College of Business: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Professor Business Administration and Investors in Business Education Professor of Business Administration

Ph.D., Business Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 1989
M.S., Business Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 1984
B.A., Cum Laude, Economics (Mathematics), University of Pennsylvania, 1980

Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Business Administration, 2008 - Present
Investors in Business Education Professor of Strategy, 2007 - Present
Professor of Business Administration, University of Illinois, 2003 - Present
Associate Professor, University of Illinois, 1995-2003
Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, 1988-1995

Agarwal, R. , Croson, R., Mahoney, J. Forthcoming. The Role of Incentives and Communication in Strategic Alliances: An Experimental Investigation. Strategic Management Journal

Kim, J., Mahoney, J. Forthcoming. "A Strategic Theory of the Firm as a Nexus of Incomplete Contracts: A Property Rights Approach". Journal of Management

Mahoney, J., McGahan, A., Pitelis, C. Forthcoming. "The Interdependence of Private and Public Interests". Organization Science

Bucheli, M. , Mahoney, J., Vaaler, P. Forthcoming. "Chandler's Living Scholarship: The Visible Hand of Vertical Integration in 19th Century America Seen under a 21st Century Transaction Costs Economics Lens". Journal of Management Studies

Wang, H., He, J., Mahoney, J. Forthcoming. "Firm-Specific Knowledge Resources and Competitive Advantage: The Role of Economic- and Relationship-Based Employee Governance Mechanisms". Strategic Management Journal

Foss, N., Klein, P., Kor, Y., Mahoney, J. 2008. "Entrepreneurship, Subjectivism, and the Resource-Based View: Toward a New Synthesis". Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 2: 73-94

Kang, M., Mahoney, J. 2008. "Why Firms Make Unilateral Investments Specific to Other Firms: The Case of OEM Suppliers". Strategic Management Journal, 30: 117-135

Kor, Y., Michael, S. , Mahoney, J. 2007. Resources, Capabilities, and Entrepreneurial Perceptions. Journal of Management Studies, 44: 1187-1212

Mahoney, J., McGahan, A. 2007. "The Field of Strategic Management within the Evolving Science of Strategic Organization". Strategic Organization, 5: 79-99

Tan, D., Mahoney, J. 2007. "The Dynamics of Japanese Firm Growth in U.S. Industries: The Penrose Effect". Management International Review, 47: 259-279

Business Policy & Strategy (BPS) Chair, Academy of Management, 2008 to present
"Resources, Capabilities and Entrepreneurail Perceptions", Kaufmann Foundation, 2005 to present
Incomplete List of Excellent Teachers, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1990 to present

Associate Editor, Strategic Management Journal, 2007-Present
Edtiorial Board Member, Journal of Business Research, 2007-Present
Associate Editor, International Journal of Strategic Change Management, 2005-Present
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Management Studies, 2003-Present
Editorial Board Member, Strategic Management Journal, 1991-2006
Editorial Board Member, Academy of Management Review, 2002-2005

Teaches undergraduate; MBA; Professional MBA; Executive MBA; and Ph.D. courses in strategic management and organizational economics.

Research interests in corporate governance and organizational economics including: the behavioral theory of the firm; stakeholder theory; transaction costs theory; property rights theory; agency theory; resource-based theory; and dynamic capabilities & real-options theory.