How do revolutions emerge? Lessons from the fosbury flop

Jacob Goldenberg; Oded Lowengart; Shaul Oreg; Michael Bar-Eli

doi:10.2753/IMO0020-8825400202

How do revolutions emerge? Lessons from the fosbury flop

Jacob Goldenberg, Oded Lowengart, Shaul Oreg, Michael Bar-Eli

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In 1968, a young high jumper named Dick Fosbury revolutionized his field by winning the Olympic gold medal with a back-first flop that he himself had invented. Through an in-depth analysis of the case of the Fosbury flop, we explore the process through which radical innovations can be achieved. Observations relating to the evolution of radical innovations are highlighted, and similarities between this case and a variety of well-known business cases are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	30-51
Number of pages	22
Journal	International Studies of Management and Organization
Volume	40
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2753/IMO0020-8825400202
State	Published - 1 Jul 2010

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Strategy and Management

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