harrison conducts research on the management of technology and innovation as it relates to the national security enterprise and the intersection of national security, entrepreneurship, and technology. his work on civil-military collaboration associated with venturing and startup company development led to the creation of the md5 national security technology accelerator. he has written articles and published research for military-oriented magazines and journals, including national defense university "defense horizons", united states naval institute "proceedings", "georgetown security studies review", "small wars journal," and the us army war college "parameters" journal.