This study is the first to empirically examine the applicability of the Value Chain Scoreboard™ proposed by Lev (2001) as an alternative disclosure framework for intangible assets (IA). The context of the research is the top 200 emerging market companies, which are the focus of increasing...

Despite the looming food crisis in the world, the impact of this crisis on vulnerable populations in the United States has not been given the attention due. Just as other aspects of the climate change crisis are important to study, so too is food access by the poor and other vulnerable groups in...

The United States must begin to meet in earnest the challenges that climate change poses to adequate nutrition for the poor and the hungry. Climate change is profoundly affecting agriculture and is expected to continue to do so, resulting in sometimes-sharp food-price fluctuations to which our...

This chapter from The Year in Review, published by the ABA Section on Environment, Energy and Resources, covers developments during 2013 in the areas of standing, Commerce Clause, political question doctrine, preemption, takings, due process, First Amendment, Tenth Amendment, and state...

This chapter from The Year in Review, published by the ABA Section on Environment, Energy and Resources, covers developments during 2011 in the areas of standing, Commerce Clause, political question doctrine, displacement and preemption, takings, due process, First Amendment, Tenth Amendment and...

The pursuit of environmental justice has not moved much beyond the rhetorical sphere, although the consistent efforts of communities have resulted in some hopeful signs from government leadership. Thirty years after environmental justice became a rallying cry, for example, there is still no...