Enterprising Nature

Author : Jessica Dempsey
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781118640555

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Enterprising Nature by Jessica Dempsey Pdf

Winner of the 2018 James M. Blaut Award in recognition of innovative scholarship in cultural and political ecology! Enterprising Nature explores the rise of economic rationality in global biodiversity law, policy and science. To view Jessica's animation based on the book's themes please visit http://www.bioeconomies.org/enterprising-nature/ Examines disciplinary apparatuses, ecological-economic methodologies, computer models, business alliances, and regulatory conditions creating the conditions in which nature can be produced as enterprising Relates lively, firsthand accounts of global processes at work drawn from multi-site research in Nairobi, Kenya; London, England; and Nagoya, Japan Assesses the scientific, technical, geopolitical, economic, and ethical challenges found in attempts to ‘enterprise nature’ Investigates the implications of this ‘will to enterprise’ for environmental politics and policy

Author : Katherine Collins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351861083

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Nature of Investing by Katherine Collins Pdf

We are all investors. We invest our time, our energy, our money. We invest every single day, as citizens, as consumers, as businesspeople. At its core, investing involves connection, exchange, and mutual benefit. Lately, however, the primary, beneficial function of investing has been overshadowed by ever-more mechanized iterations of finance. We have created funds of funds, securitizations of securitizations, and entire firms whose business is based on harvesting the advantage of microseconds of trading speed. The Nature of Investing calls for a transformation of the investment process from the roots up. Drawing on the author's twenty-plus years of leadership experience in top investment firms, the book connects real-world finance with the field of biomimicry. Citing real-life examples and discussing principles from the natural world, The Nature of Investing shows how we can create an investment framework that is different from the mechanized one currently employed. Readers will discover an approach that re-aligns investing with the world it was originally meant to serve. An approach that values resiliency over rigidity and elegant simplicity over synthetic complexity. This is the true nature of investing.

Author : Catherine Marie Gilbert
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781772033595

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A Journey Back to Nature by Catherine Marie Gilbert Pdf

A fascinating account of the century-long effort to define, access, preserve, develop, and exploit the uniquely beautiful area of rugged wilderness now known as Strathcona Provincial Park on Central Vancouver Island. Strathcona Provincial Park is situated in the middle of Vancouver Island, bordering Clayoquot Sound on the west, Port Alberni on the south, and a large property once known as the Esquimalt and Nanaimo (E&N) land grant on the east. Measuring 250,000 hectares, this breathtaking park, with its gorgeous mountains, lakes, and waterfalls, is a nature lover's paradise. Yet behind this picture of serenity lies a volatile history. A Journey Back to Nature: A History of Strathcona Provincial Park takes a comprehensive look at this rich, beautiful stretch of wilderness and the competing interests that struggled to protect it, define it, and/or control it—from Indigenous Peoples, who have lived on the land for millennia, to European explorers and industrialists, who could not see beyond the wealth of its natural resources, to early conservationists and enterprising settlers, who wished to preserve the area as a wilderness playground for BC's booming population and nascent tourist industry. Over the course of a century, Strathcona Provincial Park was frequently at the centre of some of the most heated public debates in BC history, between economic and environmental interests. This detailed account—lavishly illustrated with archival and contemporary photographs and maps—uncovers the intriguing history, complex legacy, and majestic natural beauty of BC's first provincial park.

Author : Nick Gogerty
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780231162449

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The Nature of Value by Nick Gogerty Pdf

The Nature of Value presents a theory of how economic value functions and how it drives growth, starting with tiny sparks of innovation and scaling all the way up to the full scope of the economy. Nick GogertyÕs exploration of value borrows from a wide array of disciplines, including anthropology, psychology, physics, sociology, and ethics, but most of all, it examines how evolutionÕs processes can help investors understand the economy and how investors can use this new understanding to improve their allocation decisions. Starting with a look at how innovations can help firms succeed, Gogerty looks at the economic niches in which firms compete and explores how firms can create defensive ÒmoatsÓ to enhance their chances of survival. He shows allocators how to adjust their actions for best performance and returns and what to look for when assessing company management, supporting his arguments with extensive data and years of practitioner experience from scientific, social, and economic disciplines. Intuitive illustrations are used to illuminate central concepts and ideas. GogertyÕs practical takeaways, couched in vivid explanations, will help investors of all backgrounds gain fresh insight into market mechanics.

Author : Bertha E. Wright
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Natural history
ISBN : BL:A0026192596

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Gleanings from Nature; Or, a Home Tour with Aunt Bessie by Bertha E. Wright Pdf

Author : Frederick Keeble
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781107605893

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Plant-Animals by Frederick Keeble Pdf

This 1910 volume by Frederick Keeble presents an account of the nature and behaviour of two types of marine worm.

Author : Yevgeny Zamyatin
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9791041807635

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We by Yevgeny Zamyatin Pdf

Author : Sandra B. Tooze
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UCSD:31822025726134

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Muddy Waters by Sandra B. Tooze Pdf

This biography based on original interviews conducted in Mississippi and Chicago, brigns together the complete record of the first of the great Chicago bluesmen. Born and raised on a Mississippi plantation, Muddy Waters was discovered in 1941, and two years later moved to Chicago whrre he pioneered what came to be know as urban, or electric blues. Sandra Tooze explores Muddy's dramatic life as a bootlegger, gambler, ladies man, and legendary blues musician, and makes new revelations about Water's personal and

Author : Sir Norman Lockyer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1354 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN : UGA:32108057414073

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Nature by Sir Norman Lockyer Pdf

Author : Martin S. Fridson,Fernando Alvarez
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2002-10-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780471264606

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Financial Statement Analysis by Martin S. Fridson,Fernando Alvarez Pdf

Praise for Financial Statement Analysis A Practitioner's Guide Third Edition "This is an illuminating and insightful tour of financial statements, how they can be used to inform, how they can be used to mislead, and how they can be used to analyze the financial health of a company." -Professor Jay O. Light Harvard Business School "Financial Statement Analysis should be required reading for anyone who puts a dime to work in the securities markets or recommends that others do the same." -Jack L. Rivkin Executive Vice President (retired) Citigroup Investments "Fridson and Alvarez provide a valuable practical guide for understanding, interpreting, and critically assessing financial reports put out by firms. Their discussion of profits-'quality of earnings'-is particularly insightful given the recent spate of reporting problems encountered by firms. I highly recommend their book to anyone interested in getting behind the numbers as a means of predicting future profits and stock prices." -Paul Brown Chair-Department of Accounting Leonard N. Stern School of Business, NYU "Let this book assist in financial awareness and transparency and higher standards of reporting, and accountability to all stakeholders." -Patricia A. Small Treasurer Emeritus, University of California Partner, KCM Investment Advisors "This book is a polished gem covering the analysis of financial statements. It is thorough, skeptical and extremely practical in its review." -Daniel J. Fuss Vice Chairman Loomis, Sayles & Company, LP

Author : Nandini Gooptu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134511860

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Enterprise Culture in Neoliberal India by Nandini Gooptu Pdf

The promotion of an enterprise culture and entrepreneurship in India in recent decades has had far-reaching implications beyond the economy, and transformed social and cultural attitudes and conduct. This book brings together pioneering research on the nature of India’s enterprise culture, covering a range of different themes: workplace, education, religion, trade, films, media, youth identity, gender relations, class formation and urban politics. Based on extensive empirical and ethnographic research by the contributors, the book shows the myriad manifestations of enterprise culture and the making of the aspiring, enterprising-self in public culture, social practice, and personal lives, ranging from attempts to construct hegemonic ideas in public discourse, to appropriation by individuals and groups with unintended consequences, to forms of contested and contradictory expression. It discusses what is ‘new’ about enterprise culture and how it relates to pre-existing ideas, and goes on to look at the processes and mechanisms through which enterprise culture is becoming entrenched, as well as how it affects different classes and communities. The book highlights the social and political implications of enterprise culture and how it recasts family and interpersonal relationships as well as personal and collective identity. Illuminating one of the most important aspects of India’s current economic and social transformation, this book is of interest to students and scholars of Asian Business, Sociology, Anthropology, Development Studies and Media and Cultural Studies.

Author : Benjamin F. Travis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Michigan
ISBN : YALE:39002003986008

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The Story of the Twenty-fifth Michigan by Benjamin F. Travis Pdf

Author : Alan Leo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1910
Category : Astrology
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025881579

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Everybody's Astrology by Alan Leo Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1010 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : De Witt County (Ill.)
ISBN : UIUC:30112050833059

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Portrait and Biographical Album of Dewitt and Piatt Counties, Ill by Anonim Pdf

Author : Charles Bent
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Whiteside County (Ill.)
ISBN : IND:30000132230792

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History of Whiteside County, Illinois by Charles Bent Pdf