Last month in this space, discussing the myth of first-mover advantage, we noted the power of entrenched interests to foil the plans of innovators. In effect, a combination of hospital purchasing groups and large manufacturers, the latter joined in an e-distribution consortium called the Global Health Care Exchange LLC , stole the forward momentum of the start-up supply chain companies who had needed the support of both groups in order to get their businesses off the ground.
But entrenched players or not, the source of any first-mover advantage is as often good luck as anything else—guessing right...
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