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.
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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
Investors in Business Education
Professor of Strategy
Director of Graduate Studies
Caterpillar Chair of Business
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1995
2003
2007
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1995
2002
present
2010
2008 - 2012
2011 - present
Research: vertical integration, contracts,
corporate governance, (social) entrepreneurship,
and stakeholder management.
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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
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MBA (daytime) course
Professional (Evening) MBA course
International Executive MBA course
Executive MBA (Chicago)
Ph.D. courses
• Organizational Economics
• Research Methodology
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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.
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.
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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
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