In the digital economy, innovators often lose out to more agile imitators who can leverage new know-how very quickly and creatively. The best way to avoid that trap is to focus on innovation in products and services requiring complex solutions whose many elements can be continuously recombined and repurposed. In the digital economy, the race is often won by imitators who turn out to be more agile and creative than even the most successful first movers. Take the case of Snapchat. Created in , it quickly reeled in millions of teenagers and young adults with a standout app on which shared photos disappear after 24 hours. Facebook reportedly tried, but failed, to buy Snapchat. So it did the next best thing: copy. Facebook-owned Instagram simply replicated the main features of Snapchat Stories, rolling out Instagram Stories in Although Snapchat has since regained some of its early influence, its experience shows that barriers to entry in the digital realm are low, even for established platforms that have already captured a significant user base. The usual approach taken by first movers to protect their lead involves heavy investment in deploying their innovative know-how through in-house knowledge transfer and collaboration, the idea being that the company with the idea can stay ahead if it leverages its knowledge more quickly across employees and encourages teamwork.


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Including the rock pioneers' 1979 self-titled debut and 1981's Deceit
In , the two surviving members reunited with a fresh crew of collaborators as This Is Not This Heat, an equally wild band that uses those early songs as invitations to improvise. In a very rare stateside appearance, they play Big Ears , one of only a few dozen shows since that return. Here, we attempt to demystify a band that may seem inaccessible or mysterious through some recommendations of their most immediate tunes and most inspiring ideas. But Bandcamp has you covered, with both studio albums, the aforementioned live record, two EPs, and the absolutely essential Peel Sessions. That goes especially for the odd keyboard the band used: 14 notes to an octave, no less.
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