Synopses & Reviews
This book provides a new understanding of Pliny's letters by combining historical analysis of the social pressures that shape Pliny's authorial pose with close literary analysis of the letters themselves. It demonstrates how ruling-class ideology is disseminated and how it shapes the literary
persona and personal identity of a ruling-class member. The powerful heuristic tool of examining the interplay between confidence and anxieties in the letters will help restore Pliny's relatively neglected masterpiece to a more prominent place in undergraduate Latin and Roman Civilization
courses.
Synopsis
This book is aimed at business students who need a solid but not excessively theoretical introduction to economics which focuses on the contribution economics can make to the study of business policy. In addition to the standard economics of supply, demand, costs, and competition, the text places special emphasis on specifically business-oriented issues.
Synopsis
This book offers the first full-length treatment in English of Hegel's idea of freedom - his theory of what it is to be free and his account of the social and political contexts in which this freedom is developed, realized, and sustained. Freedom is the value that Hegel most greatly admired and the central organizing concept of his social philosophy.
About the Author
Alan Patten is Assistant Professor of Political Science at McGill University, Montreal. He was previously Lecturer in Politics at the University of Exeter.
Table of Contents
Introduction
PART I: THE SEARCH FOR VALUE, MARKETS, CONSUMERS AND FIRMS
1. Economic Activity and Value Creation
2. The Operation of the Market, Market Forces and Market Equilibrium
3. Individual Choices, the Supply of Work, and the Demand for Goods
4. The Nature, Purpose, and Objectives of Firms
5. The Search for Added Value and the Costs of Production
PART II: THE SEARCH FOR VALUE, PRICES, PROFITS, AND THE FIRM'S COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT
6. The Competitive Market Model
7. The Monopoly Model and Barriers to Entry
8. Oligopoly and Strategic Competition
PART III: THE SEARCH FOR VALUE, VALUE CREATION, THE SCOPE OF THE FIRM, AND ITS GOVERNANCE
9. The Search for Value and the Firm's Investment Decisions
10. Value Creation and Sustainable Competitive Advantage
11. Value Creation, the Scope of the Firm, and Acquisitions
12. Ownership, Management, and the Search for Value
PART IV: THE SEARCH FOR VALUE AND THE WIDER ENVIRONMENT OF THE FIRM
13. The Search for Value and the Legislative and Regulatory Environment
14. The Firm and the Macroeconomic Environment
15. Economic Forecasting
16. The Search for Value, International trade, and Economic Performance
Bibliography
Index