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Alva H. Taylor serves as Associate Professor of Business Administration at the Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College, where he has been tenured since 2010. He holds the dual leadership roles of Senior Associate Dean for Executive Learning and Faculty Director of the Glassmeyer/McNamee Center for Digital Strategies, Tuck's flagship initiative examining how digital technology impacts business strategy. Previously, he served as Assistant Professor (2000-2005) and Associate Professor (2005-2009) at Tuck, and as Visiting Assistant Professor at Kellogg Graduate School of Management (1997-2000).
Professor Taylor earned his PhD from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business in 2000, following an MBA, ME, and BS from Cornell University in 1984, 1983, and 1982 respectively. Before academia, he worked as a Senior Manager at KPMG's consulting division, specializing in business strategy and information technology for growing companies.
His research focuses on innovation processes, entrepreneurship, technological change, and strategic decision-making in fast-changing environments. Taylor has made significant contributions to understanding how organizations manage creative groups for sustained innovation, organizational learning in information-rich environments, and digital transformation in traditional enterprises. His work with comic book creators demonstrated that creators with cross-genre experience achieve greater success than specialists, highlighting the value of diverse experience in creative fields. His recent scholarship examines how nonprofits can implement digital-first strategies to enhance social impact, emphasizing the importance of aligning technology with organizational mission.
Taylor teaches courses including Design Thinking for Strategic Innovation and Strategic Change in the Turbulent Digital Age in both MBA and Executive Education programs. He designed and directs the Digital Excellence for Minority Entrepreneurs Executive Education Program in partnership with Google, demonstrating his commitment to inclusive digital transformation. His research has been featured in prominent publications including the Wall Street Journal and Stanford Social Innovation Review, where he emphasizes that digital strategy must begin with a clear understanding of organizational goals before technology implementation.
As Faculty Director of the Center for Digital Strategies, Taylor leads initiatives that bring together executives, academics, and students to advance management theory and practice in the networked economy. The Center explores technology's impact on product development, supply chains, marketing, and business model transformation, addressing challenges throughout the extended enterprise including globalization, information security, and organizational change. Under his leadership, the Center has hosted events like the Dartmouth AI Conference and developed programs that bridge academic research with corporate application.
