Jason Davis

Jason Davis is an Associate Professor of Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Davis focuses his work 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, he draws upon diverse perspectives—such as complexity theory, organization theory, economic sociology, and cognitive science—to understand strategy and organizations in highly dynamic environments. His current research centers 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. Davis’s other research has explored how entrepreneurial firms develop the cognitive content of organizational processes, and how the amount of organizational structure shapes firm adaptation.

His work experience includes roles in alliance management and sales management in semiconductor and hardware firms, as well as strategy consulting to multiple high-tech and biotech firms.

Davis holds an SB in brain and cognitive sciences from MIT, an MS in computational and neural systems from Caltech, as well as an MA in sociology and a PhD in strategy and organizations from Stanford University.