Business Geography Specialty Group Sessions
The Board of Directors of the Business Geography Specialty Group
Invite you to join our sessions at the 2009 AAG Meeting
The purpose of the BGSG is to bring together AAG members who have mutual professional interests in business geography. Our goal is to share research, provide direction for future leaders, and provide a forum for networking and interaction with the business community.
Business Geography: Curriculum and Teaching
Monday, 3/23/09, from 1:00 PM - 2:40 PM
Royal Pavilion 7, Riviera Hotel, 1 st
floor
Business Dynamics and Decision Making
Tuesday, 3/24/09, from 8:00 AM – 9:40 AM
Skybox 212, Riviera Hotel, 2 nd
floor
Retail Geography
Tuesday, 3/24/09, from 10:10 AM - 11:50 AM
Skybox 212, Riviera Hotel, 2nd Floor
Business Specialty Group Business Meeting
Tuesday, 3/24/09, from 11:50 AM - 12:50 PM
Skybox 212, Riviera Hotel, 2nd Floor
Rethinking the Degree of PhD in Geography 1: New Approaches and Practices to Professional
Development in Doctoral Programs
Tuesday, 3/24/09, from 1:00 PM - 2:40 PM
Skybox 212, Riviera Hotel, 2nd Floor
BGSG
For more information on the BGSG go to http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/thrall/bgsg
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Business Geography Specialty Group Sessions
Business Geography: Curriculum and Teaching (Panel Session)
Monday, 3/23/09, from 1:00 PM - 2:40 PM
Royal Pavilion 7, Riviera Hotel, 1 st floor
Session Description: Business sector employment for geographers with geospaital skills is increasing at rapid rates. Most geography departments in the U.S., however, have not developed specific undergraduate curricula needed for growing employment opportunities for their students in the business sector. This panel explores methods that geography departments can enhance or restructure their curricula and pedagogy in a timely way to better position themselves and their students for the vigorously growing employment opportunities in business.
Business Dynamics and Decision Making (Paper Session)
Tuesday, 3/24/09, from 8:00 AM – 9:40 AM
Skybox 212, Riviera Hotel, 2 nd
floor
8:00 AM Withdrawn Author(s): *James M. Rubenstein - Miami University Of Ohio
Abstract Title: Geographic Principles for Decisions in the Auto Industry
8:20 AM Author(s): *Petr Rumpel - University of Ostrava
Petr Rumpel - University of Ostrava, Dept. of Human Geography and Regional Development
Abstract Title: Business Decisions In The Industrial Global Economy - Case Study of Ostrava region, Czech Republic.
8:40 AM Author(s): *Rich Greene - Northern Illinois University
Jerry Platt - University of Redlands
Abstract Title: Globalization's Impact on the Inland Empire's Industrial Geography: Focus on
Small Business Dynamics
9:00 AM Author(s): *Linda McCarthy - University of Wisconsin
Abstract Title: The Commerce Clause as a Constraint on Wasteful Business Incentives:
Roadblock or Bump in the Road in the "Race to the Bottom?"
9:20 AM Author(s): *Grant Ian Thrall, Ph.D. - University of Florida
Nicholas Serluco, graduate student - University of Florida
Wayne Wallace, Ph.D. - University of Florida, Director Career Resource Center
Petr Rumpel, Ph.D. - Professor and Chair, Department of Social Geography and Regional
Development Centre of Town and Regional Management Science Faculty,
University of Ostrava
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For more information on the BGSG go to http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/thrall/bgsg

Business Geography Specialty Group Sessions
Abstract Title: Proactive Management Of Labor Supply Creation
Retail Geography (Paper Session)
Tuesday, 3/24/09, from 10:10 AM - 11:50 AM
Skybox 212, Riviera Hotel, 2nd Floor
10:10 AM Author(s): *Stephen Swales - Ryerson University
Abstract Title: The Changing Geography of the Canadian Market
10:30 AM Author(s): *Joseph Aversa, BA in Geographic Analysis - Ryerson University
Christopher Daniel, Master of Spatial Analysis - Ryerson University
Tony Hernandez, PhD - Ryerson University
Abstract Title: Market Strategies of Canada's Top Ten Retail Conglomerates
10:50 AM Author(s): *Shuguang Wang - Ryerson University
Rebecca Hii - Toronto YMCA
Jason Zhong - Ryerson University
Abstract Title: New Trends of Chinese Retailing in Toronto
11:10 AM Author(s): *Tony Hernandez - Ryerson University
Paul Du - Ryerson University
Abstract Title: Retailing in the Greater Golden Horseshoe: the Planning Context
11:30 AM Author(s): *Thomas O. Graff - University of Arkansas
Hubert B. Stroud - Arkansas State University
Abstract Title: Wal-Mart: Then and Now
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Business Specialty Group Business Meeting
Tuesday, 3/24/09, from 11:50 AM - 12:50 PM
Skybox 212, Riviera Hotel, 2nd Floor
Rethinking the Degree of PhD in Geography 1: New Approaches and Practices to
Professional Development in Doctoral Programs (Panel Session)
Tuesday, 3/24/09, from 1:00 PM - 2:40 PM
Skybox 212, Riviera Hotel, 2nd Floor
Session Description: This panel explores the role, scope and place of professional development in doctoral curricula and how to improve on current practice. Graduate programs offer strong training in research and writing, but do not always address as thoroughly the full range of issues that are important to professional success, especially for the substantial proportion of doctoral students who pursue careers outside of academics.
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For more information on the BGSG go to http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/thrall/bgsg