Like recent offerings from Ford and others, the 2014 model adds a much larger 9.4 kWh battery to last year's non-plug-in hybrid, letting you trundle on electrons alone at up to 80MPH for 20 miles or so with with nary a puff of CO2.
Instead, firms should recognize the benefits of the innovation model they inhabit, compare themselves to others using a similar approach and borrow selectively from other categories.
The natural model for learning, largely based on the power of mirror neurons, came from watching and imitating others, then repeating the action over and over.