Special Issue Innovation Failure on Technovation

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the special issue: “The consequences of innovation failure: opportunity or trauma?” on Technovation.


The aim of this special issue is to  provide more insights into innovation failure, how to capitalize from innovation failure, and how to deal with innovation trauma. We welcome empirical, methodological, and conceptual papers looking at innovation failure at the organizational level (firm), at the group level (team), at the individual level (entrepreneur/innovator) and even at the network level (partnerships, institutions). The deadline to submit your paper is January 31, 2023.


Do not hesitate to contact us if you need more information.


The guest editors:

Stefania Testa (Stefania.Testa@unige.it)

Helena Forsman (helena.forsman@hforsman.com)

Elisa Mattarelli (elisa.mattarelli@sjsu.edu)

Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli  (antonio.messenipetruzzelli@poliba.it)

Starts:  Jun 15, 2022 09:00 (CET)
Ends:  Jan 31, 2023 23:59 (CET)