Strategic Management/ Business Policy Joe Mahoney

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); Spouse, Prof. Jeanne Connell (Ph.D. Education, UIUC) 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 Assistant Professor Associate Professor Full Professor of Strategy Investors in Business Education Professor of Strategy Director of Graduate Studies2008- Research: vertical integration, contracts, corporate corporate governance, and stakeholder management.

4 Background of Joe Mahoney Teaching BA 449 Senior-level Undergraduate Strategy Capstone Course at UIUC years experience. Ph.D. Strategic Management courses years experience. Executive MBA Course years experience. MBA Courses years experience. International Executive MBA course years experience. BA 544 Professional MBA nd year

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. Worked for Project Link at University of Pennsylvania. Consulting experience for government contacting, and for two Fortune 500 company on vertical coordination.

6 Joe’s Insights from 21 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