PUBLISHED WORKS
Insights that apply disciplined analysis to the problems, patterns, & performance gaps shaping real industries.
The foundational paper introducing Engineered Business Performance (EBP) as a discipline. It defines commercialization as an engineered system and identifies the cognitive distortions that cause founders and investors to misjudge commercialization conditions.
Full Title on SSRN:
Engineered Business Performance: A Systems‑Based Discipline for Early‑Stage Commercialization
This article shows that 50–60% of failures originate in ideation, not execution. It introduces Ideation Myopia, ecosystem path‑dependency, and the M‑Stages — a structured system for reducing uncertainty early.
Full Title on SSRN:
Engineered Business Performance: A Systems Approach to Reducing Early‑Stage Failure Through Structured Ideation and Commercialization Design
EBP:
The Discipline
EBP:
Fixing Early-Stage Failure.
EBP:
Competing Under Pressure.
The final paper reframes commercialization as a competitive system. It introduces the four‑step EBP commercialization model, feasibility as a scientific threshold, and how AI accelerates pathway modeling.
Full Title on SSRN:
Engineered Business Performance: A Discipline for Commercialization Under Competition
PUBLICATION READY WORKS
Insights that apply disciplined analysis to the problems, patterns, & performance gaps shaping real industries.
EBP:
Commercialization Literacy as a National Capability for American Competitiveness
A policy‑focused argument for why the United States must modernize commercialization capability to remain economically competitive.
The paper demonstrates that America loses $400B annually to early‑stage failure — not because of weak entrepreneurship, but because the nation lacks commercialization literacy. As AI accelerates idea generation faster than the country can evaluate feasibility, shape incentives, reduce friction, or model adoption behavior, the U.S. faces a widening capability gap that directly affects competitiveness, workforce adaptability, and innovation throughput. Strengthening commercialization literacy would reduce failure rates, expand economic participation, and help the nation convert technological potential into durable economic strength. Download: EBP_Commercialization_Literacy_2026.pdf
The paper demonstrates that America loses $400B annually to early‑stage failure — not because of weak entrepreneurship, but because the nation lacks commercialization literacy. As AI accelerates idea generation faster than the country can evaluate feasibility, shape incentives, reduce friction, or model adoption behavior, the U.S. faces a widening capability gap that directly affects competitiveness, workforce adaptability, and innovation throughput. Strengthening commercialization literacy would reduce failure rates, expand economic participation, and help the nation convert technological potential into durable economic strength. Download: EBP_Commercialization_Literacy_2026.pdf