics 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

The mobile devices that have been most affected by the jury's decision are a combination of the Android operating system, physical product design that's reacting to current market trends, and a hodgepodge of third-party apps and software. Samsung has built its name over the past two decades on being the world's greatest Fast Follower.

Innovation 15

Innovation Supply Chain Short-term Long-term 15