Strategic Management/ Business Policy Joe Mahoney Fall, 2019 BA544

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.

Background of Joe Mahoney Tenure-track faculty member in the Gies 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 Director of Research 2013 – 2017 Caterpillar Chair of Business 2011 – present Research: vertical integration, contracts, business history, corporate governance, and stakeholder management.

Background of Joe Mahoney Teaching (31-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

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.

Joe’s Insights from 31 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

The Wisdom of Choice “To try and fail is at least to learn; to fail to try is to suffer the inestimable loss of what might have been.” Chester Barnard (former CEO of New Jersey Bell Telephone) The Functions of the Executive