Late mover advantage

Does the term late mover advantage ring some bells? That's the competitive advantage held by firms that are late in entering a market. Late movers often imitate the technological advances of other firms or reduce risks by waiting until a new market is established. Well, I have some suspicion that that's Karolien's strategy too. Since half a year or so she's been connected to the internet, working on my former notebook. But today she suddenly overtook me. Peter had accidently kicked her already aging notebook into the grave, which resulted in Rob fixing Karolien a much faster and more fancy Acer Aspire, which gives her a tool with which she can seriously compete - if not beat - me. Life is not fair.