English for Doing Business in Asia - Speaking

Introducing strategies for developing your spoken English communication skills in the context of doing business in Asia.

SC1x is an introduction to the fundamental concepts for logistics and supply chain management from both analytical and practical perspectives.

Develop a good working knowledge of Linux using both the graphical interface and command line, covering the major Linux distribution families. 

Leeds International Research Scholarships are available to high quality international students who will be commencing PhD research study in January 2015.

Value of awards: Fees at the international rate and a maintenance of £10,000 per annum.

Number of studentships available: Up to 9 available for study in any Faculty at the University of Leeds.

Marketing Studentships: Deadline for applications:Thursday 1st May 2014 (Midnight UK time)

Application Form:Download here  

To celebrate our 110th anniversary this year, a total of 110 new UK/EU scholarships will be available across the university for 2014 and 2015 entry, Up to six for Business School PhDs starting in October 2014. Outstanding scholars from any discipline are invited to apply for the funding. For more information, eligibility criteria and how to apply, please visit University of Leeds 110 Anniversary Research Scholarships. DEADLINE 30 APRIL 2014.

We are particularly interested in applications relating to the following research areas:

Download an application form - Application Extended deadline 30th April 2014

Project B: Ethical Consumption.  Leeds University Business School

Number of awards: x4 Full Time Studentships available (4 projects)

Value of award: tuition fees at the relevant Full time UK / EU rate, and a standard RCUK maintenance grant  per annum for 2014/15 session £13,863. 

1 tuition-fee studentship is available for International applicants who are commencing full-time PhD research study for the first time within the Economics Division from 1st October 2014.

Deadline for applications: Thursday 1st May 2014 (Midnight UK Time)

The course Solar Energy will teach you to design a complete photovoltaic system. The course will introduce you to the technology that converts solar energy into electricity, heat and solar fuels with a main focus on electricity generation.  Photovoltaic (PV) devices are presented as advanced semiconductor devices that deliver electricity directly from sunlight. The emphasis is on understanding the working principle of a solar cell, fabrication of solar cells, PV module construction and the design of a PV system. You will understand the principles of the photovoltaic conversion (the conversion of light into electricity). You will learn about the advantages, limitations and challenges of different solar cell technologies, such as crystalline silicon solar cell technology, thin film solar cell technologies and the latest novel solar cell concepts as studied on lab-scale.  The course will treat the specifications of solar modules and show you how to design a complete solar system for any particular application. The suitable semiconductor materials, device physics, and fabrication technologies for solar cells are presented. The guidelines for design of a complete solar cell system for household application are explained. Alternative storage approaches through solar fuels or conversion of solar energy in to heat will be discussed.  The cost aspects, market development, and the application areas of solar cells are presented.

Investment analysis develops the concepts and tools needed to analyze publicly traded securities (e.g., stocks, bonds, options and futures), and apply these tools to real world situations. The course deals with the nature of the securities that trade in the market place, the determination of securities prices, the relationships between these prices, and the optimal choice of a portfolio or trading strategy involving these securities. This course will prepare you to understand and intelligently apply AFTP trading strategies.

This course provides an introduction to modern intertemporal macroeconomics. Topics covered include consumption, investment, asset pricing, real business cycles, the macroeconomic effects of fiscal and monetary policy and the problems encountered in the actual implementation of economic policy.

Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives provides students with an understanding of how derivative products work, how they are traded, how they are used, and how they are valued. It covers forwards, futures, swaps and options. It explains both exchange-traded and over-the-counter markets. It covers both the binomial tree and Black-Scholes -Merton valuation models and discusses how financial institutions use “Greek letters” such as delta and gamma. Students will use the widely acclaimed DerivaGem software developed by the instructor and his colleagues.

About the Course

Overview

Professor Shiller introduces basic concepts from probability theory and embeds these concepts into the concrete context of financial crises, with examples from the financial crisis from 2007-2008. Subsequent to a historical narrative of the financial crisis from 2007-2008, he turns to the definition of the expected value and the variance of a random variable, as well as the covariance and the correlation of two random variables. The concept of independence leads to the law of large numbers, but financial crises show that the assumption of independence can be deceiving, in particular through its impact on the computation of Value at Risk measures. Additionally, he covers regression analysis for financial returns, which leads to the decomposition of a financial asset’s risk into idiosyncratic and systematic risk. Professor Shiller concludes by talking about the prominent assumption that random shocks to the financial economy are normally distributed. Historical stock market patterns, specifically during crises times, establish that outliers occur too frequently to be compatible with the normal distribution. 

Overview

Professor Shiller provides a description of the course, including its general theme, the relevant textbooks, as well as the interplay of his course with Professor Geanakoplos's course "Economics 251 – Financial Theory." Finance, in his view, is a pillar of civilized society, dealing with the allocation of resources through space and time in order to manage big and important risks. After talking about finance as an occupation, he emphasizes the moral imperative to use wealth for the purposes of philanthropy, in the spirit of Andrew Carnegie, but also of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. Subsequently, he introduces the guest speakers David Swensen, Yale University's chief investment officer, Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at American International Group (AIG) and current CEO of C.V. Starr & Co. and of Starr International, and Laura Cha, former vice chair of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong and of the government of the People’s Republic of China, and director of the Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC). Finally, he concludes with a description of the topics to be discussed in each lecture.

Промисловий потенціал України: проблеми та перспективи структурно-інноваційних трансформацій [Електронний ресурс] / Вікторія Миколаївна Белінська та інш.

Осадчий Н. М. "Формирование отношений государства и крупного бизнеса в зарубежных странах и в России"

У збірнику опубліковано статті за такими напрямками: прогресивні та високоефективні методи механічної, оздоблюючої та зміцнюючи обробки матеріалів; дослідження процесів різання та нових типів ріжучого інструменту; реновація деталей обладнання та інструменту методами термічного зміцнення, поверхневої модифікації, наплавлення та напилення.

Приведены основные статьи Нобелевских лауреатов 2009 года по экономике.

Потенциал национальной промышленности: цели и механизмы эффективного развития - 928 с.

Корпоративное управление в государственных и частных компаниях в эпоху перемен/Под ред. А. Ландиа и А.А. Филатова, Москва 2009 г.

Казакевич П.А."Суверенные фонды благосостояния на рынках ценных бумаг". Диссертация