Indeed, producing a product with the benefit of tighter integration often results in losing the first-mover advantage.
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The problem, however, was that Hewlett-Packard was a follower rather than a leader in this market, going against Apple that enjoyed the first-mover advantage in this market.
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Economists refer to this window as the first-mover advantage.
This gives the other video-on-demand companies the chance of grabbing some first-mover advantage.
"The opportunity to gain first-mover advantage is outweighed by the potential teething problems that the technology could face, " he said.
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Wal-Mart has learned the hard way that a first-mover advantage can be important in international retailing.
If the product proves successful in its infancy, it gives Intuit first-mover advantage if it acquires the technology, reduces the likelihood it will compete, and also brings it into its portfolio of offerings before the startup gains too much market traction and becomes expensive.
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But, to maintain its global first-mover advantage, the report finds, Copenhagen must continue to invest in the low-carbon transition.
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"The market appears to be giving us a first-mover advantage on Big Data, " Godfrey Sullivan, Splunk's chief executive, said in an interview.
Amazon has been one of the pioneers of the e-commerce world, and fans of the firm has said that this "first mover" advantage will be one of the biggest strengths in the online marketplace.
The hype and hysteria that accompanied every new scheme to build market share through first-mover advantage is over.
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