Forthcoming Book: Dynamic Universities (June 2026)
Universities Need Dynamic Capabilities Now More Than Ever
For seventy-five years, American higher education enjoyed relative stability—predictable funding, steady enrollment growth, and a protected position in society. That era is over.
In Dynamic Universities: How Strategic, Entrepreneurial Leaders Can Strengthen Higher Education, Professor David Teece and Professor Sohvi Heaton argue that university leaders must fundamentally rethink how they manage their institutions. The "organized chaos" that once sufficed is now a recipe for decline.
The dynamic capabilities framework—originally developed to explain how great Silicon Valley companies thrive under technological uncertainty—applies with equal force to today's universities. Campus leaders face uncertainty on multiple fronts: technological disruption of teaching and research, financial pressures as traditional funding sources erode, demographic shifts, and unprecedented political scrutiny.
Dynamic Universities will be published in June 2026, and is available now for pre-orders from Cambridge University Press.
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