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First-Mover Advantage

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Marvin Lieberman & David MontgomeryStrategic Management Journal, 1988

Early entrants can gain via technological leadership, preemption of assets and buyer switching costs — but face free-rider effects and market uncertainty that often favour fast followers.

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