1. Strategic Management/ Business Policy
Joe Mahoney
Fall, 2017
BA449

2. Background of Joe Mahoney
Grew up in Philadelphia, PA.
One younger sister, Rose (BA University of Pennsylvania; MBA Accountancy);
One younger brother, Jim (Ph.D. Finance, Wharton; Senior Economist at Federal Reserve Bank of New York);
Spouse, Jeanne Connell, retired Professor from University of Illinois (Ph.D. Education, Illinois)
BA in Economics in 1980, University of Pennsylvania;
MA in business economics 1984 from Wharton School of Business of University of Pennsylvania; and
Ph.D. in business economics in 1989 from Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania.

3. Background of Joe Mahoney
Tenure-track faculty member in the College of Business at the University of Illinois since the Spring term of 1988.
Assistant Professor
Associate Professor
Full Professor of Strategy present
Investors in Business Education Professor of Strategy
Director of Graduate Studies
Caterpillar Chair of Business – present
Director of Research present
Research: vertical integration, contracts, corporate governance, and stakeholder management.

4. Background of Joe Mahoney
Teaching (30-years experience at Illinois)
BA 449: Senior-level Undergraduate Strategy Capstone Course at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
MA course in Accountancy (elective)
MBA courses:
MBA (daytime) course
Executive MBA (Chicago)
International Executive MBA course
Professional (Evening) MBA course
iMBA (online) MBA course
Ph.D. courses:
Economic Foundations of Strategy
Organizational Economics
Research Methodology/Philosophy of Science

5. Background of Joe Mahoney
Work experience:
Worked three years for the Reginald Jones Center of corporate strategy at Wharton, directed by Ned Bowman on scenario planning and the hazardous waste industry.
Employed by Project Link (Econometric forecasting linking international data bases) at the University of Pennsylvania.
Consulting experience for government contacting concerning vertical coordination, and participated in customized executive development programs for Archer-Daniels Midland (ADM) and for State Farm.

6. Joe’s Insights from 30 Years of Teaching:
Best advice I ever got on teaching:
“Trust the class.”
“We have a cup of knowledge floating in a sea of emotion.” John Dewey