{
  "title": "Complex management in the canton of Lucerne: when should an ongoing project be stopped?",
  "url": "https://shr.swiss/blog/management-complexe-canton-lucerne-quand-arreter-projet-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2026-06-17",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://shr.swiss",
    "address": "184 route de Saint-Julien, 1228 Plan-les-Ouates, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "Past investment can influence a decision that should concern the future. Research on escalating commitment helps distinguish justified persistence from defensive continuation.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Complex Management",
  "place": {
    "name": "Lucerne",
    "region": "Lucerne",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "1. What the literature establishes",
      "point": "Barry M."
    },
    {
      "heading": "2. The sunk-cost mechanism",
      "point": "Hal R."
    },
    {
      "heading": "3. The premature conclusion: stop as soon as results disappoint",
      "point": "Concluding that every struggling project should be abandoned would be another mistake."
    },
    {
      "heading": "4. The limits of the evidence and of project reviews",
      "point": "These studies draw in part on experimental situations and do not directly measure decisions in Lucerne businesses."
    },
    {
      "heading": "5. A practical check in Lucerne",
      "point": "Consider a hypothetical example in Lucerne: a family-owned hotel must decide whether to continue implementing a booking tool that is disrupting service."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Staw",
      "year": "1976",
      "source": "Organizational Behavior and Human Performance"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Blumer",
      "year": "1985",
      "source": "Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 452,
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