Spring 2007
Globalisation Management Strategies Conference
Monterey, California             March 29 - 30, 2007

Conference Program

 

 

 

Thursday, 29 March 2007

07:45-08:45

Breakfast and Registration

 

The Big Picture

08:45-09:00

Welcome/Introductions

Ernest Scalberg, Dean, Fisher Graduate School of International Business, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, CA

David Richins, Globalization and Localization of Business Exports (GLOBE Center), Fisher Graduate School of International Business, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, CA

Douglas-Val Ziegler, Idea Connection Systems, Rochester, NY

Michael McKenna, California Digital Library, University of California Office of the President, Oakland, CA

09:00-10:30

Globalisation Leadership
Bev Corwin , President, Enso Company, Ltd., Seattle, WA

10:30-12:00

The Globalization-Localization Tradeoff: Challenges for the 21st Century
Mohan Subramaniam, Associate Professor of Strategy, Carroll School of Management, Boston College, MA

12:00-13:00

Luncheon

 

Global Marketing

13:00-14:30

Joseph H. Hester
Legal and Corporate Affairs
Microsoft Corporation

14:30-16:00

Web Site Cultural Customization: Strategies for India
Nitish Singh , Associate Professor of Marketing and head of the Localization Certification Program at California State University, Chico, CA

16:00-16:30

Transport to MIIS Campus

 

Keynote

16:30-17:30

Managing Global Customers
George Yip
, Vice President, Director of Research & Innovation, Capgemini Consulting, U.K.

17:30-18:00

Student Case Study

 

The Day in Review

18:00-18:15

Ernest Scalberg, Dean, Fisher Graduate School of International Business, Monterey Institute of International Studies, CA

David Richins, Globalization and Localization of Business Exports (GLOBE Center), Fisher Graduate School of International Business, Monterey Institute of International Studies, CA

18:15

MIIS Campus Tour and Reception

19:00

Special Event Dinner

 

Friday, 30 March 2007

07:45-08:45

Breakfast

 

Day 2 Overview

08:45-09:00

Douglas-Val Ziegler, Idea Connection Systems, Rochester, NY

Michael McKenna, California Digital Library, University of California Office of the President, Oakland, CA

 

Globalisation from a Non-US perspective

09:00-10:30

China: Economic Miracle or Mirage?
Stan Crock, Senior Editorial Director, U.S. Federal Client Group, Accenture, USA

10:30-12:00

Globalisation From the Other Side
Michael Gendron, Partner, Tatum LLC, Cincinnati, OH

12:00-13:00

Luncheon

 

"Pulling it all together" and Mini Case Study

13:00-14:30

Management Strategies
Yuwei Shi , Associate Professor, Fisher Graduate School of International Business, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, CA

14:30-16:00

China's Impact: accommodations and responses
David McHardy Reid, PhD

Thomas F. Gleed Chair of Business Administration
Albers School of Business & Economics
Seattle University

16:00-17:00

Facilitated Mini-Case Study
Michael McKenna, California Digital Library, University of California, CA

17:00-17:15

Closing Remarks

Ernest Scalberg, Dean, Fisher Graduate School of International Business, Monterey Institute of International Studies, CA