Even with having long time to replace leader in industry, is forlorn (9)
I believe the answer is:
desperate
'forlorn' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'even with having long time to replace leader in industry' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'time' could be 'era' (an era is a period of time) and 'era' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'is' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for desperate that I've seen before include "Hopeless; extremely bad" , "Anguished" , "Feeling hopeless" , "Without hope" , "Extremely bad or serious" .)