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leapfroggings

leapfroggings is the plural of leapfrogging.

Meaning of leapfrogging

Noun

leapfrogging (countable and uncountable, plural leapfroggings)

  1. The act of one who leapfrogs.
  2. The idea that small and incremental innovations lead the dominant firm to stay ahead, whereas radical innovations will permit new firms to "leapfrog" the dominant one.
    • The final stage the is leapfrogging, in which latecomers do not aim to imitate the existing products or plants, but explore ways to develop emerging products in short cycle technologies. A Korean example is digital TV development, which can be regarded as the decisive and final watershed that...2013, Joseph E. Stiglitz, edited by Justin Yifu Lin, The Industrial Policy Revolution, Springer, →ISBN

Questions about leapfroggings

What is leapfroggings the plural of?
Leapfroggings is the plural of leapfrogging.

Words near leapfroggings in the dictionary

  1. leapfrog
  2. leapfrogged
  3. leapfrogger
  4. leapfroggers
  5. leapfrogging
  6. leapfroggings
  7. leapfrogs
  8. leapful
  9. leapfuls
  10. Leaphart
  11. Leapharts

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