Anarchy alive! [[electronic resource] ] : anti-authoritarian politics from practice to theory / / Uri Gordon

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910455325703321
• Autore: Gordon Uri <1976->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; Ann Arbor, Mich., : Pluto Press, 2008
• ISBN: 1-78371-049-7; 1-84964-367-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (208 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.5/7
• Soggetti: Anarchism; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Revised: Thesis (D.Phil.)--University of Oxford, 2006.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-179) and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Anarchist politics are at the heart of today's most vibrant and radical social movements. From squatted social centres and community gardens to acts of sabotage and raucous summit blockades, anarchist groups and networks are spreading an ethos of direct action, non-hierarchical organizing and self-liberation that has redefined revolutionary struggle for the 21st century.Anarchy Alive! is a fascinating, in-depth look at the practice and theory of contemporary anarchism. Uri Gordon draws on his activist experience and on interviews, discussions and a vast selection of recent literature to explore the activities, cultures and agendas shaping today's explosive anti-authoritarian revival. Anarchy Alive! also addresses some of the most tense debates in the contemporary movement, using a theory based on practice to provocatively reshape anarchist discussions of leadership, violence, technology and nationalism. This is the ideal book for anyone looking for a fresh, informed and critical engagement with anarchism, as a mature and dynamic political force in the age of globalisation.

Accounting in small business decisions / / James L. Gibson, W. Warren Haynes

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910787475303321
• Autore: Gibson James L (James Lawrence), <1935->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lexington : , : University of Kentucky Press, , 1963; ©1963
• ISBN: 0-8131-8338-3; 0-8131-6324-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (148 pages)
• Collana: Small Business Management Research Reports
• Disciplina: 657.044
• Soggetti: Accounting; Small business; Decision making
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliography and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Contents; INTRODUCTION; 1. ACCOUNTING AND ECONOMICS: THEIR RELATION TO DECISION MAKING; Accounting and Business Decisions; Recognition of the need for a decision; Assembly and organization of relevant information; Managerial Economics in Business Decisions; The principles of managerial economics; A variety of cost concepts; Economists' criticism of traditional accounting; 2. GARDEN AND LANDSCAPE NURSERIES; Some Generalizations; Why cost accounting is not used; A note on nursery cost accounting literature; A Prescriptive Model for Nurseries; Certainty model: plant mix decisions Certainty model: pricing decisions; Certainty model: other decisions; Cost considerations; Significance of the present value approach; Removal of simplifying assumptions; Conclusions: Economics and Accounting in Nursery Decisions; 3. RETAIL STORES; Some Generalizations; The Concept of Homeostasis and Retail Decision Making; Historical Data as Estimates of Future Data; Why historical data are used in some retail stores; Accounting systems as sources of historical data; The Merchandise Budget; The merchandise budget defined; The budget and the small ; retailer; Effect on merchandising decisions Ad Hoc Analysis; The Case Studies in Terms of Rational Decision Making; Elements of a prescriptive model; The case studies evaluated; Implications for Practice; 4. MANUFACTURING FIRMS; Some Generalizations; Product Diversification Decisions of Two Firms; Investment Decisions of Two Firms; Pricing Decisions of Four Firms; Full costs rigidly used; Full costs used with some flexibility; Full costs with complete adjustment to competition; Full costs not used; Evaluation of the pricing practices; Implications for Practice; 5. PRINTING FIRMS; Some Generalizations; Printing Industry Accounting Methods The production flow; All-inclusive hour cost method; Factory-hour cost method; Hour costs and decision making; Case Studies of the Role of Accounting in Decision Making; A firm with specialized decision-making processes; Two firms with less specialized decision-making processes; Three firms with one-man decision makers; Evaluation of the pricing practices in the cases; Routinized Decision Making versus Ad Hoc Analysis; Industry Comparisons; Production characteristics; Market characteristics; Implications for Practice; 6. CASE STUDIES OF INCREMENTAL ANALYSIS; Decision One: Simple Incremental Analysis The analysis: incremental costs; An alternative analysis: full costs; The decision horizon; Implications for accounting; A note on marginal income analysis; Decision Two: Complex Incremental Analysis; Immediate action; Long-range action; The bases for the choice; Evaluation; The decision and its implications for accounting; Selected Case Studies; Conclusion; 7. AN OVERVIEW OF INVESTMENT AND PRICING DECISIONS; Investment Decisions of Small Firms; Quantitative methods for ranking; Method of analysis employed by some small firms; The rationale for payback and rate of income
• Sommario/riassunto: Accounting in Small Business Decisions presents the first large-scale empirical examination of how small firms use accounting data to make operating decisions.