E-book Encyclopedia of Finance

Absolute costadvantagescanplacecompetitors ata cost disadvantage, even if the scale of operations is similar for both firms. Such cost advantages can arise from an advanced position along the learning curve, where average costs decline as cumulative output rises over time. This differs from economies of scale, which involves the relationship between average costs and the output level per period…

E-Book Encyclopedia of Mathematics

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0-8160-5124-0

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577 halaman

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E-book The Potrait of a Lady

Trying to recover here, for recognition, the germ of my idea, I see that it must have consisted not at all in any conceit of a "plot", nefarious name, in any flash, upon the fancy, of a set of relations, or in any one of those situations that, by a logic of their own, immediately fall, for the fabulist, into movement into a march or a rush, a patter of quick steps; but altogether in the sense o…

E-book Okinawa : The Last Battle

On 3 October 1944 American forces in the Pacific Ocean Areas received a directive to seize positions in the Ryukyu Islands (Nansei Shoto). Okinawa is the most important island of the Ryukyu Group, the threshold of the four main islands of Japan. The decision to invade the Ryukyus signalized the readiness of the United States to penetrate the inner ring of Japanese defenses. For the enemy, fail…

E-book Principles of Horticulture

Horticulture may be described as the practice of growing plants in a relatively intensive manner. This contrasts with agriculture, which, in most Western European countries, relies on a high level of machinery use over an extensive area of land, consequently involving few people in the production process. The boundary between the two is far from clear, especially when considering large-sca…

E-book Handbook of Essential Oils : Science, Technology, and Applications

Toxicology and Safety of Essential Oils: A Constituent-Based Approach” (Chapter 7). On account of the complexity of these natural products, the toxicological or biochemical testing of an EO will always be the sum of its constituents which either act in a synergistic or in an antagonistic way with one another. Therefore, the chemical characterization of the EO is very important for the underst…

E-book Feline Behavior Guidelines

Despite continued advances in feline health care, behavior problems are still the most common cause of euthanasia in pet cats. Behavior problems, including normal cat behavior that clients consider unacceptable, cause decreased quality of life for cats and their owners. Behavior problems often lead to family stress, inappropriate punishment of pets, destruction of the bond between people and th…

E-book The Sociology of the Church : Essays in Reconstruction

The three essays in this section are an attempt to bring the insights of two schools of thought to bear on certain fundamental questions of ecclesiology. The two schools, which overlap one another to a large extent, are Vantillian presuppositionalism and Christian reconstructionism. Presuppositionalists such as Van Til himself, Norman Shepherd, and John Frame have concentrated on philosophical …

E-book Divination and Interpretation of Signs in the Ancient World

The study of signs, portents observed in the physical and social worlds indicating the will of supernatural agents and the course of future events, was undoubtedly important in all ancient cultures. The first written evidence for a concept of sign, however, comes from cuneiform texts of ancient Mesopotamia.

A Brief Guide to Spiritual Classics : From Dark Night of the Soul to the Powe…

This very readable guide examines a wide range of spiritual writing that can be a source of enjoyment or inspiration, including some books from beyond any formal religious tradition. While written from within the Christian faith and offering introductions to the writing of medieval mystics, Quakers and modern evangelists, both Protestant and Catholic, it also looks at classics of secular spirit…