last-mover advantagenoun [ S or U ]
ukusMARKETING the advantage that a company has when it is the last to introduce a new product, service, or technology, because it can learn from developments that have taken place, or from what others have done:
They took advantage of ever-accelerating advances in technology to capture what is called the last-mover advantage.
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