Faculty & Research

Jason Davis

Assistant Professor of Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management

Biography | Publications

Jason Davis is an Assistant Professor of Strategy in the MIT Sloan School of Management. Jason's work focuses on the role of organizational structures and processes in competitive strategy, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Using a combination of inductive multi-case studies and simulation modeling, Jason draws upon diverse perspectives such as complexity theory, organization theory, economic sociology, and cognitive science to understand strategy and organizations in highly dynamic environments.

Jason's current research focuses on the organization of collaborative innovation between firms in the computing and communications industries. Using data collected in the field, current projects examine the leadership processes, collaborative networks, and temporal structures underlying inter-organizational relationships. His other research has explored how entrepreneurial firms develop the cognitive content of organizational processes, and how the amount of organizational structure shapes firm adaptation.

Jason earned PhD and MA degrees from Stanford University, where his research was supported by the National Science Foundation. His work experience includes roles in alliance management and sales management in semiconductor and hardware firms, and strategy consulting to multiple high-tech and biotech firms. Jason earned MS and SB degrees from Caltech and MIT where he did thesis research in computation theory and molecular biology.

Web Site: http://web.mit.edu/~jasond/www/