Pocket Guide to Technical Presentations and Professional Speaking or International Economics

Pocket Guide to Technical Presentations and Professional Speaking

Author: William S Pfeiffer

A handbook that promotes the art of good speaking, Pocket Guide to Technical Presentations provides basic guidelines that foster confidence. Up-to-date information in a simple, straightforward format–you will learn to speak competently, overcome anxiety, analyze the audience, research a topic, and to organize, illustrate, and deliver a professional-level talk. After a comprehensive and interesting overview about public speaking and technical presentations, this convenient pocket guide covers audience analysis, coping with anxiety, presentation organization, illustrating the presentation, graphics, delivery, evaluation, and adapting to different situations. Because of its convenient size, ease of use, and informative appendix, this guide is invaluable to those who need to present information from all walks of life: from students to trainer-facilitators to CEOs.

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International Economics

Author: W Charles Sawyer

This easy-to-read book emphasizes how to use basic economic theory and where to apply it to international economic issues. It empowers readers to understand the international economics they will encounter in business publications such as the Wall Street Journal, and to use international economics to make business decisions. The first half of the book covers international trade, factor movements, and trade and economic development; the final ten chapters on international finance can be divided into at least three parts: national income accounting and exchange rate determination; purchasing power parity and the real exchange rate; and open economy macroeconomics. A useful reference for government officials dealing with international trade and finance issues, and for private citizens who want to learn more about the effect of international economics on business in the 21^st century.

Table of Contents:

  1. Introduction: An Overview of the World Economy.

 

  2. Why Countries Trade.

 

  3. Factor Endowments and the Commodity Composition of Trade.

 

  4. Intraindustry Trade.

 

  5. International Factor Movements.

 

  6. Tariffs.

 

  7. Nontariff Distortions to Trade.

 

  8. International Trade Policy.

 

  9. Regional Economic Agreements.

 

10. International Trade and Economic Growth.

 

11. National Income Accounting and the Balance of Payments.

 

12.International Transactions and Financial Markets.

 

13. Exchange Rates and Their Determination: A Basic Model.

 

14. Money, Interest Rates, and the Exchange Rate.

 

15. Price Levels and the Exchange Rate in the Long Run.

 

16. Output and the Exchange Rate in the Short Run.

 

17. Macroeconomic Policy and Floating Exchange Rates.

 

18. Fixed Exchange Rates and Currency Unions.

 

19. International Monetary Arrangements.

 

20. Capital Flows and the Developing Countries.