{
  "title": "Industrial projects: when persistence becomes escalation",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/management-complexe-quand-arreter-un-projet-industriel-a-neuchatel-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2025-02-06",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "Continuing a difficult development project is not necessarily a mistake. Research does, however, suggest distinguishing the project's prospects from the need to justify past spending.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Complex Management",
  "place": {
    "name": "Neuchâtel",
    "region": "Neuchâtel",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "What the literature establishes",
      "point": "Barry M."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The sunk-cost mechanism",
      "point": "Hal R."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The premature conclusion",
      "point": "It would be tempting to conclude that a struggling project should be stopped quickly."
    },
    {
      "heading": "What the evidence cannot decide",
      "point": "These studies do not examine process qualification in Neuchâtel companies and do not directly measure the reliability constraints of precision manufacturing."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Neuchâtel",
      "point": "As an application exercise for the « Management complexe » programme, a Neuchâtel microtechnology, watchmaking or precision microelectronics company could examine its upcoming continuation decisions using a dated decision record."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Staw",
      "year": "1976",
      "source": "Organizational Behavior and Human Performance"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Blumer",
      "year": "1985",
      "source": "Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 421,
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  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
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