Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

I wrote a couple of months ago about China's leadership in the clean tech race , but at the macro level. But don't count them out for long; if there's one thing Chinese companies are good at, it's implementing a "fast follower" strategy. That's what China's Hi-Tech Fair is doing. and the West for best practices.

NGO 14

NGO Chemicals Energy Hotels 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2011

There is still a debate in strategy circles about whether it is better to be the first mover or a fast follower, and whether missing out on the first wave of disruptive innovation means falling behind forever. But one thing is certain: Learning from a missed opportunity and then innovating beyond it helps anyone get back in the game.

Wireless 15

Wireless Suri Power Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2016

The leadership at Slack used the process to decide between two fundamentally different marketing approaches. Sprints encourage fast follow-up. Business-as-usual decision-making is busted: we strive for consensus; we don’t make tough calls; we aren’t transparent about how choices are made.

Consensus 8

Consensus Hotels Project Fast Follower 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

I wrote a couple of months ago about Chinas leadership in the clean tech race , but at the macro level. But dont count them out for long; if theres one thing Chinese companies are good at, its implementing a "fast follower" strategy. Thats what Chinas Hi-Tech Fair is doing. Its another thing to see the green focus up close.

NGO 14

NGO Chemicals Guidelines Telecommunications 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2014

For example, new product development may be the lifeblood of a consumer products company—and thus need to be cultivated and resourced carefully—while in a low-cost producer, or fast follower company, product development may be only a nice-to-have activity.

Ulrich 8

Ulrich Cost Efficiency Consultative 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

There is a much more important change in the global distribution of power underway, and the play for leadership of the World Bank signals that emerging markets will be increasingly bold in asserting their views about the management of the global economy. And apparently not in the fight over leadership of the World Bank.

Globalization 11

Globalization Banking Restructuring Politics 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 4, 2014

What Nike and Coca-Cola leadership get is that the climate issue is a systemic problem, not easily defined in one single way, and it directly and profoundly affects their business. In my experience, most companies are risk-averse and like to fashion themselves as great “fast followers.” That’s exactly right.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Company Short-term Fast Follower 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2011

China's brilliant "Fast Follower" innovation policy is generating the biggest transfer of technology in history. We need a much more skilled business leadership than we have currently, capable of creating as well as managing. global competitiveness.

Policies 15

Policies Innovation Fast Follower Long-term 15