Teaching
15.912: Technology
Strategy
Fall 08-09
(Syllabus pdf) (Spring 07-08 MIT
Stellar Website)
This course provides a series of strategic
frameworks for managing high-technology businesses. The emphasis throughout is on the
development and application of conceptual models which clarify the
interactions between competition, patterns of technological and market
change, and the structure and development of organizational
capabilities. The course uses cases
like Apple, Google, Toyota Prius, Novartis, and Linux to illustrate these
central concepts in technology strategy.
Interested students can still sign up for the course
by participating in the waitlist process on the first day of class, although
I ask that you please email to let me know that you plan to do so. Please note that the course will only be
offered in Fall of the 2008-9 academic year.
Sample Course Evaluation (Spr 08): Professor Davis's Recommendation Rating=4.3/5
MIT Sloan Evaluation Grid (Fall 07): Average Professor Recommendation Rating=4.26/5
Research
My 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, I draw upon diverse perspectives such as
complexity theory, organization theory, economic sociology, and cognitive
science to understand strategy and organizations in highly dynamic environments.
My 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. This work reveals four specific
organizational processes – rotating leadership, network pruning,
competency pairing, and synchronized development – that promote
effective collaboration and innovation performance. 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.
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Developing
Theory Through Simulation Methods
Davis, J. P., Eisenhardt, K. M., & Bingham, C. B. 2007.
Academy of Management Review, 32(2), 580-599
  
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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)
    
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