Tsukahara's vault and fosbury's flop: A comparative analysis of two great inventions

International Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-39

  Bar Eli, Michael ^a   Lowengart, Oded ^b   Tsukahara, Mitsuo ^b   Fosbury, Richard Douglas ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Tsukara Gymnastics Center   (Japan)

^c Galena Engineering Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Creativity; Evolution; Incremental process; Innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 44049098692     PISSN: 13639196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S136391960800190X     Document Type: Article

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