He applies these insights to understanding how large organizations seek to create value with new digital technologies and systems like artificial intelligence, automation, platform-marketplaces, blockchain, and super-apps in Executive Education, and to new ventures in his MBA courses on AI Entrepreneurship and Crypto Entrepreneurship. Jason has focused effort on investigating business model innovations by big tech companies in Asia, having developed teaching cases about how companies such as Go-Jek, Grab, Alibaba, and ByteDance are innovating in the region; how Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, and Google compete globally; and how Tesla, OpenAI, and Palantir are leveraging AI technologies for competitive advantage. Prior to joining INSEAD, Jason was an Associate Professor of Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management in the MIT Sloan School of Management where he taught Technology Strategy. He currently serves as Senior Editor at Organization Science.

Jason earned PhD and MA degrees in Management Science & Engineering and Sociology from Stanford University, where his research was supported by the National Science Foundation. He also earned MS and SB degrees from Caltech and MIT where he did thesis research in computation theory and molecular biology. His research has been published in top academic journals such as the Administrative Science Quarterly, American Economic Review, Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Journal, and Academy of Management Review. Jason has served as editorial board member at Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, and Strategic Organization. 

He has received multiple research awards including the AOM Academy-Wide Newman Award for Best Paper from a Dissertation (2009), the TIM Division Best Doctoral Dissertation Award (2009), the TIM Division Best Paper Award (2009), the OMT Division Best Paper Award (2008), and the ACAC Competitive Advantage Best Paper Award (2014). Jason also received an Honorable Mention Award for the Granovetter Prize for best article in Economic Sociology from the American Sociological Association (2012). He is also the recipient of the Academy of Management’s Technology Innovation Management Emerging Scholar Award (2012). Finally, Jason was selected to receive the ASQ Award for Scholarly Contribution (2015) given to “the most significant paper published in ASQ five years earlier.” His research has also been featured in a variety of popular and industry publications like Harvard Business Review, BBC, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, The Atlantic, Forbes, Fortune, The Economist Podcast, Wired, Channel News Asia, South China Morning Post, Jakarta Post, Huffington Post, Sloan Management Review, Computer World and Technology Review. 

Jason has also consulted, advised, or spoken about his research or conducted executive education at multiple companies including Intel, Microsoft, Cisco, Google, Broadcom, ESI, Sun Microsystems, Tesla, Citibank, Bank Indonesia, BCA, Pertamina, Astra, Go-Jek, Axiata, Natixis, Frasers, Prudential, Aviva, CIMB, MedcoEnergi, Jardines, JG Summit, Lenovo, Vale, Tata Consulting Group, Avery Dennison, Public Bank, BUMN, SAP, ICICI, KPMG, Accenture, Starhub, Merck, Kellogg, Ambank, OCBC, Westfarmers, Allianz, and various startups. Recently, he is a recipient of the EFMD EiP Gold Award (2020) in executive education and Case Centre Best Case Award in Entrepreneurship (2021). At INSEAD, he serves as Program Director for customized executive education programs about Digital Strategy & Leadership and the Leading AI & Digital Transformation open enrolment program on INSEAD’s Asia and San Francisco campuses.