Student Competitions
Morris Mayer Dissertation Awards
Congratulations to the 2008 Winners:
First Place:
Kelly Green Atkins (katkins2@utk.edu), The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Title: THE SMART SHOPPING CONSTRUCT: SCALE DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Youn-Kyung Kim
Second Place:
Hyun-joo Lee (hlee23@utk.edu ), The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Title: TECHNOLOGY BASED SELF-SERVICE KIOSK IN RETAILING: AN OPTIONAL CHANNEL FOR SERVICE DELIVERY
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ann E. Fairhurst
The Third Annual ACRA Undergraduate Student Retail Analysis Competition: Location Analysis
Students competed by selecting a new site for a Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory franchise store and developing a business plan to support their site selection.
Congratulations to this year's winners!
1st Place
California State University-LA (Selected Site: Fashion Valley, CA)
View paper (.doc)
Marlena Baldonado
Ashley Hardwick
Ken Houang
Nancy Moreno
Mark Norashkarian
Boilam “Maggie” Trinh
Sponsoring faculty: Dr. Shirley M. Stretch-Stephenson
2nd Place
University of Florida (Selected Site: Aventura Mall, Miami, FL)
View paper (.doc)
Joshua Early
Sponsoring Faculty: Dr. Scott Fay
3rd Place
Winthrop University (Selected Site: Boston, MA)
View paper (.pdf)
Jessica Mancz
Jessica Richardson
Evan Russo
Kevin Gardner
Sponsoring faculty: Barbara K. Fuller, Ph.D.
2nd Annual ACRA Charrette
The 2nd Annual ACRA Charrette took place on Tuesday, March 25 to Saturday, March 29th, 2008 in Toronto, Ontario. Congratulations to the winning teams!1st Place: Team Red
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1st ACRA Charrette
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A Charrette is an intense, interdisciplinary activity in which students are placed in diverse teams to solve a complex problem. The 1st ACRA Charrette took place on Wednesday, March 21 to Sunday, March 25th, 2007. Congratulations to the winning teams!1st Prize: Team Pink
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Charrette Video Recap
Click here to view a video of hightlights from the 1st Annual ACRA Charrette
The Second Annual
American Collegiate
Retailing Associations Student Retail Analysis Competition
Thank you for your students submissions to the Second Annual American
Collegiate Retailing Associations Student Retail Analysis Competition.
We have just completed the review process and are ready to announce
the results. (Click the winning student's name to read their paper.)
First place: Ms. Emily Barbero - Xavier University, Cinncinnati.
Faculty supervisor, Dr. David Burns.
Second place: Katy Mullis - Oregon State University.
Faculty supervisor: Dr. Minjeong Kim
Third Place: Mr. Alex Villeneuve - Xavier University, Cinncinnati.
Faculty supervisor, Dr. David Burns.
Each submission was double blind-reviewed by two independent
reviewers.
Our final decisions were difficult due to the high quality of the
submissions. Please be sure to thank your students on our behalf and
encourage them to enter again next year. Thank you to all our
reviewers!
Carol Kaufman-Scarborough
Rutgers University School of Business
Doreen Burdalski
School of Business Administration, Albright College
Vanessa Brantley
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
ACRA Student competition co-chairs