{
  "title": "Knowing When to Abandon a Failing Project",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/escalade-d-engagement-et-decisions-piegees-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2026-01-23",
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    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
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  },
  "summary": "Laboratory experiments, simulated amounts.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Decision-making",
  "place": {
    "name": "Basel",
    "region": "Bâle-Ville",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "The Research",
      "point": "Staw (1976, Organizational Behavior and Human Performance) documents escalation of commitment: reinvesting in a losing project to justify past investment.."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The Limitation",
      "point": "Laboratory experiments, simulated amounts.."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The Nuance",
      "point": "The question “how much have we already invested?” is the trap; the right question is “what is continuing worth?”."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Practical Implication, Testable in Basel",
      "point": "Review a struggling project by considering only future costs and benefits."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Staw",
      "year": "1976",
      "source": "Organizational Behavior and Human Performance"
    }
  ],
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