1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461383703321

Autore

Zima P. V

Titolo

Modern/postmodern [[electronic resource] ] : society, philosophy, literature / / Peter V. Zima

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2010

ISBN

1-283-20273-5

9786613202734

1-4411-1289-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (323 p.)

Disciplina

149/.97

Soggetti

Postmodernism

Postmodernism (Literature)

Modernism (Literature)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Updated version of Moderne/postmoderne : gesellschaft, philosophie, literatur. Tübingen-Basel : Francke, 2001. (2nd ed.).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Modernity - Modernism - Postmodernity: Attempting a Definition; Chapter 2 Modernity and Postmodernity in a Sociological Perspective; Chapter 3 Postmodern Philosophies as Critiques of Modernity; Chapter 4 Modernism and Postmodernism: Literary Criticism; Chapter 5 From Modern to Postmodern Literature: Ambivalence, Indifference and Ideology; Chapter 6 Dialogical Theory: Between the Universal and the Particular; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Modern/Postmodern: Society, Philosophy, Literature offers new definitions of modernism and postmodernism by presenting an original theoretical system of thought that explains the differences between these two key movements. Taking a contrastive approach, Peter V. Zima identifies three key concepts in the relationship between modernism and postmodernism - ambiguity, ambivalence and indifference. Zima defines modernism and postmodernism as problematics, as opposed to aesthetics, stylistics or ideologies. Unlike modernism, which is grounded in an increasing ambivalence towards social norms and va



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465416303321

Autore

Cafferky Michael E.

Titolo

Breakeven analysis : the definitive guide to cost-volume-profit analysis / / Michael E. Cafferky, Jon Wentworth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Business Expert Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-63157-092-7

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (174 p.)

Collana

Managerial Accounting Collection

Disciplina

658.1554

Soggetti

Break-even analysis

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Part of: 2014 digital library.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-151) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Total cost method -- Contribution margin method -- Target profit method -- Cost of goods sold method -- Modified breakeven analysis: factoring estimates of demand -- Dealing with changes in product using weighted averages -- High-low method -- Least squares method -- Changing costs -- Changing prices -- Selling price at various volumes -- Multiple breakeven points -- Net present value method -- Quadratic equation -- Tax effects on cost-volume-profit -- Appendix A. Glossary -- Appendix. Limitations and criticisms -- Appendix C. A short genealogy of breakeven analysis -- Appendix D. Using breakeven thinking to decide whether to start a business -- Appendix E. Annuity table -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a comprehensive collection of cost-volume-profit applications. Business professionals, entrepreneurs, business professors, and undergraduate and graduate business students will benefit from this onestop how-to book of formulas, explanations, and examples. The user will find a wide range of topics, from calculating basic breakeven, to dealing with multiple products, mixed costs, changing costs, and changing prices.