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Ashley Davis

Ashley Davis.

Ashley Davis

Assistant Professor

adavis@ou.edu
(405) 325-4882

About Davis

Ashley Davis is an assistant professor in the Price College of Business at the University of Oklahoma, serving both the management information systems and accounting departments. Her research interests include agility in organizations, design thinking, and enterprise system modifications.

Her work has appeared in MISQ Executive, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, and Review of Higher Education, among others. She has presented at conferences including the American Accounting Association, Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Americas Conference on Information Systems, Academy of Management, and Southern Association for Information Systems.

Before joining academia, Davis worked in industry for several companies, including Arthur Andersen LLP (now Accenture). She was president of her own consulting firm specializing in SAP and supply chain management for about 10 years.

Research Areas:

  • Agility in organizations
  • Design thinking 
  • Enterprise system modifications

Education

  • Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering, University of Oklahoma
  • Ph.D. in management information systems, University of Georgia

Publications

  • Davis, A., 2015. "Creating relevant accounting courses through collaboration with firms and students." Business Education Forum, February.


  • Davis, A., and DaSilva, N., 2015. "A conceptual framework for understanding path dependency and technology option evaluation: Valuing IT opportunities." International Journal of Business and Social Science, 6(1).


  • Davis, A., 2011. "Absorptive capacity at the individual level: Linking creativity to innovation in academia." The Review of Higher Education, 34(3), 355–379, Spring.


  • Goodhue, D., Chen, D., Boudreau, M. C., Davis, A., and Cochran, J., 2009. "Addressing business agility challenges with enterprise systems." MIS Quarterly Executive, 8(2), 73–88.


  • Niederman, F., Davis, A., Greiner, M., Wynn, D., and York, P., 2006. "A research agenda for studying open source I: A multi-level framework." Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 18, 129–149.


  • Davis, A., 2015. "Creating relevant accounting courses through collaboration with firms and students." Business Education Forum, February.

  • Davis, A., and DaSilva, N., 2015. "A conceptual framework for understanding path dependency and technology option evaluation: Valuing IT opportunities." International Journal of Business and Social Science, 6(1).

  • Davis, A., 2011. "Absorptive capacity at the individual level: Linking creativity to innovation in academia." The Review of Higher Education, 34(3), 355–379, Spring.

  • Goodhue, D., Chen, D., Boudreau, M. C., Davis, A., and Cochran, J., 2009. "Addressing business agility challenges with enterprise systems." MIS Quarterly Executive, 8(2), 73–88.

  • Niederman, F., Davis, A., Greiner, M., Wynn, D., and York, P., 2006. "A research agenda for studying open source I: A multi-level framework." Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 18, 129–149.

  • Niederman, F., Davis, A., Greiner, M., Wynn, D., and York, P., 2006. "A research agenda for studying open source II: View through the lens of referent discipline theories." Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 18, 150–175.


About OU's Price College of Business

The University of Oklahoma Michael F. Price College of Business has experienced significant growth over the past five years, becoming OU’s second-largest college with over 5,800 students. The college offers highly ranked undergraduate, master’s, executive and doctoral programs across six academic divisions. More information is available at price.ou.edu