Might be different for different fields: if a firm with initially lower domain expertise but greater development & implementation resources can get sufficient u

Might be different for different fields: if a firm with initially lower domain expertise but greater development & implementation resources can get sufficient understanding of a good idea to generate a practical solution themselves, they might gamble that by the time the originator of the idea gets the funding and resources to be of any significance in the market, they will have achieved a runaway lead with their mimicked version.