He is the prime mover in the whole matter.
Discovery is trying to seize a similar first-mover advantage in high-definition television.
They also need to attack an entrenched market position and attract customers that may well be satisfied with the first mover.
GM has been as nimble abroad as it has been flat-footed at home, an early-mover in China, Brazil and Russia, it holds strong positions in all three markets.
When I talk about first mover, I don't think of being a broad "market" first mover, but rather a "category" or "segment" first mover.
Mr Dougan says that Credit Suisse will have a “first mover advantage”.
So often the prime mover is an inventor of some sort, while the partner brings street smarts or finance, or simply energy and confidence.
A deer is a fast mover.
With 180 English titles published a year - and some in Hindi, Marathi and Urdu too - Penguin retains first mover advantage.
The problem, however, was that Hewlett-Packard was a follower rather than a leader in this market, going against Apple that enjoyed the first-mover advantage in this market.
He was the prime mover in the revolt against the government.
Being the first mover has its advantages.
The advantage is that early adopters can learn from the first mover (from its mistakes or success) and guarantee that their new approach moves the market on.
In my little corner of the universe, the ultimate first mover was Steve Prefontaine, one of my heroes.
Data — mostly unstructured — could then be relegated to the cloud, either manually or with an automated data mover based on aging and access policies.
The ordinary raindrop is a mighty earth mover with sufficient strength to cut rock.
The prime mover may be a gas reciprocating engine.
