500 word paper APA

Use your favorite Internet search engine and find an example of a successful innovation and one that was not so successful. (Finding examples of failures can be difficult.) What were the reasons given for success? For failure? Which of these reasons relate to poor planning? What does this tell you about the keys to success in innovation?

This paper should be a minimum of 500 words and follow APA Style requirements (i.e. cover page, in-text citations, and a reference page).  Please use a minimum of 2 references for this assignment; you may use the required course texts and recommended supplemental readings, as well as independent research, but please avoid 'crowd-sourced' material from Wikipedia, about.com, and others.  Submit this assignment by uploading a Word document in the assignment link.