Western Michigan University ScholarWorks at WMU Master's Theses Graduate College 12-2007 Wal-Mart Versus Meijer: A Spatial and Economic Analysis of Supercenter Competition in Michigan Christopher J. Washebek Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses Part of the Spatial Science Commons Recommended Citation Washebek, Christopher J., "Wal-Mart Versus Meijer: A Spatial and Economic Analysis of Supercenter Competition in Michigan" (2007). Master's Theses. 4049. https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/4049 This Masters Thesis-Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate College at ScholarWorks at WMU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Master's Theses by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at WMU. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. WAL-MART VERSUS MEIJER: A SPATIAL AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF SUPERCENTER COMPETITION IN MICHIGAN by Christopher J. Washebek A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of The Graduate College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts Department of Geography Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, Michigan December 2007 Copyright by Christopher J. Washebek. 2007 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank several people fr their guidance and friendship throughout my graduate career. First, I would like to thank my committee: Ors. Jordan Yin, David Lemberg, and Benjamin Ofori-Amoah. Dr. Yin served as the advisor for the thesis committee, not only providing great advice for the project, but also giving some great career-oriented tips along the way. I had the pleasure of taking two courses with Dr. Lem berg, and learned a great deal about Transportation Planning and "Wicked Problems" from him.