Mary A. O'Sullivan Faculty Profile

Mary A. O'Sullivan
Associate Professor of Management

Phd, Harvard University, 1996; MBA, Harvard Univerity, 1992; B. Comm., University College Dublin, 1988

Research Areas
Corporate governance; comparative economic systems; globalization

Recent Consulting
Member of the expert Group on Knowledge for Growth to the European Commissioner for Research, Janez Potocnik, 2005-present

Current Projects
Major programme of research on the relationship between financial institutions and the corporate economy across countries and over time. Results will form the basis for a book, tentatively titled Money In, Money Out: Financial Systems and Economic Change across Nations, Industries and Firms.

Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 2005-present. Previous appointments: INSEAD (The European Institute of Business Administration)

Other Positions
Business Analyst, McKinsey and Company, Inc., London, 1988-1990

Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
INSEAD Outstanding Teacher Award for an MBA Elective, 1997 and 2000 and nominee for the same award in 1998, 1999 and 2001 for course on “Innovation, Strategy, and Corporate Governance”; Harvard University Graduate Society, Dissertation Completion Scholarship, July 1996 - December 1996; Harvard Business School Dean’s Doctoral Fellowship for full term of PhD studies; Center for European Studies Travelling Fellowship, research in Germany, January 1995; Harvard Business School Baker Scholar (graduated in top 5% of 1992 M.B.A. class); Recipient of International Academy of Management Medal in 1988 for academic achievement; Dean’s List in University College Dublin for three years; first place in B. Comm. graduating class

Professional Leadership 2003-2007
Trustee (elected by the society members) of the Business History Conference (the leading professional association for business history), 2004-2007; Member of the Print Media Oversight Committee, Business History Conference, 2003-2006

Representative Publications
Contests for Corporate Control: Corporate Governance and Economic Performance in the United States and Germany. Oxford University Press, March 2000.

(with Marie Carpenter and William Lazonick)
“The Stock Market and Innovative Capability in the New Economy: The Optical Networking Industry.” Industrial and Corporate Change 12:5, 963-1034 (2003).

“The Political Economy of Comparative Corporate Governance.” Review of International Political Economy 10:1, 23-72 (2003).

(with William Lazonick)
“Maximising Shareholder Value : a New Ideology for Corporate Governance." Economy & Society 29. 1 (February 2000).