Siobhan O’Mahony
Feld Family Professor in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Management and Organizations
Department Chair, Management and Organizations
Education
PhD, Stanford University, 2002
MPA, Cornell University School of Public Affairs, 1993
BS, Cornell University School of Industrial Labor Relations, 1991
Selected Research Presentations
O’Mahony, S. Evaluating entrepreneurial potential: Where do disparities come from, University of Cambridge Judge Business School, Cambridge UK, 2025
O’Mahony, S. Evaluating entrepreneurial potential: Where do disparities come from, Bayes College, London, UK, 2025
O’Mahony, S. Evaluating entrepreneurial potential: Where do disparities come from, University of Michigan Ross School of Business, Ann Arbor, Mi, 2025
O’Mahony, S. Evaluating entrepreneurial potential: Where do disparities come from, Columbia University, New York, NY, 2025
O’Mahony, S. Evaluating entrepreneurial potential: Where do disparities come from, McGill Montreal Canada, 2025
O’Mahony, S. Evaluating entrepreneurial potential: Where do disparities come from, University of British Columbia, Sauder School of Business, 2025
Publications
O’Mahony, S., Hannah, D. (In Press). “Navigating Pedagogical Dilemmas When Fields are in Flux”, Academy of Management Learning & Education
O’Mahony, S., Karp, R. (In Press). “Confronting the limits of symbolic action: How entrepreneurs narrow the presentation-performance gap”, Organization science
O’Mahony, S., Bechky, B. (In Press). “Parsing Novelty in Technology and Work”, Journal of Management Inquiry
O’Mahony, S., Miller, A., Cohen, S. (In Press). “Opening the aperture: Explaining the complementary roles of advice and testing when forming entrepreneurial strategy”, Organization Science
Monteiro, P., Nicolini, D., Erickson, I., Cohen, L., Dokko, G., Corporaal, G., Karunakaran, A., Bechky, B., O’Mahony, S. (2025). “Beyond the Buzz: Scholarly Approaches to the Study of Work”, Journal of Management Inquiry, 34 (1), 19-40
Chen, Y., Hwang, K., Portocarrero, S., Wang, D., Pak, Y., Kim, S., Yoon, S., Lee, H., Miller, A., O’Mahony, S., Portocarrero, F., Burbano, V., White, M., Tilcsik, A., Chen, Y. (2024). “Navigating Inequality in Entrepreneurship: Strategies and Evaluations of Marginalized Entrepreneurs”, Academy of Management Proceedings, 2024 (1)
Hannah, D., O’Mahony, S., Mahar, H. (2024). “Templatization Without Homogenization: Entrepreneurship Frameworks in Undergraduate Classrooms”, Academy of Management
Hampel, C., DeSantola, A., Gao, C., Fisher, G., Grodal, S., Kapoor, R., O’Mahony, S., Zuzul, T. (2023). “How Do New Ventures Pivot? Advancing Research on the Process of Entrepreneurial Pivoting”, Academy of Management Proceedings, 2023 (1)
Leibel, E., Falchetti, D., O’Mahony, S. (2023). “Making Friends While Pitching Investors—Exploring Different Paths of Resource Acquisition”, Academy of Management Proceedings, 2023 (1)
O’Mahony, S., Cohen, S. (2022). “Navigating the promises and perils of researching emerging phenomena in strategy and organizations”, Strategic Organization, 20 (4), 872-885
O’Mahony, S., Massa, F. (2021). “Order from Chaos: How Networked Activists Self Organize by Creating a Participation Architecture”, Administrative Science Quarterly, 66 (4), 1037-1083
Leibel, E., Falchetti, D. (2021). “When money isn’t everything—Exploring different patterns of entrepreneur resource acquisition”,
O’Mahony, S., Karp, R., Miller, A. (2021). Governing for Growth in Scope: Cultivating a Dynamic Understanding of how Peer Production Collective Evolve.”Peer Production Handbook”,
Larrick, R., Miller, A., North, M., O’Mahony, S., Sah, S., Shea, C., Steffel, M., Woolley, K., Yu, S., Zhang, T. (2019). “Beyond Taking and Accuracy: Advancing Advice Research with New Perspectives”, Academy of Management Proceedings, 2019 (1), 11619-11619
Karp, R., Agarwal, S., Gawer, A., Jarvenpaa, S., O’Mahony, S., Van Alstyne, M. (2018). “Construct Smack-Down: The Dynamics of Ecosystems and Communities”, Academy of Management Proceedings, 2018 (1), 12136-12136
Grodal, S., O’Mahony, S. (2017). “How does a grand challenge become displaced? Explaining the duality of field mobilization”, Academy of Management Journal, 60 (5), 1801-1827
O’Mahony, S., Dahlander, L. (2017). “A Study Shows How to Find New Ideas Inside and Outside the Company”, Harvard Business Review
O’Mahony, S., Seidel, V., Packelen, K. (2016). Help me do it on my own: How entrepreneurs manage autonomy and constraint within incubator organizations.”Research in the Sociology of Organizations”, Emerald Publishing Limited 275-307
Dahlander, L., O’Mahony, S., Gann, D. (2016). “One foot in, one foot out: How does individuals’ external search breadth affect innovation outcomes?”, Strategic Management Journal, 37 (2), 280-302
O’Mahony, S., Bechky, B. (2015). Leveraging Comparative Field Data for Theory Generation.”Handbook of Qualitative Organizational Research: Innovative Pathways and Methods”, Routledge 168-176
Seidel, V., O’Mahony, S. (2014). “Managing the Repertoire: Stories, Metaphors, Prototypes, and Concept Coherence in Product Innovation”, Organization Science, 25 (3), 691-712
O’Mahony, S., Ferraro, F. (2012). Managing the Boundary of an Open Project.”Market Emergence and Transformation”, Princeton University Press 545-565
Dahlander, L., O’Mahony, S. (2011). “Progressing to the Center: Coordinating Project Work”, Organization Science, 22 (4), 961-979
Lingo, E., O’Mahony, S. (2010). “Nexus Work: Brokerage on Creative Projects”, Administrative Science Quarterly, 55 (1), 47-81
Kochan, T., Guillen, M., Hunter, L., O’Mahony, S. (2009). “Introduction to the special research forum – public policy and management research: Finding the common ground”, Academy of Management Journal, 52 (6), 1088-1100
O’Mahony, S., Chen, K. (2009). “Differentiating Organizational Boundaries”, Research in Sociology of Organization, 26 183-220