Joystick : 2002-present 
Founder (clients have included: McDonald’s Corporate, Agent Arts, MCPS-PRS).

Engadget / Joystiq : 2004-2005
Features Editor (acquired by AOL).

Community Development Venture Capital Alliance : 2004
Research assistant.

Kick, Inc : 2001
Senior Director of Marketing (Acquired by Sony).

Terra-Lycos : 2000 
Director of Marketing.

Sonique : 1999
Director of Marketing (Acquired by Terra-Lycos).

Noisebox : 1998 
Founder and CEO (Acquired by Sonique).

Vega : 1993-1998
Founder and Market Maker, Currency options.

Futrex Trading Partnership : 1991-1993
Assistant Trader and Market Maker.
 

My research interests engage a combination of organization theory, technology and entrepreneurship, offering direct implications for organizational strategy, managerial practice and public policy.  My primary research interests involve understanding the role automation may play in organizational learning, innovation, and entrepreneurial action – enabling both the creation and the discovery not only of new opportunities, but also of new kinds of work.  My secondary research interests involve the ongoing adaptation of the arts and media industries, particularly the evolution of copyright and related business models, in the context of “copy-paste” and global information networks.
 

Dissertation

Ghosts in the shell: Towards an understanding of augmented organizations.
Committee:  Bruce Barry [chair], Richard Daft, Bart Victor

My dissertation involves a large-sample inquiry into the relationships among automation, the nature of work and the social structure of organizations – issues with direct implications for organizational theory, managerial practice, and public policy.  I present and test hypotheses that emerge from conflicting expectations that have persisted within the organizational theory literature. The model is tested by way of data collected within the O*NET project’s broad survey of work context, based on information provided by more than 25,000 individuals across 800 occupations within the United States.
 

Publications

Tepper, S., Hargittai, E., & Touve, D. 2007. Music, Mavens, and Technology. In S. Tepper & B. Ivey (Eds.), Engaging Art: The Next Great Transformation of America’s Cultural Life: 71-193. New York: Routledge.
 

Conference presentations

Touve, D. 2008. A theory of the technologies for meaningful organizations. Annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Anaheim.

Touve, D. 2007. Organizational information asymmetry, media sociability and structural design. Annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia.

Touve, D. 2006. Reconsidering the consequences of influence tactics: Returning to the work of Falbe and Yukl. Annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta.

Touve, D. 2006. Social graffiti and the hazardous exchange of adjectives: new forms of social information and identity in online spaces. Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal.

Tepper, S., Hargittai, E., & Touve, D. 2005. Music, mavens and technology. Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia.

Tepper, S., Hargittai, E., Touve, D. 2005. Have you tried this yet?  How college kids sample new music and books. Annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Association, Washington.
 

Other Publications and Work

Touve, D., Page, W., & McMahon, K. 2008.  Shadow Pricing P2Pʼs Economic Impact. Economic Insight, MCPS-PRS Alliance.

Page, W. & Touve, D. 2008.  Should Music Rights Societies Pursue Equity. Economic Insight, MCPS-PRS Alliance. 

Working Papers

Chen, Y. & Touve, D. The government and private entrepreneurs in a transition economy: Private entrepreneurs’ political involvement and its consequences in China. (under review)

Stansbury, J. & Touve, D. A theory of moral imagination as a dynamic capability of the firm.

Touve, D. A theory of the technologies for meaningful organizations.

Touve, D. Organizational complexity, media sociability and structural design.

Touve, D. Organizing unknown opportunity: Towards an understanding of the paradox of entrepreneurship.
 

Teaching

Foundations of Entrepreneurship, Belmont University
Undergraduate level. Lecturer, with full course responsibility.

Controversies and Debates in Management, Vanderbilt University
MBA level. Guest lecturer and Teaching Assistant. Lecture ratings 4.3/5.

Exploring Corporate Social Responsibility, Vanderbilt University
Undergraduate level. Guest lecturer.

Organization Design, Vanderbilt University
MBA level. Teaching assistant.

Technology, Media, Culture, and Society, Vanderbilt University
Undergraduate seminar. Guest facilitator.

Student comments:

“Amazing presenter. Really thoughtful and engaging on the topics. Well versed and has really interesting, experienced perspectives…a real treat to hear teach.”

“Most interesting and captivating presentation style I’ve ever seen – I hope to emulate this in future presentations I give.”
 

Social Computing Symposium
(funded by Microsoft Research)
2008 

Doctoral Consortium, OCIS division of Academy of Management
(funded by the National Science Foundation)
2008 

Research Institute for the Science of Socio-Technical Systems
(funded by the National Science Foundation, Yahoo and Microsoft)
2008 

West Coast Research Symposium on Technology Entrepreneurship
(Funded by the Kauffman Foundation) 
2007 

Doctoral Consortium and Dissertation Proposal Workshop,
OMT division of Academy of Management
2007 
 

Affiliations and committees

Teaching Sub-committee (WIKI), OMT division Academy of Management
2007-2008 

Member, Academy of Management
2004-2008 

Member, American Sociological Association
2006-2008 

Member, Chicago Mercantile Exchange
1992-1998

Member, National Futures Association
1992-1998 

Media

Interviews, quotes, mentions
Chicago Tribune, WIRED, PC Magazine, Crain’s Chicago Business, Hong Kong Morning Post, Billboard, Spin, Industry Standard, I.D. Magazine.
 

Extracurricular

Captain, Northwestern (MIVA) men’s volleyball team
1989-1990 

Northwestern men’s golf team
1987-1989 

Junior Olympics volleyball, Illinois
1986 

Other interests: hiking, mountain biking, kayaking.
Languages: French (familiar)