Jason Davis

Jason Davis

Theodore T. Miller Career Development Professor
Assistant Professor of Strategy
Sloan School of Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
50 Memorial Drive, E52-545
Cambridge, MA 02142
Email: jasond at mit dot edu | Phone: 617-253-6727
CV (pdf) Biographical Sketch

Teaching

15.912: Technology Strategy (Syllabus pdf)

This course provides a series of strategic frameworks for managing high-technology businesses. This course will next be offered in the Fall of 2009-10.

Research

My research is in the area of networks. I focus on the micro-foundations and dynamics of inter-organizational networks, and their implications for performance outcomes such as innovation and adaptation. Using a combination of inductive multi-case field studies and simulation modeling, I draw upon diverse perspectives such as organization theory, economic sociology, complexity theory, and cognitive science to understand these issues.

My current research focuses on innovative relationships between firms in the computing and communications industries. Using data collected in the field, current projects examine network dynamics of multiplex sub-networks, strategic leadership processes that activate boundary spanning networks, and synchronization processes in inter-organizational networks. My other research has explored how entrepreneurial firms develop the cognitive content of organizational processes, and how the amount of organizational structure shapes firm adaptation.

Rotating Leadership and Symbiotic Organization:
Relationship Processes in the Context of Collaborative Innovation
Davis, J. P.
(Revise and Resubmit from Administrative Science Quarterly)

MIT Sloan Media Press Release (pr pdf) Press: 1 2 3 4

Network Dynamics of Exploration and Exploitation:
Pruning and Pairing Processes in Collaborative Innovation
Davis, J. P.
Working Paper, MIT Sloan School of Management, 2007
(Recipient of the 2008 OMT Best Paper Award)

Developing Theory Through Simulation Methods
Davis, J. P., Eisenhardt, K. M., & Bingham, C. B. 2007.
Academy of Management Review, 32(2), 580-599

Complexity Theory, Market Dynamism, and the Strategy of Simple Rules
Davis, J. P., Eisenhardt, K. M., & Bingham, C. B. 2007.
(Revise and Resubmit from Administrative Science Quarterly)