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. Successful AI adopters have strong executive leadership support for the new technology.

Survey 12

Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

When it comes to growth in a stagnating global economy, clearly most corporate executives tend to see their own prospects in a similar way. Digging deeper provides a few more clues as to how executives expect to achieve this growth despite an apparently flagging market. Among them: A focus on pricing in periods of weak pricing power.

First-mover Advantage 11

First-mover Advantage Supply Chain Price Cost 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2017

Many people ask me why Capabilities and Management Systems are part of strategy when they are really elements of execution. That is yet another manifestation of the widespread, artificial, and unhelpful attempt to distinguish between choices that are “strategic” and ones that are “executional” or “tactical.”

First-mover Advantage 15

First-mover Advantage Retail Strategy Pharmaceuticals 15

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.

Innovation 16

Innovation First-mover Advantage Chemicals Agility 16

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Those benefits fall into three categories: To jumpstart network effects that provide a first-mover advantage: Many of the projects being built using blockchain technology are “protocols” that govern the interactions between users in a decentralized autonomous network. How ICOs Constrain. Governance.

Cost 8

Cost Decentralization Finance Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

In this environment, multinationals that are willing to accept some risk and invest in the country could benefit from first-mover advantages – but only if the new administration follows through with much-needed economic reforms. Most importantly, executives have to follow developments closely.

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8