Expectation, enterprise and profit : the theory of the firm / / G.L.S. Shackle

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910453734603321
• Autore: Shackle G. L. S (George Lennox Sharman), <1903-1992., >
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2003
• ISBN: 1-136-51820-7; 0-415-43650-8; 1-315-01685-0; 1-136-51813-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (263 p.)
• Collana: Keynesian & post-Keynesian economics ; ; XI; Routledge library editions. Economics
• Disciplina: 161
• Soggetti: Microeconomics; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First published in 1970.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; 1. The Nature of Production; 1. The Measure of Production; 2. The Nature of Production; 3. The Means of Production; 4. The Matrix of Production; 5. The Design of Production; 6. Reason, Knowledge and Time; 7. Time-Horizon and Policy; 8. Markets and Prices; 9. The Purpose of the Firm; 10. The Firm's Production Plan; 11. The Firm and the Public Interest; 2. The Matrix of Production; 3. The Firm's Tests of Rightness; 1. Variables, Values, Vectors and Functions; 2. Difference-Quotient, Derivative, Differentiation3. Three Dimensions Represented in Two Dimensions; 4. The Logic of Cheapness; 5. Scale; 6. Costs; 7. Revenue; 8. The Test of Greatest Net Revenue; 9. Overheads; 4. Investment; 1. Durability; 2. Discounting; 3. Plant Accounting; 4. The Concept of Elasticity; 5. Deferment and the Leverage of Interest-Rate Changes; 6. The Interest Elasticity of Present Values; 7. The Reservoir of Investment Projects; 8. Uncertainty, Discounting and Horizon; 9. Focus Values; 5. Expectation; 6. Interdependent Decision-making; 7. Profit and Equilibrium; 1. Policy, Surprise and Decision2. Elasticities of Surprise; 3. Equilibrium and the Unknown; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: G.L.S. Shackle made numerous, pioneering contributions to the study of uncertainty in economic life. This volume studies the production process, where resources must be committed to specific technological purposes long in advance of the ultimate sale of goods to the consumer. The problems of such a system rest on the durability of the instruments it uses, whose huge expense can only be recouped if they can be used for many years. Yet at the time of investment, those years of use are in the future and uncertain. <BR><BR>The firm is the essential institutional means of confronting this uncertain

Aphorismes [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNISA996393400403316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [S.l., : s.n., 15--?]
• Descrizione fisica: [1]+ p
• Altri autori (Persone): Hippocrates
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title possibly from half t.p.; Possibly from the Aphorisms of Hippocrates?; Imperfect; fragment.; Reproduction of original in the British Library.
• Sommario/riassunto: eebo-0018

Atlas of Stem Anatomy of Arctic and Alpine Plants Around the Globe / / by Fritz Hans Schweingruber, Miroslav Dvorský, Annett Börner, Jiří Doležal

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910431349003321
• Autore: Schweingruber Fritz Hans
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020
• ISBN: 3-030-53976-8
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2020.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XIV, 453 p.)
• Disciplina: 581.4
• Soggetti: Plants - Development; Plants - Evolution; Plant ecology; Biodiversity; Plant Development; Plant Evolution; Plant Ecology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Part I -- Anatomical Descriptions Of Dicotyledons -- Anacardiaceae -- Apiaceae -- Apiaceae -- Asteraceae–Lactuceae -- Asteraceae–Cynareae -- Asteraceae–Cynareae -- Asteraceae–Gnaphalieae -- Asteraceae–Astereae -- Asteraceae–Anthemideae -- Asteraceae–Senecioneae -- Asteraceae–Helenieae -- Asteraceae–Inuleae -- Asteraceae–Barnadesieae -- Asteraceae–Gochnatieae -- Betulaceae -- Boraginaceae -- Brassicaceae -- Campanulaceae -- Caprifoliaceae -- Caryophyllaceae -- Crassulaceae -- Diapensiaceae -- Ephedraceae -- Ericaceae -- Fabaceae -- Frankeniaceae -- Gentianaceae -- Geraniaceae -- Grossulariaceae -- Gunneraceae -- Lamiaceae -- Onagraceae -- Orobanchaceae -- Papaveraceae -- Phrymaceae -- Plantaginaceae -- Plumbaginaceae -- Polemoniaceae -- Polygonaceae -- Primulaceae -- Ranunculaceae -- Rosaceae -- Salicaceae -- Santalaceae -- Saxifragaceae -- Scrophulariaceae -- Solanaceae -- Valerianaceae -- Verbenaceae -- Violaceae -- Part II. Anatomical ; Descriptions of Monocotyledons. Cyperaceae -- Juncaceae -- Liliaceae -- Melanthiaceae -- Orchidaceae -- Poaceae -- Tofieldiaceae -- Typhaceae.
• Sommario/riassunto: This is the first book to provide comprehensive information on the anatomy and ecology of arctic and alpine plants from cold sites around the globe, including representative species from Greenland, Iceland, Svalbard, Himalaya, Japan, Argentina, Ecuador and Western USA. It presents the study sites, including characteristic landscape and vegetation photographs. It also discusses species distribution, habitat preferences and features plant pictures, particularly focusing on the specific stem anatomical features, which differ in many cases from temperate zone herbs. Furthermore, each plant is characterized according to a newly constructed codification system. Based on the first author’s 20-years of field research, a close collaboration with numerous botanical gardens, and the vast ecological experience of the other authors, the book presents approximately 350 species. The general layout is comparable to Doležal et al’s 2018 book Anatomy, Age and Ecology of High Mountain Plants inLadakh, the Western Himalaya.