Large knowledge gaps currently exist that limit our ability to understand and characterise dynamics and patterns of land-use intensity: in particular, a comprehensive conceptual framework and a system of measurement are lacking. This situation hampers the development of a sound understanding of...

"In the late 1960s, France attempted a complete overhaul of its financial regulations without being forced to do so by a stock market crash or the collapse of its banking system. Out of pure political expediency, Gaullist reformers seized the opportunity offered by a minor insider trading case...

Technical theory -- The technical approach to trading and investing -- Charts -- The dow theory -- The dow theory's defects -- Replacing dow theory with john magee's basing points procedure -- Important reversal patterns -- Advantages -- Important reversal patterns: the triangles -- Important...

An introduction to the income tax -- The scope of gross income -- Property transactions -- Personal deductions -- Business expense deductions -- Capitalization and cost recovery -- Tax accounting -- Tax preferences, tax shelters, and the alternative minimum tax -- Taxation of the family --...

"As Yossi Sheffi began researching this book, he and his team noticed a gap: not only between companies that pay lip service to the idea of sustainability but do not change their practices, but also between consumers who say that sustainability is important to them but are unwilling to pay more...