SIEM / Spaces of International Economy and Management

Report 2010 SIEM Symposium

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Professor Dr Rolf D Schlunze

Ritsumeikan University Faculty of Business Administration Department of International Management

1-1-1 Noji-higashi, Kusatsu, Shiga, 525-8577
Tel +81 (0)77-561-5962
FAX +81 (0)77-561-3955
siem2010[at]st.ritsumei.ac.jp

SIEM 2010 Presentations

SIEM2010 : 1st International Symposium on Management Geography LAUNCHING A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON MANAGEMENT AND GEOGRAPHY

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Please find the link to the PDF of the PowerPoint at the presentation title!

SESSION 1 – DEFINING MANAGEMENT GEOGRAPHY

第1部　基調講義「経営地理の定義」

March 24th 16:00 - 18:00


1. Japanese MNEs' hybrid factories in the global economy
– A management geography approach –
Tetsuo Abo [Teikyo Heisei University]
2. Transnational entrepreneurship and global production networks: challenges for management geography –
Henry Wai-chung Yeung [National University of Singapore]
3. Mobile Elite in the Global City Locational Preferences of International Managers
Michael Plattner [University of Trier]
4. Foundations of management geography
Rolf D. Schlunze [Ritsumeikan University]


SESSION 2 – SPACES OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY

第2部　一般報告「国際経済の空間」3月25日 9時–11時

March 25th 9:00 - 11:00


1. Restructuring in regional economies and introducing province system in Japan: with special reference to Kansai region
Masato Ikuta [Ritsumeikan University]
2. Managing regulatory risk in energy investments developed in foreign countries
Anxo Calvo-Silvosa & Ruben C. Lois-González [Universidades de A Coruña, Santiago de Compostela, Spain]
3. Competition development in the BRIC countries: Towards a unified international economic space
Rinas V. Kashbrasiev [Kazan State University, Russia]
4. Trading area and locational decision of Foreign affiliates in Osaka Prefecture
Sawako Maruyama [Osaka Prefectural Institute For Advanced Industry Development]
5. Managing global cities through corporate network analysis
Ronald S. Wall [Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands]


SESSION 3 – SPACES OF INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT

第3部　一般報告「国際経営の空間」

March 25th 13:00 - 15:00


1. Adjusting to a distant space: Cultural adjustment and interculturally fluent support
William Baber [Kyoto University]
2. How does US educational experience shape the everyday work environment of Japanese legal professionals?
Tim Reiffenstein [Mount Allison University, Canada]
3. Survival strategies of a local industry and the characteristics of its oversea operations: A case study of the glove-related industry in eastern Kagawa, Japan
Atsushi Taira [Kagawa University]
4. Production Allocation Strategies and Spatial Structure of International Division of Labor in Japanese Animation Studios
Kenta Yamamoto [The University of Tokyo]
5. Organizational decision-making for locating global advantage: The case of Panasonic
Akio Kondo [Hosei University]
6. Spaces of Japanese management - Towards a dynamic hybridization theory
Katsuo Yamazaki [Shizuoka Sangyo University]


SESSION 4 – A NEW PERSPECTIVE with concluding Panel Discussion

第4部　一般報告とパネルディスカッション「新たな視点」

March 25th 16:00 - 18:00


1. Location based service innovation technologies in Japan: A survey and critical analysis
Nathaniel O. Agola [Ritsumeikan University]
2. Space oddity – On managerial decision making and space
Patrik Ström & Roger Schweizer [University of Gothenburg, Sweden]
3. New geographies of global managerial practice: The case of business services
Andrew Jones [Birkbeck College, University of London, UK]

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