First Mover Advantage

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Entrepreneur organizations seek innovation for profit and success in the market. The goal is to create or enhance a product or service, market and nurture the product so it can survive new innovations from competitors. Companies seek innovation for reasons that include but are not limited to first mover advantages, survival, disruptive innovation and efficiency. First Mover The first mover advantage allows company to create a product or service and be the first to bring it to the market for consumer purchase. As Seen On TV products are great examples of first mover entrepreneurs being innovative; by introducing new products to consumers. Creating a new product or service could bring quick profits that may cover startup costs, however, in order to capitalize on profits a new product/service must be efficient with costs and be able to survive in the market. Survival Survival of a company’s product/service is sustained through innovation. The company has to appeal to the consumer by providing them with quality products/service in order for them to survive. A problem facing the survival of a product is a second mover company, that will enhance the product or service; often resulting in disruptive innovation. Disruptive Innovation Disruptive innovation happens when a company loses profits to their competition. A company can and will seek to undercut or eliminate its competitors product/service through innovation. An example would be the floppy disk being replaced by a Data CD which is replaced by the flash drive. It is extremely important that companies constantly seek new innovations for current and new products, since disruptive innovations can be profitable to its competitors. Efficiency Bringing new innovations to the market by creating or enhancing products/services requires a company to be efficient with all costs. An example would be
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