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fast follower

British  

noun

  1. a company that is quick to pick up good new ideas from other companies

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“Every company needs to decide with every particular initiative whether or not they want to be a market leader, a fast follower or a laggard,” he notes.

From Forbes • Nov. 26, 2014

“If you’re the founder of a market,” Chute warns, “usually you’re supplanted by a fast follower who innovates on top of the platform in a way that you can’t.”

From BusinessWeek • Mar. 13, 2014

Samsung is famed in business circles as a "fast follower" – letting others innovate before flooding the market with excellently-made, rather imitative products.

From The Guardian • Aug. 9, 2012

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