Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2012

CEO turnover in medium and large U.S. companies is speeding up: Today CEOs last just six years on average, down from eight years a decade ago. More than 15% of current CEOs are freshmen. One CEO, newly installed in an ailing industrial goods company, wasted time investigating and disparaging his predecessor.

CEO 15

CEO First-mover Advantage Leadership Styles Execution 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2015

Outlook’s transformation reinforces CEO Satya Nadella’s goal to “ reinvent productivity.” Similarly, Google started with a search engine and then introduced search advertising to connect advertisers to users. So what can Microsoft do to ensure that Outlook’s transition is successful? Re-brand Outlook.

First-mover Advantage 8

First-mover Advantage Advertising Business Model Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

While it’s clear that CEOs need to consider AI’s business implications, the technology’s nascence in business settings makes it less clear how to profitably employ it. They add that strong support comes not only from the CEO and IT executives but also from all other C-level officers and the board of directors.

Survey 12

Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2017

The CEO of a large Australian company called me to relay a particular strategy development problem his firm was facing, and ask for my advice. It turned out that Uber’s How to Win had a lot to do with building a first-mover advantage in markets like the U.S.; But it didn’t work in the Where to Play of China.

First-mover Advantage 15

First-mover Advantage Retail Strategy Pharmaceuticals 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2018

Katzenberg recently hired Meg Whitman, the ex-CEO of HP and eBay, as CEO of NewTV. The mantra of “ first-mover advantage ,” the idea that winners are the ones who are the first entrants in their markets, became the conventional wisdom in Silicon Valley.

IPO 8

IPO First-mover Advantage Business Model Agility 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2012

Toyota's decade-long investment in its Prius sub-brand ultimately succeeded in strengthening the company's reputation as a respected product innovator while allowing Toyota to capture first-mover advantage in the fast-growing hybrid category. Enable organizational agility. Promote and reward collaboration.

Innovation 16

Innovation First-mover Advantage Chemicals Agility 16

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2011

But a new study shows that no amount of buzz, excitement or first mover's advantage will lead a product to sustained growth. Stibel is Chairman and CEO of Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. The costs are clearly high, but companies with products that tend to generate early buzz seem to do very well.

First-mover Advantage 15

First-mover Advantage Venture Capitalist Dunning Early Adopters 15