Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2018

But Netflix’s globalization strategy, and many of the challenges it’s had to overcome, are unique. In France and India, for example, homegrown leaders offer local-language video content, thus depriving Netflix of first-mover advantage. This is a remarkable achievement for a company that was only in the U.S.

First-mover Advantage 8

First-mover Advantage Globalization Content Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2018

But Netflix’s globalization strategy, and many of the challenges it’s had to overcome, are unique. In France and India, for example, homegrown leaders offer local-language video content, thus depriving Netflix of first-mover advantage. This is a remarkable achievement for a company that was only in the U.S.

First-mover Advantage 8

First-mover Advantage Globalization Content Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

AI tools today vary along a spectrum ranging from tools that have been proven to solve business problems (for example, pattern detection for predictive maintenance) to those with low awareness and currently-limited-but-high-potential utility (for example, application of AI to developing competitive strategy).

Survey 11

Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2013

We were unable to capitalize on first mover advantage. But first mover advantage is a simplistic tenet of global strategy. Frustration came quickly when we couldn''t launch localized country sites or hire teams fast enough to stay in front of the international imitators.

Globalization 8

Globalization First-mover Advantage Retail Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2014

We also found three differences in marketing strategies, which may account for the performances of the two types of companies. Not only is it easier to differentiate brands when there is less competition, but also, products introduced during recessions will enjoy a first-mover advantage as the economy recovers.

First-mover Advantage 9

First-mover Advantage Intangible Assets Sample Metrics 9

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. billion a decade later. Now the country is at a crossroads. Years of economic mismanagement.

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Innovation focused on first-mover advantage, not price point.

First-mover Advantage 11

First-mover Advantage Supply Chain Price Cost 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2017

How will AI change strategy? But what does all this mean for strategy? What happens to Amazon’s strategy as their data scientists, engineers, and machine learning experts work tirelessly to dial up the accuracy on the prediction machine? AI is fundamentally a prediction technology.

Strategy 8

Strategy First-mover Advantage Business Model Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2012

To succeed, therefore, managers have to learn when and how to abandon the strategies they have grown up with. Its story starts like many success stories do: An innovative concept coupled with a first-mover advantage, enabling a rapid physical expansion and generating increasing returns to scale.

Strategy 14

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

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2018

Emerging digital firms compete with knowledge, strategy, and expert human capital, attacking even the largest established firms. firms gravitate towards digital strategies, firms have less need for elaborate finance, marketing, production, distribution, accounting, and human resource departments.

IPO 10

IPO Company First-mover Advantage Intangible Assets 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2016

Despite having won the desktop with the introduction of Windows in 1985, and having the first mover advantage of introducing a mobile operating system several years before Apple or Google, Microsoft has lost the battle for mobile. That is a very short run compared to the great network industries of yore.

First-mover Advantage 8

First-mover Advantage Advertising Marketing Disruptive Innovation 8