What is “Radical” Change?

Technical Notes on Tushman and Anderson (1986)

Abstract

Scholars pointed out that there are two types of innovation and technical/organizational change. One is “incremental” the normal technical change often generated by existing firms, and the other is “radical” that sometime makes great extension in business environment and destroys the order of existing firms. Additionally, some scholars such as Tushman and Anderson (1986) measure the radicalness of innovations in industries. However, these measurements overlooked the impact of technical change, because these measurements are like technical breakthrough.