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Geog 207: Consulting Group Themes (with Resources)

(http://faculty.washington.edu/krumme/207/plans99.html)

  1. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, TRADE, AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS
    • Dicken, Peter. Global shift : the internationalization of economic activity /2nd ed. New York : Guilford Press, c1992./ 3rd edition, 1998 [HD2321 .D53 1992].
    • Barnet, Richard J. and John Cavanagh, eds., Global dreams : imperial corporations and the new world order. New York : Simon & Schuster, 1994.
    • P.W. Daniels and W.F. Lever (eds.) The Global Economy In Transition, Addison Wesley Longman, 1996
    • International Trade || Foreign Direct Investment (Resources)
    • Consulting Issues: Location; Outsourcing; Export Decisions; International Marketing;
    • Potential Clients: Corporations; Chambers of Commerce;

  2. GEOGRAPHY OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, FINANCE AND BANKING
    • Johnston, R.J., Peter Taylor and M.J.Watts, eds., Geographies of Global Change: Remapping the World in the Late 20th Century. Blackwell Paperback 1995. (Part I: "Geoeconomic Change", pp.11ff.)
    • Porteous, David J., The Geography of Finance: Spatial Behavior of Intermediary Behavior. Avebury, 1995. [HG 1616.L55 P67]
    • Hanink, Dean M., The International Economy: A Geographical Perspective. Wiley 1994. [a hard-cover Economic Geography text with heavy emphasis on international financial matters]
    • Financial Sector (Resources)
    • Issues: Asian economic crisis; Economic transformation in the former Soviet Union; 3rd World economic development.
    • Potential Clients: World Bank, IMF, Governments of individual countries;

  3. TOURISM, (AIR & OCEAN) TRAVEL, TOURISM AS A DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

  4. GEOGRAPHY OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION

  5. TELECOMMUNICATIONS & THE INTERNET

  6. NON-PROFIT & NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGOs)

  7. MERGERS, PLANT CLOSURES, RELOCATIONS, LAYOFFS: INDUSTRIAL & CORPORATE GEOGRAPHY, LOCATION, & POLICY

  8. HIGH-TECHNOLOGY, REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & POLICY

  9. GEOGRAPHY OF EMPLOYMENT, LABOR, JOBS, SERVICE EMPLOYMENT, CAREERS, HUMAN CAPITAL AND EDUCATION

  10. BUSINESS GEOGRAPHICS, GEOGRAPHY OF MARKETING, SMALL BUSINESS AND RETAILING.

  11. GEOGRAPHY OF CONSUMPTION, HOUSEHOLD ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES, RECREATION, RESIDENTIAL LOCATION & HOUSING, HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION

  12. THE WHETHER AND WHERE OF URBAN PUBLIC FACILITIES, INFRASTRUCTURE, PARKS, SPORT STADIUMS, TRANSPORTATION HUBS & ROUTES

  13. GEOGRAPHY OF ECONOMIC HANDICAPS: UNDERDEVELOPMENT, HUNGER, UNDERNOURISHMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT, POVERTY, HOMELESSNESS, INEQUALITY

  14. TELEWORK, TELECOMMUTING, DISTANCE EDUCATION, TELE-MEDICINE AND "TELE-LIFESTYLES"

  15. ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES

Consulting Project Examples

GROUP THEME
(1 - 15)		 YOUR FIELD OF INTEREST
AND EMERGING EXPERTISE		 EXAMPLES OF CONSULTING ISSUES EXAMPLES OF POTENTIAL CLIENTS
Intern. Trade & Investments
(1)		 NAFTA Impacts: Pos & Neg Layoffs & plant closure Affected community
Geog of Finance (2) Retail Banking Branch location Bank corporation
International Tourism (3) Structure of Tourism-Related Jobs Lack of career potential in tourism Regional planning department
Telecommunications (5) New Service Sector Jobs Local Jobs for HTML Programmers Vocational college
Communications/Information
(4)		 Information Resources in Education Do we need more Computers on Campus? Fund-raising group
Business & GIS (10) Combining GIS & the Web for Business New course needed? Curriculum committee of Geography Department
Corporate Geography (7) Corporate Mergers in the Banking (or other) Industry Shifting jobs to California after merger. Why? labor union
Labor & Employment
(9)		 Regional Impacts High-tech labor shortages City of Redmond; Olympia (Department of Trade & Economic Development)
Regional Organizational Development (7) Peace Economy, Military Conversion & Organizational Change Dependence on Boeing Chamber of Commerce, State of Wash
HighTech & Reg.Development (8) High-Tech Labor Markets Lack of educational resources; Microsoft's Imports of Brains Microsoft; educational institutions
Geography of Jobs & Employment (9) Labor Migration Do you need to move to make a career? Individual job seekers; employment advisors
Jobs & Employment (9) Time Geography Flexi-Time Arrangements Public & Private employers
Retail Geography (10) Geography of Shopping Centers Redmond's new "Town Center": Will it be successful? Retail companies
Retail Geography (10) Site Selection Where shall I open my new Pizzeria? A fellow student
Retail Geography (10) Super Stores Bigness: Optimal size Retailers, developers
Geog. of Consumption (11) Time Geography How long should I keep the store open? Retailers
Consumer Behavior (11) Shopping & Transportation Can shoppers be persuaded to use public transportation? Regional transit system
Geography of Consumption (11) Health Care for the Elderly Accessibility of Health Care System For-Profit or Non-Profit Health Care Organization
Urban Public Facilities (12) Site Selection Processes Does Downtown Seattle need the Mariners? City council
Economic Handicaps (13) Geog of Homelessness Locational Analysis of Shelters Local mission/ non-profit org.
Economic Handicaps (13) Poverty & Urban Location Poverty in Bellevue? City council, local non-profit org.
Economic Handicaps (13) Geography of Hunger Comparing Hunger in Calcutta & NYC Advocacy group
Urban Transportation (12) The Urban-Transport / Land-Use Nexus Do we still need Skyscrapers? Donald Trump; Martin Selig
Urban Telecommunication (14) Urban Circulation Is Telecommuting a Solution? King County
Geog. of Telecommunications (14) Distance Education or Telemedicine Appropriateness for Rural Area Rural Hospital or School District
Environment (15) Recycling Issues Effects of recycling technology on car-manufacturing Sierra Club

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