Putting escalation of commitment in context: A multilevel review and analysis

DJ Sleesman, AC Lennard, G McNamara… - Academy of …, 2018 - journals.aom.org
Organizations, and the groups and individuals within them, sometimes face the thorny
dilemma of whether or not to continue failing courses of action. Escalation of commitment …

Review and critique of the information systems development project failure literature: An argument for exploring information systems development project distress

Z Baghizadeh, D Cecez-Kecmanovic… - Journal of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
High failure rates of information systems development (ISD) projects continue to trouble
organizations and information systems practices. Such a state of affairs has been of great …

Making business model decisions like scientists: Strategic commitment, uncertainty, and economic performance

E Novelli, C Spina - Strategic Management Journal, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Research Summary This study abductively investigates how a firm's degree of
business model development—the extent to which strategic choices are crystallized …

[HTML][HTML] The future of the technology-based manufacturing in the European Union

AK Mallik - Results in Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The manufacturing industry tries to innovate always to cater to customer-oriented products.
The digitization of manufacturing is revolutionizing the future of this industry. The Industrial …

The nature of risk in complex projects

T Williams - Project management journal, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Risk analysis is important for complex projects; however, systemicity makes evaluating risk
in real projects difficult. Looking at the causal structure of risks is a start, but causal chains …

How do entrepreneurs benefit from acting like scientists in business model development? Strategic commitments, uncertainty and economic performance

E Novelli, C Spina - Strategic Management Journal, 2024 - openaccess.city.ac.uk
RESEARCH SUMMARY This study abductively investigates how a firm's degree of business
model development–the extent to which its strategic choices are crystallized—moderates the …

When a growth mindset can backfire and cause escalation of commitment to a troubled information technology project

JS Lee, M Keil, KFE Wong - Information Systems Journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This research focuses on information technology (IT) project managers' growth mindset
concerning IT project management (PM) ability and investigates how such a mindset can …

[HTML][HTML] Digging in the megaproject's graveyard: Why do megaprojects die, and how to check their health?

JRJ Cornelio, T Sainati, G Locatelli - International Journal of Project …, 2023 - Elsevier
The pressure to complete Infrastructure Megaprojects (IMs) is enormous; once started, IMs
are commonly considered too costly to be stopped. Still, despite this widespread belief …

When narcissism drives project champions: A review and research agenda

JK Pinto, P Patanakul - International Journal of Project Management, 2015 - Elsevier
Narcissism is a psychological state or personality disorder that is characterized by high self-
regard and desire for personal aggrandizement. In an organization setting, narcissistic …

Project personnel, job demands, and workplace burnout: the differential effects of job title and project type

JK Pinto, P Patanakul, MB Pinto - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As a result of the frenetic and demanding working conditions associated with projects, much
research and theory has addressed the stress and burn-out propensity of members of …