He teaches Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise (BSSE) on the MBA program. Professor McDonald’s research focuses on how firms compete and innovate effectively in new technology-enabled markets. His research has won major awards and is consistently featured in top academic outlets, including the Strategic Management Journal. He received a 2014 Kauffman Junior Faculty Fellowship in Entrepreneurship Research, and was a finalist for best dissertation in Business Policy and Strategy by the Academy of Management.