{
  "title": "Projects in Lausanne: when persistence becomes escalation",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/projets-a-lausanne-quand-la-perseverance-devient-escalade-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2025-08-05",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "A disappointing project does not necessarily need to be stopped. Research does, however, suggest separating its future prospects from the need to justify resources already committed.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Complex Management",
  "place": {
    "name": "Lausanne",
    "region": "Vaud",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "What the literature establishes",
      "point": "Barry M."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The weight of what cannot be recovered",
      "point": "Hal R."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The premature conclusion",
      "point": "One might conclude that disappointing results should immediately trigger termination, or that the decision should be taken away from its originator."
    },
    {
      "heading": "What the evidence cannot resolve",
      "point": "These classic studies provide no validated stopping threshold for a Lausanne portfolio of medtech, academic or sports projects."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Lausanne",
      "point": "Within SHR's « Management complexe » programme, an exercise applicable in Lausanne is to examine the next continuation decision for a medtech project, a collaboration with a higher education institution, an international sports organisation or a scale-up in the Lake Geneva region."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Staw",
      "year": "1976",
      "source": "Organizational Behavior and Human Performance"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Blumer",
      "year": "1985",
      "source": "Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 404,
  "image": "https://www.shr.swiss/img/blog-Training-Complex-Management-Lausanne-projets-a-lausanne-quand-la-perseverance-devient-escalade-en.jpg?v=4",
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    "en": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/projets-a-lausanne-quand-la-perseverance-devient-escalade-en",
    "de": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/projets-a-lausanne-quand-la-perseverance-devient-escalade-de",
    "it": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/projets-a-lausanne-quand-la-perseverance-devient-escalade-it"
  },
  "relatedPages": {
    "programme": "https://www.shr.swiss/formation/management-complexe/lausanne",
    "city": "https://www.shr.swiss/formations-ville/lausanne",
    "blog": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog"
  },
  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}