Rankings / Candidate
David J. Teece
UC Berkeley · Innovation and firms
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Currently #11, tier Field, score 14.3, named by 1 source.Score history: 100.0, 25.0, 14.3
The work. Two ideas every MBA learns. Profiting from Innovation (1986) explains why inventors lose to imitators who own the complementary assets. Dynamic capabilities explains why some firms keep reinventing themselves and most do not.
The case for. He is among the most cited scholars in business and economics combined, and the 2025 innovation prize shows the committee's appetite for the topic.
The case against. That 2025 prize also closed the window, and his home is strategic management, a field Stockholm has never touched. His expert witness work gives critics a line.
The KmikeyM angle. Teece would ask who owns the complementary assets around Mike. The shareholders own the votes, the platform and the story. Mike owns the appropriability problem.
What the sources say
- Clarivate alumni (prior years) named David J. Teece: named in 2021: for pioneering research on entrepreneurship, innovation, and competition. (heat 100) Preseason: the Clarivate alumni pool