Please use this form to submit your study for inclusion into our database. It will be checked by a member of the Innovation Growth Lab team, who may be in contact to ask for more information. Your email address * Your name * Title * The name of the study Short summary A brief description of the project's goals and its current state Abstract <p>Failure is widely acknowledged as a critical component of the organizational learning and innovation processs. Learning from failure, in particular, seems extremely relevant in the context of entrepreneurship, where failure often emerges as the predominant outcome. Remarkably, most entrepreneurship training programs predominantly emphasize success stories of entrepreneurs, without leveraging the learning potential that come from stories of failure. Consequently, we investigate how entrepreneurs assimilate lessons from the failure of others differently compared to the success of others and, subsequently, how these distinct learning approaches impact the decisions entrepreneurs make about their businesses.</p> <p>To investigate this research question, we conduct a randomized controlled trial (RCT) aimed at providing robust empirical evidence and assessing the effects of adopting a "learning from failure" approach vis-à-vis the conventional "learning from success" approach. In this study, about 300 entrepreneurs participate to a training program focused on market validation with the same structure: we utilize robust frameworks and tools commonly employed in entrepreneurial education, we provide practical examples from other founders, we facilitate discussions on essential thematic elements, and provide opportunities for participants to reflect on the content. However, frameworks, examples, discussions, and self-reflections focus on learning from the failure of others for one group (half of the participants), and on learning from the success of others for the other group (half of the participants). Our expectation is that both types of training will benefit entrepreneurs but in different ways. We will measure outcomes related to both entrepreneurial intentions, actions, and decision-making processes to gain deeper insights into how distinct learning methodologies influence the development of new businesses.</p> The full abstract of the study, if available Links https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/12047 Links to any published papers and related discussions Authors * Affiliations Academic and other institutes that the authors of the study are members of Delivery partner Organisations involved in delivering the trial, if appropriate Year Year Year199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Month MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec Day Day12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031 Journal Journal publishing the study, if available Publication stage * Working Paper Published Ongoing Research Forthcoming Discussion Paper Research theme * Entrepreneurship Innovation Business Growth Country Country or countries where this study took place. Topics What sort of topics does the study cover? Sample attributes Hypotheses / research question Sample Trial population and sample selection Number of treatment groups Size of treatment groups Size of control group Unit of analysis Clustered? Yes No Cluster details Trial attributes Treatment description Rounds of data collection Baseline data collection and method Data collection method and data collected Evaluation Outcome variables Results Intervention costs Cost benefit ratio Reference Citation for use in academic references
