Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2018

The plan is to create 10-minute programs; think YouTube meets Netflix. But NewTV doesn’t plan on testing these hypotheses. With fewer than 10 employees but almost $2 billion dollars in the bank, it plans on jumping right in. Katzenberg recently hired Meg Whitman, the ex-CEO of HP and eBay, as CEO of NewTV. And it may work.

IPO 8

IPO First-mover Advantage Business Model Agility 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2017

That is because no meaningful Where to Play choice exists outside the context of a particular How to Win plan. 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.; In other words, there aren’t inherently strong and weak Where to Play choices.

First-mover Advantage 14

First-mover Advantage Retail Strategy Pharmaceuticals 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2012

Without pausing to fully appreciate the company's culture, ownership structure and tolerance for change, he developed a turbo-charged reorganization and growth plan. An incoming CEO of an entertainment company, eager to secure first-mover advantage, instituted an ambitious growth strategy and set specific targets for managers.

CEO 14

CEO First-mover Advantage Leadership Styles Execution 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

Telecom and financial services are poised to lead the way, with respondents in these sectors planning to increase their AI tech spend by more than 15% a year — seven percentage points higher than the cross-industry average — in the next three years. Believe the hype that AI can potentially boost your top and bottom line.

Survey 11

Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 11

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.

Cost 8

Cost Decentralization Finance Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2018

Such acquisitions become more lucrative with rising first-mover advantages, pace of technological development, and network externality. Consider Yahoo and Whatsapp, which were acquired by Verizon and Facebook, respectively, in multi-billion-dollar deals.

IPO 10

IPO Company First-mover Advantage Intangible Assets 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

A decade from now we may look back at China's 12th Five-Year Plan as the seminal document of the early 21st century. But America's edge is eroding fast as it struggles to keep first-mover advantage over its innovations. It pledges $1.5

First-mover Advantage 9

First-mover Advantage GDP Technology Biotechnology 9