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The Second Workshop

The expansion of non-Asian retail affiliated companies in Asia : cases studies of company strategy

April 26-27, 2003

Program3

1st Day (April 26, 2003)
10:30-12:00 Reception
12:00-13:00 Lunch at Restaurant UMD
13:10-13:20 Opening Remarks
Professor Yoshiaki Shiraishi, University of Marketing and Distribution Sciences, Japan
13:20-16:50 1st Session
13:20-13:50 Concepts, Dimensions and Measurement of the Retail Internationalisation Process
Professor John Dawson, University of Edinburgh / Professor Masao Mukoyama, UMDS
13:50-14:20 Understanding the Retail Internationalisation Process:A Study of Carrefour
Professor Marc Dupuis, ECP-EAEP / Professor Roy Larke, UMDS / Professor Sang Chul Choi, UMDS
14:20-14:40 Break
14:40-15:10 Royal Ahold: Multi-national, multi-channel, multi-format food provider
Professor John Dawson, University of Edinburgh / Professor Steve Burt, University of Stirling / Professor Roy Larke, UMDS
15:10-15:40 Inditex -Zara : re-writing the rules in apparel retailing
Professor Steve Burt, University of Stirling / Professor John Dawson, University of Edinburgh / Professor Roy Larke, UMDS
15:40-16:50 Discussion
17:30-19:00 Welcome Party
2nd Day (April 27, 2003)
09:00-11:50 2nd Session
09:00-09:30 The Revised Look of Direct Selling in China: Three Short Cases
Professor Ben Judd , University of New Haven , USA / Associate Professor Cheng Lu Wang , University of New Haven , USA
09:30-10:00 Ma Za and the End of Empire? Marks and Spencer in Hong Kong
10:00-10:10 Break
10:10-10:40 Concentration, Co-operation and Competition: Challenges within Asian Airport Retailing
Professor Paul Freathy , University of Stirling , UK
10:40-11:50 Discussion
11:50-13:00 Lunch at Restaurant UMD
13:00-15:50 Last Session
13:00-13:30 A Content Analysis of Customer E-complaining to a Foreign Discount Store: A Korea Carrefour Case
Assistant Professor Cheol Park , Korea University , Korea
13:30-14:00 The Entry of Value Retailers into Singapore: The Cases of Kmart and Carrefour
Assistant Professor Hean Tat Keh , the National University of Singapore, Singapore / Mr. Wenjing Liu , National University of Singapore , Singapore
14:00-14:10 Break
14:10-14:40 The Competence of Global Retailer : Is it possible for Carrefour to make success in Japanese Market?
Mr. Tatsuro Toba, Kobe University of Commerce, Japan
14:40-15:50 Discussion
15:50-16:10 Concluding Remarks
Professor John Dawson, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
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