8:30 AM Welcome

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8:35 – 9:00 AM Speaker: Dr. Carolan McLarney, Associate Professor of Management, Dalhousie University, Canada, “Leadership: Building Bridges to the Future”

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Colleen Boate, “Successful Market Entry Strategies Used by Foreign Firms Entering the Chinese Market”

Lindsay Brown, “Retailing: Science of Shopping to the Rescue”

Brian Thudium, “A Lifetime of Saving: Is It Worth It?”

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Megan Grimes, “Lessons from NAFTA: North America 's Experience with Regional Integration”

Ambika Jindal, “Final Destination: China or India?”

Nicole Manyko, “On the Rise: Increasing External Audit Costs in the Post-Enron Era”

Adele Cawley, “easy Come, easy Go: Is easyGroup's Serial Entrepreneur Stretching Its Business Model Too Thin?”

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11:30 – 12:00 PM Graduate School Information Session

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12:00 – 1:00 PM Break

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1:00 – 1:30 PM Speaker: Dr. David Wicks, Acting Dean, Sobey School of Business, St. Mary's University, Canada, “'I am Canadian': Molson Inc.'s International and Domestic Performance”

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Alex Rakow, “Fueling Economic Growth: The Impact of Savings and Population Expansion on GDP”

Kimberly Wienches, “Economic Possibilities of the Gaza Strip”

Chris Bigos, Kyle Buffenmyer, Laurelyn Foderaro, Robert Qualls, Rachael Yearwood, “Fed Challenge: Recommendations to the Federal Reserve”

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3:00 – 3:45 PM Business Alumni Panel

Elizabeth Brooks ’96, CPA, McConley & Asbury

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Kimberly Whalen, “Matching up is Hard to Do: Investigating Generation Y's Response to Celebrity Endorsements”

Amy Yoder, “What Makes that Country so Entrepreneurial?”

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6:30 PM Department of Business Awards Reception & Banquet
(By Invitation)

Brossman Commons Event Space