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Strategic Management/ Business Policy. Joe Mahoney Fall, 2014 BA449. 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);
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Strategic Management/Business Policy Joe Mahoney Fall, 2014 BA449
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); • Spouse, Prof. Jeanne Connell (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.
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 1988 - 1995 • Associate Professor 1995 - 2002 • Full Professor of Strategy 2003 - present • Investors in Business Education 2007 - 2010 Professor of Strategy • Director of Graduate Studies 2008 - 2012 • Caterpillar Chair of Business 2011 - present • Research: vertical integration, contracts, corporate governance, (social) entrepreneurship, and stakeholder management.
Background of Joe Mahoney • Teaching (25-years experience at Illinois) • BA 449 Senior-level Undergraduate Strategy Capstone Course at the University of Illinois • MA course in Accountancy (elective) • MBA courses • MBA (daytime) course • Professional (Evening) MBA course • International Executive MBA course • Executive MBA (Chicago) • Ph.D. courses • Organizational Economics • Research Methodology
Background of Joe Mahoney • Work experience: • Worked three years for the Reginald JonesCenter of corporate strategy at Wharton, directed by Ned Bowman on scenario planning and the hazardous waste industry. • Worked for Project Link (Econometric forecasting linking international data bases) at the University of Pennsylvania. • Consulting experience for government contacting, and for two Fortune 500 companies on vertical coordination. • Participated in customized executive development programs for Archer-Daniels Midland (ADM), and State Farm.
Joe’s Insights from 25 Years of Teaching: • Ninety percent of students think that they are above average. • Best advice I ever got on teaching: • “Trust the class.” • “We have a cup of knowledge floating in a sea of emotion.” -- John Dewey