MEA 2006 Conference - Competing with Wal-Mart and Southwest Airlines: Business Restructuring in the Retail and Airline Industries

MEA 2006 Annual Conference

University of St. Thomas
St. Paul, Minnesota
October 6, 2006

9:00 a.m.	Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:25 a.m.	Welcome and Introductory Remarks Mary Karcz, MEA President
9:30 a.m.	Discount Warehouse Retailers Wal-Mart's Location Strategy [Slides] Thomas Holmes, University of Minnesota Effects of Large Discount Retailers on Existing Establishments [pdf] [Slides] Elizabeth Davis, University of Minnesota
10:30 a.m.	Break
10:45 a.m.	Inside Look at Two Industries Differences in Lean Production, Attitudes, and Productivity [ppt] Morris Kleiner, University of Minnesota Labor in the Airline Industry [ppt] Ana McAhron-Schulz, Director of Economic and Financial Analysis for Air Line Pilots Association
12:00 p.m.	Luncheon
12:45 p.m.	Business Meeting and Presentation of Awards
1:00 p.m.	Luncheon Speaker Jody Hoffer Gittell, Brandeis University The Southwest Airlines Way [ppt]
2:00 p.m.	Heller Distinguished Lecturer: V. V. Chari, University of Minnesota Modern Macroeconomics in Practice: How Theory Is Shaping Policy [Slides in pdf]
3:15 p.m.	Adjourn