Bio
Dr. Rice is an urban-economic geographer with primary research and teaching interests related to business location issues in the United States and Canada. Research interests include investigation of the location of elite corporate activities, such as corporate headquarters, subsidiary offices, boards of directors, and high-level information flows and information processing.
Education
Ph.D., Location Analysis, University of Saskatchewan, 1995
M.A., Location Analysis, University of Saskatchewan, 1990
B.A., Engineering Physics, University of Saskatchewan, 1988
Courses
GEOG 3100: Geography of the United States and Canada
GEOG 4210/5210: Urban Geography
GEOG 4220/5220: Applied Retail Geography
GEOG 5110: Research Design and Geographic Applications
GEOG 5190: Advanced Quantitative Techniques
Articles
Rice, M. D., Tierney, S., O'Hagan, S., Lyons, D., & Green, M. B. (2012). Knowledge, influence, and firm-level change: A geographic analysis of board membership associated with Canada. Geoforum.
O'Hagan, S. B., & Rice, M. D. (2011). The geography of corporate directors: Personal background, firm and regional success. The Professional Geographer, doi: 10.1080/0033124.2011.614567
Dickinson, A., & Rice, M. D. (2011). Retail location, clustering, and local economic development: A case study of Port Huron, MI. Applied Research in Economic Development,7(1), 2-13.
More Articles
Rice, M. D. (2010). The urban geography of subsidiary headquarters in North America: Explorations by sector and foreign linkage status. Urban Geography, 31(5), 595-622.
Rice, M. D., & Lyons, D. (2010). Geographies of decision-making and control: Development, applications, and future directions in headquarters location research.Geography Compass, 4(4), 320-334.
Rice, M. D., & Pooler, J. A. (2009). Subsidiary headquarters: The urban geography of the ‘second tier’ of corporate decision-making activity in North America. Urban Geography, 30(3), 289-311.
Lyons, D., Rice, M. D., & Wachal, R. (2009). Circuits of scrap: Closed loop industrial ecosystems and the geography of US international recyclable material flows 1995-2005.The Geographical Journal, 175(4), 286-300.
Kalafsky, R., & Rice, M. D. (2009). Alberta's manufacturers: Workforce challenges and strategies. Western Geography, 17-19, 39-60.
Rice, M. D., & Lyons, D. (2008). Dynamic metropolitan economies: Consistent business generators in the American next wave. Geography Research Forum, 28, 82-98.
O'Hagan, S. B., Rice, M. D., & Green, M. B. (2008). North American corporate directors and educational affiliations: A geographical analysis. Geography Research Forum, 28, 59-81.
Posters/Presentations
Rice, M. D. (2012). Fast-growing firms and urban-economic evolution: Change in Canada’s headquarters city-system, 1987-2005. Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Association of American Geographers, New York, NY.
Rice, M. D. (2012). Knowledge, influence, and firm-level change: A geographic analysis of board membership associated with growing and declining businesses in the Canadian economy. Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Canadian Association of Geographers, Kitchener, ON.
Rice, M. D. (2011). Evolving headquarters geographies: A longitudinal study of Canada’s top 1000 firms, 1986-2006. Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Association of American Geographers, Seattle, WA.
More Presentations
Rice, M. D. (2011). The expansion of a retail chain: An analysis of store and distribution center locations for Wal-Mart in the United States, 1990-2005. Paper presented at the Applied Geography Conference, Redlands, CA.
Rice, M. D. (2011). Firm change and development: An analysis of Wal-Mart’s retail expansion strategies. Paper presented at the Annual meetings of the Southwest Division of the Association of American Geographers, Austin, TX.
Rice, M. D. (2011). Decoding a corporate giant: A look at Wal-Mart’s expansion strategies in the United States. Presentation in the Fall Seminar Series of the Department of Geography, University of North Texas, Denton, TX.
Rice, M. D. (2010). Retail development and downtown change: Shopping mall impacts on Port Huron, Michigan. Paper presented at the Applied Geography Conference, Fort Worth, TX.
Rice, M. D. (2010). The geography of economic change: A comparative analysis of the headquarters locations of Canada’s growing and declining businesses. Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the association of American Geographers, Washington, DC.
Rice, M. D. (2010). The geography of economic decay: An analysis of the headquarters locations of Canada’s declining businesses. Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Canadian Association of Geographers, Regina, SK.
Rice, M. D. (2010). Retail location and economic development: shopping mall impacts in Port Huron, Michigan. Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southwest Division of the Association of American Geographers, Tahlequah, OK.
