Dynamic Capabilities with David Teece

David J. Teece

This podcast features insights on leadership, management, business, and entrepreneurship from Professor David J. Teece, readily applicable for professionals, researchers, and students at every level. Professor Teece pioneered the dynamic capabilities perspective, defined as “the ability to integrate, build, and reconfigure internal and external competencies to address rapidly changing environments.” With over 260,000 citations as of May 2026 (per Google Scholar), he is the world's most cited scholar in the combined fields of business and management.

  1. 2d ago

    MBA Course Lecture 9 Part 1 - Intro to Dynamic Capabilities with David Teece

    This episode (Lecture 9 Part 1) was a class session in the live online 2021 Berkeley Haas MBA course, "Introduction to Dynamic Capabilities and Related Paradigms" taught by Professor David Teece (EWMBA 273.1). Brian Hinman, an auto intellectual property leader and expert, was an invited guest lecturer. For more information about Professor David Teece, the dynamic capabilities framework, and his insights on strategy, leadership, management, and business success — including in the tech and mobility sectors, visit https://www.davidjteece.com/ To learn more about the concepts discussed, here are some readings from Professor Teece of immediate relevance to leaders, managers, students, and anyone interested in organizational change, growth, and success. “Intangible Assets and a Theory of Heterogeneous Firms”, Intangibles, Market Failure and Innovation Performance, A. Bounfour and T. Miyagawa (eds.), Springer International Publishing Switzerland (2015), https://escholarship.org/content/qt6492g8vq/qt6492g8vq.pdf?t=p3i5l2 “How to Capture Value from Innovation: Shaping Intellectual Property and Industry Architecture,” (with Gary Pisano), California Management Review 50, no.1 (2007): 278-296, https://cmr.berkeley.edu/assets/documents/sample-articles/2007_50_1_5468.pdf “Profiting from Innovation in the Digital Economy: Enabling Technologies, Standards, and Licensing Models in the Wireless World,” Research Policy (2018), https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048733318300763

    1h 24m
  2. Jun 6

    MBA Course Lecture 8 Part 2 - Intro to Dynamic Capabilities with David Teece

    This episode (Lecture 8 Part 2) was a class session in the live online 2021 Berkeley Haas MBA course, "Introduction to Dynamic Capabilities and Related Paradigms" taught by Professor David Teece (EWMBA 273.1). Karim Chaiblaine, an auto industry leader and expert, was an invited guest lecturer. For more information about Professor David Teece, the dynamic capabilities framework, and his insights on strategy, leadership, management, and business success — including in the tech and mobility sectors, visit https://www.davidjteece.com/ To learn more about the concepts discussed, here are some readings from Professor Teece of immediate relevance to leaders, managers, students, and anyone interested in organizational change, growth, and success. “The Transformation of Hyundai Motor Company to a “Big Three” (American) Automobile Company: Insights into the Dynamic Capabilities of Jose Munoz, President and COO, Hyundai Motor Company,” California Management Review Insights (November 2022), https://cmr.berkeley.edu/2022/11/the-transformation-of-hyundai-motor-company-to-a-big-three-american-automobile-company/ "Roadway infrastructure will be the critical challenge for autonomous vehiclemakers” (with John Blair), Automotive World, (September 2019), https://www.thinkbrg.com/insights/publications/roadway-infrastructure-will-be-the-critical-challenge-for-autonomous-vehicle-makers/ "Plotting Strategy in a Dynamic World" (with P. Raspin and D. Cox), Sloan Management Review, (September 2020), https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/plotting-strategy-in-a-dynamic-world/ "What Can Management Theory Tell Us about How to Think About Future of Autos," Presentation, 2018, https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/what-can-management-theory-tell-us-about-how-to-think-about-future-of-autos/242996052

    1h 20m
  3. May 27

    MBA Course Lecture 6 Part 2 - Intro to Dynamic Capabilities with David Teece

    This episode (Lecture 6 Part 2) was part of the 2021 Berkeley Haas MBA course, "Introduction to Dynamic Capabilities and Related Paradigms" taught by Professor David Teece (EWMBA 273.1). For more information about Professor David Teece, the dynamic capabilities framework, and his insights on strategy, leadership, management, and business success — including in the tech and mobility sectors, visit https://www.davidjteece.com/ To learn more about the concepts discussed, here are some readings from Professor Teece of immediate relevance to leaders, managers, students, and anyone interested in organizational change, growth, and success. "Explicating dynamic capabilities: the nature and microfoundations of (sustainable) enterprise performance," Strategic Management Journal, August 7, 2007, https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.640 "The foundations of enterprise performance: Dynamic and ordinary capabilities in an (economic) theory of firms." The Academy of Management Perspectives, 28(4), 328–352. https://doi.org/10.5465/amp.2013.0116 "Dynamic Capabilities and Organizational Agility: Risk, Uncertainty, and Strategy in the Innovation Economy." With Margaret Peteraf and Sohvi Leih. California Management Review, August 1, 2016, Volume 58, Issue 4, https://doi.org/10.1525/cmr.2016.58.4.13 "Dynamic Capabilities and Organizational Agility: Risk, Uncertainty and Entrepreneurial Management in the Innovation Economy, "with Margaret Peteraf and Sohvi Leih, California Management Review, August 1, 2016, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2771245 "Business Models, Business Strategy and Innovation," Long Range Planning, Volume 43, Issues 2–3, April–June 2010, Pages 172-194, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5092645

    1h 33m

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This podcast features insights on leadership, management, business, and entrepreneurship from Professor David J. Teece, readily applicable for professionals, researchers, and students at every level. Professor Teece pioneered the dynamic capabilities perspective, defined as “the ability to integrate, build, and reconfigure internal and external competencies to address rapidly changing environments.” With over 260,000 citations as of May 2026 (per Google Scholar), he is the world's most cited scholar in the combined fields of business and management.