The Interview: Aaron Poochigian by A.M. Juster, Five Poems by Aaron Poochigian. Featured Poems: Josh Medsker, Jack D. Harvey, Michael Fraley. Free Verse: Simon Perchik, Steve Denehan, Israel Francisco Haros Lopez, Ingrid Bruck, Jennifer Davis, and more. Haiku: Kevin McLaughlin, Shan Spradlin, Bob Whitmire, Paula Keane, Kayode Afolabi, Edmund Conti, Dianne Moritz and more. Formal Poetry: Jared Carter, Richard Wakefield, Tom Merrill, R.S. (Sam) Gwynn, Claudia Gary, Gayle Compton, & more. Diane Elayne Dees, & A. Elizabeth Herting. Poetry Translations: Brooke Clark, Niels Hav, Michael R. Burch, & S. Ye Laird. International Poetry: Amirah Al Wassif, Anna Teresa Slater, Annu Punia, and more. African Poetry: Paschal Amuta, Michael Kang?a, and Uedum Bianu Yorkuri. Experimental & Prose Poetry: Pamelyn Casto, Eva Kerins, & more. Sentimental Poetry: Ralph La Rosa, Thomas Jardine, & more. Poetry Book Review. Fiction: Josh Greenfield. Flash Fiction: Paul Kindlon & Ernesto Reyes. Better Than Fiction!: Evan Guilford-Blake.

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The Interview: A.E. Stallings & 3 Poems, Featured Poems: Barbara Loots, Shelby Anne Kruse, Felipe Botero Quintana & Ranald Barnicot, Sonnet Contest: winner Susan McLean, & 9 more poets, Free Verse: DS Maolala?, Marc Carver, John David Muth, Doug Hoekstra, & more, Haiku: Peggy Verrall, Milton Ehrlich, Dianne Moritz, Jack Maze, Sravani Singampalli, Linda M. Crate, Mick Rose, Jerome Betts, Steve Denehan & more, Formal Poetry: Richard Wakefield, Susan McLean, Gail White, Aaron Poochigian, Edmund Conti, Jerome Betts & more, Poetry Translations: Giovanni Quessep, Felipe Botero Quintana & Ranald Barnicot, Rainer Maria Rilke, Susan McLean, International Poetry: Amirah Al Wassif, Muhammed E Rafeek, Mahnoor Waqas, and more, Experimental & Micro Poetry & Found Flash: Katie Vogel, Dori Elliott, Margarita Serafimova, & Karen Schauber, Sentimental Poetry: William Pitcher, Edmund Conti, Marjon van Bruggen, Alan Balter, & Phil Huffy, Fiction: DC Diamondopolous, Better Than Fiction!: Aragon Baggins

Business for Communicators provides future and current professional communicators with a hands-on, working knowledge of how businesses profit, grow, and adapt in their competitive environments. Corporate communicators aspire to sit at the decision-making table but too often fall short because of an inability to speak the language of business or effectively apply a business mindset to communication strategy. Business for Communicators provides the in-depth business literacy these professionals need, beyond just building the case for business intelligence or explaining business basics. The text delves into the details of corporate finance, accounting, marketing, strategy, operations, and economics to provide a theoretical grounding and a working knowledge that business communicators can apply to every decision they make. Real world applications illustrate concepts covered, focus on the communication implications of business outcomes, and provide opportunities for extended learning and discussion. This book is an essential resource for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, as well as professional corporate communicators ready to enhance their influence and advance their careers with business acumen. An accompanying website, blog, email, and social media platforms provide additional resources, interaction, commentary, and responses to questions from educators and practitioners, as well as teaching materials for educators, at www.thecommunicatorsmba.com.

Finance is the study of value and how it is determined. Individuals, small businesses and corporations regularly make use of value determinations for making strategic decisions that affect the future outcomes of their endeavors. The importance of accurate valuations cannot be overestimated; valuing assets too highly will lead to investing in assets whose costs are greater than their returns, while undervaluing assets will lead to missed opportunities for growth. In some situations (such as a merger or an acquisition), the outcome of the decision can make or break the investor. The need for solid financial skills has never been more pressing than in today's global economy. The Fundamental Principles of Finance offers a new and innovative approach to financial theory. The book introduces three fundamental principles of finance that flow throughout the theoretical material covered in most corporate finance textbooks. These fundamental principles are developed in their own chapter of the book, then referred to in each chapter introducing financial theory. In this way, the theory is able to be mastered at a fundamental level. The interactions among the principles are introduced through the three precepts, which help show the impact of the three principles on financial decision-making. This fresh and original approach to finance will be key reading for undergraduate students of introduction to finance, corporate finance, capital markets, financial management and related courses, as well as managers undertaking MBAs.

This book is the first anthology compiled in English by the CEIBS Case Center to promote China-focused cases worldwide. Included are ten of twenty six award-winning cases from the Global Contest for the Best China-Focused Cases during 2015 to 2017: these works exemplify the quality of effective business cases and share stories of China to the world. Each of the ten cases has a defining feature. Some cases, with a focus on user demand, analyze how companies build their core competence (e.g., Haidilao Hot-Pot and OnePlus Mobile Phone), while others present an array of business innovations in the era of new retail, e-commerce, and the sharing economy (e.g., SF Express, Jinhuobao, ofo, FamilyMart, and Handu Apparel). Some describe Chinese companies’ operations in the overseas market (e.g., Huawei and TECNO), and others depict how foreign companies adapt to the Chinese market in a unique way (e.g., Starbucks). These cases were drawn from Chinese and overseas business schools. The book helps bridge the gap between the world management community’s interest in China and the limited availability of China-focused management cases. We hope this collection of select cases will prove valuable and informative for our readers.

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