Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2018

In France and India, for example, homegrown leaders offer local-language video content, thus depriving Netflix of first-mover advantage. and Netflix has managed to make inroads into even those markets where Prime arrived first. Furthermore, strong competition in streaming already exists in many countries.

First-mover Advantage 8

First-mover Advantage Globalization Content Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

These ICOs are nearly always held when a project is at an immature stage of development akin to a seed stage startup — when it is testing hypotheses around its consumer value proposition and forming a founding team. This focused attention from developers has the added benefit of crowdsourcing feedback on the beta version of the project.

Cost 8

Cost Decentralization Finance Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Mugabe’s ouster and replacement with his one-time deputy, Emmerson Mnangagwa, was the most significant development in the Southern African nation since it gained independence from Britain in 1980. Most importantly, executives have to follow developments closely. billion a decade later. Now the country is at a crossroads.

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

This hands-off approach works because on-site executives can rely on informal communication and feedback mechanisms to maintain oversight. Companies that are smart about global innovation create an explicit role for senior executives in their projects. To ensure first mover advantage, the schedule was extremely aggressive.

Globalization 15

Globalization Innovation Team First-mover Advantage 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

This hands-off approach works because on-site executives can rely on informal communication and feedback mechanisms to maintain oversight. Companies that are smart about global innovation create an explicit role for senior executives in their projects. To ensure first mover advantage, the schedule was extremely aggressive.

Globalization 15

Globalization Innovation Team First-mover Advantage 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2017

That’s the single most common question the three of us are asked from corporate executives, and it’s not trivial to answer. First, they must invest in developing a better understanding of how fast and how far the dial on their prediction machines will turn for their sector and applications.

Strategy 8

Strategy First-mover Advantage Business Model Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2012

In our research on the telecom industry, for example, we found that the great majority of the executives we surveyed preferred internal development to external sourcing when they needed to develop differentiated products and services. Companies tend to repeat what has worked for them in the past.

Strategy 14

Strategy First-mover Advantage Pharmaceuticals Learning-by-Doing 14