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PRESENTATIONS, SPEECHES, AND SYMPOSIUMS

More than 120 speeches and presentations, including the following: 

  • "Reengineering the Global Car Industry: Patterns for Survival," Pan-Pacific Conference XV, Seoul, Korea.

  • "Reengineering the Global Car Industry: Will the Daimler-Chrysler Merger Create a New World Order"? The Automobile Industry in the 21st Century. Seoul National University. 

  • "Competitive Advantages and Disadvantages for Germany," Pan-Pacific Conference XV, Seoul, Korea. 

  • "Gaining Competitive Advantage for a Nation with the TOWS Matrix -- Illustrated by the People's Republic of China," Zurich Congress. 

  • "Formulating a Career Strategy by Developing Four Sets of Alternative Strategies with the TOWS Matrix," presentation at the Conference on Critical Human Resources Issues: An Asian Perspective, University of Hawaii. 

  • Symposium "The Global Car Industry in Transition." Eastern Academy of Management, Dublin. 

  • "Global Strategic Management with the TOWS Matrix," Deutsche Bank, Germany. 

  • "Contributions to Management Practice By European and North American Management Education Programs," Western Academy of Management Conference, San Diego. 

  • Symposium "Gaining Competitive Advantage for the Republic of Korea with the TOWS Matrix: An Alternative to Porters Model," Strategic Management Society in Phoenix. 

  • "Gaining a Competitive Advantage for the Nation With the TOWS Matrix--An Alternative to Porter's Model," Management Research Conference, IFSAM, Paris. (chair and presenter) 

  • "Japanese and U.S. Management: What Are the Best Practices for Thailand?@ Thailand Management Association, Bangkok. 

  • A Strategic Management,@ University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), the prestigious university for International Business, Beijing, China. 

  • Recent Developments in Management,@ University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), Beijing, China. 

  • The Systems Approach to Global Management,@ University Utara, Malaysia. 

  • Symposium: "Can European Automobile Companies Survive in the Competitive Pacific Rim Market?" Eastern Academy of Management, Singapore. 

  • "Global Management: What Are the Best Practices for Mercedes-Benz?@ Mercedes-Benz, Sindelfingen, Germany. 

  • "Total Quality Management as Success Strategy@ for Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce. 

  • "Competing Globally Through the European Model of Training and Development" Pan-Pacific Conference in Bangkok, Thailand. 

  • "Moving Daimler-Benz Toward the Next Century," Daimler-Benz, Sindelfingen, Germany. 

  • "Total Quality Management as Success Strategy," Management Congress, Zurich, Switzerland. 

  • "Strategic Management," University of Tuebingen, Germany. 

  • "Quality Management," MBA Forum in Zurich, Switzerland. 

  • "Global Competitiveness," State University of New York at Albany. 

  • "A Comparison of Japanese and U.S. Managerial Practices and the Implications for Total Quality Management," Graduate School of Business Administration, Winterthur, Switzerland. 

  • "Japanese and U.S. Managerial Practices and the Applicability in Spain," Universidad Autonoma de Madrid," Madrid, Spain. 

  • "A Fresh Look at the New Europe: A View From the Top," Eastern Academy of Management, Berlin, Germany. 

  • "The Systems Approach to Managerial Effectiveness," Executive Symposium in Guadalajara, Mexico. 

  • "How to Survive and Prosper in the Global Market," All University Alumni College, University of San Francisco. 

  • "Third World Development. Its Impact on Emigration. The Role of Globalization and Foreign Investment." General Meeting of the International Academy of Management, Madrid, Spain (chair). 

  • Symposium "Strategy Formulation and Implementation in Eastern Europe," Western Academy of Management International, Leuven, Belgium (chair and coordinator). 

  • "Can Europe Adopt Japanese Practices and Total Quality Management?" Graduate School of Business Administration, Winterthur, Switzerland. 

  • "How to Survive in a Competitive Global Environment? Does Japanese Management Provide the Answer?" Colegio De Contadores Publicos De Mexico, Mexico City. 

  • "Managing in the New German Environment," Eastern Academy of Management, Sophia Antipolis, France (chair). 

  • "Strategy Formulation for U.S. and Pan Pacific Countries," Eastern Academy of Management, Sophia Antipolis, France. 

  • "Analyzing Daimler's Move Toward the Twenty-First Century with the TOWS Matrix," World Association for Case Method Research & Application," Humboldt University, Berlin. 

  • "Europe 1992: Preparing for the Next Decade," the Eastern Academy of Management meeting in Nice, France.

  • "East Germany: Opportunities and Risks," the Eastern Academy of Management meeting in Nice, France (chair and discussant). 

  • "Trends and Developments: EC 1992" at the EMBA program, USF. 

  • "USF Curriculum for the New World Order," USF Advisory Council. 

  • "Strategy Formulation for EC 1992 With the TOWS Matrix," presented at the Wissenschaftliche Hochschule fuer Unternehmungsfuehrung in Koblenz, Germany. 

  • "Europe 1992: The Scandinavian Perspective," for the USF Alumni Association. 

  • "Analyse von Staerken und Schwaechen entscheidet ueber Wachstum oder Pleite." Interview by Rolf W. Goering discussing his TOWS Matrix. Article published in the widely circulated VDI NACHRICHTEN (publication on technique, science, economics, and society). 

  • "Strategic American Management Decisions," USF Forum. 

  • "Strategic Management for EC 1992" at the Graduate School of Business Administration at UC Berkeley. 

  • "Competing in Europe 1992" at the Strategic Management Conference in Stockholm, (chair and discussant). 

  • "Chinese Management: More Like Management Practices in the United States or Japan?" International Division of the Eastern Academy of Management, Hong Kong. 

  • "A Comparison of Management Practices in the United States, Japan, and the People's Republic of China," Pan-Pacific Conference VI, Sydney, Australia. 

  • "A Time-Efficient Game to Illustrate Concepts Taught in Management Courses and Management Development Programs," Association for Business Simulation and Experiential Learning, Honolulu. 

  • "Strategically Managing Transit Agencies With the TOWS Matrix," Pan-Pacific Conference VI, Sydney, Australia. 

  • "Global Management," at the Imstotitp Tecnologico Y De Estudior Superiores De Monterrey, Mexico. 

  • "Revisiting Excellence in Management: The Various Road to Travel," the Distinguished Lecture Series at California State University, Los Angeles. 

  • "Outstanding Papers in Management Education and Management Development," at the national meeting of the Academy of International Management in New Orleans (co-chair). 

  • "Management Up-Date," University of Detroit. 

  • "Modern Times," Western Academy of Management, Hollywood (chair and discussant). 

  • "Corporate Strategy for a Global Environment," Australian Executives in Sydney, Australia. 

  • "Undoing the Bounds of Culture in Management Education," the Academy of Management, Chicago (chair and discussant). 

  • Regional conference of the White House Conference on Productivity, San Jose (co-chair). 

  • "The TOWS Matrix: A Tool for Strategically Managing Domestic and International Enterprises," the Eastern Division of the Academy of Management in Athens, Greece. 

  • "McDonald's Global Strategy", Tilburg, Netherlands. 

  • "How Do Japanese and United States Management Practices Differ?" Japan-United States Business Conference, Tokyo. 

Heinz Weihrich, Ph.D. (UCLA) | Professor of Global Management and Behavioral Science | School of Business and Management | University of San Francisco | 2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 U.S.A. | Phone: (415) 422-6780 | Fax: (415) 422-2502 | weihrichh@usfca.edu |