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. And we expect at least a portion of current AI piloters to fully integrate AI in the near term.

Survey 12

Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

In a recent Accenture study involving 1000 CFOs and CMOs across eight industries and a dozen countries in developed and emerging markets, 85 percent of executives expected their companies to grow at a rate equal to or significantly greater than global growth forecasts. Why is a growth market that "lifts all boats" so tough to imagine?

First-mover Advantage 11

First-mover Advantage Supply Chain Price Cost 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2013

Mobile technology presents all marketers with a tantalizing proposition. The chance to tap into this ever-present and intimate consumer channel at such tremendous scale seems like a no-brainer for marketers. But marketing spend on mobile pales in comparison to time spent there by consumers. At my company, Mondel?z

Strategy 9

Strategy Advertising First-mover Advantage ROI 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2012

Similarly, Toyota (#11) encourages innovation by removing some of the pressure for short-term returns. By giving employees room to explore their full potential and range of interests, BCLs also gain a competitive edge in the talent market. Enable organizational agility. Broaden perspectives.

Innovation 16

Innovation First-mover Advantage Chemicals Agility 16

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

This is promising for a market formerly dubbed the “breadbasket of Africa.” ” Once one of Africa’s most developed markets – with a solid education system, good infrastructure, and a relatively large middle class – decades of mismanagement have cost Zimbabwe. . billion a decade later.

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

Paul Kennedy's seminal Rise and Fall of the Great Powers captures the way technological and economic advances have converted into strategic advantage, and how failure to "lock in" that edge accelerates imperial decline. But America's edge is eroding fast as it struggles to keep first-mover advantage over its innovations.

First-mover Advantage 9

First-mover Advantage GDP Technology Biotechnology 9