This paper deals with projects’ performance. To be more precise, we endeavor to redeem the concept of commercial failure, by making a critical appraisal of certain works on innovation journey. We show that product innovation is not always characterized by a stream of interdependent projects....

In June 2005, the scientific journal Long Range Planning devoted a special issue to organizational failure, with a focus on papers showing that firms are largely encouraged to learn from failures, but that this is often easier said than done. At the same time, the Journal of Organizational...