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

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

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

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

Business Policy & Strategy (BPS) Chair, Academy of Management, 2008-2009
"Resources, Capabilities and Entrepreneurail Perceptions", Kaufmann Foundation, 2005-2009
Incomplete List of Excellent Teachers, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1990-2009

Associate Editor, Strategic Management Journal, 2007-2009
Edtiorial Board Member, Journal of Business Research, 2007-2009
Associate Editor, International Journal of Strategic Change Management, 2005-2009
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Management Studies, 2003-2009
Editorial Board Member, Strategic Management Journal, 1991-2006

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.