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Our bee populations are under threat. Over the past 60 years, they
have lost much of their natural habitat and are under assault from
pesticides and intensive farming. We rely on bees and other insects
to pollinate our fruit and vegetables and, without them, our
environment and economy will be in crisis.The Business of Bees
provides the first integrated account of diminishing bee
populations, as well as other pollinators, from an
interdisciplinary perspective. It explores the role of corporate
responsibility and governance as they relate to this critical issue
and examines what the impact will be on consumers, companies, stock
markets and ultimately on global society if bee populations
continue to decline at a dangerous rate.The book considers the
issue of global bee population decline from a variety of
disciplines, combining the perspectives of academics in accounting,
science and humanities with those of practitioners in the finance
industry. The chapters explore the impact of the rapid decline in
pollinator populations on the natural world, on corporations, on
the stock market and on accounting. The Business of Bees will be
essential reading for those in academia, business and finance
sectors and anyone invested in the future of our planet.
Our bee populations are under threat. Over the past 60 years, they
have lost much of their natural habitat and are under assault from
pesticides and intensive farming. We rely on bees and other insects
to pollinate our fruit and vegetables and, without them, our
environment and economy will be in crisis.The Business of Bees
provides the first integrated account of diminishing bee
populations, as well as other pollinators, from an
interdisciplinary perspective. It explores the role of corporate
responsibility and governance as they relate to this critical issue
and examines what the impact will be on consumers, companies, stock
markets and ultimately on global society if bee populations
continue to decline at a dangerous rate.The book considers the
issue of global bee population decline from a variety of
disciplines, combining the perspectives of academics in accounting,
science and humanities with those of practitioners in the finance
industry. The chapters explore the impact of the rapid decline in
pollinator populations on the natural world, on corporations, on
the stock market and on accounting. The Business of Bees will be
essential reading for those in academia, business and finance
sectors and anyone invested in the future of our planet.
Videogame, player, text examines the playing and playful subject
through a series of analytical essays focused on particular
videogames and playing experiences. With essays from a range of
internationally renowned game scholars, the major aim of this
collection is to show how it is that videogames communicate their
meanings and provide their pleasures. Each essay focuses on
specific examples of gameplay dynamics to tease out the
specificities of videogames as a new form of interaction between
text and digital technology for the purposes of entertainment. That
modes of engagement with the videogame text are many and varied,
and construct the playing subject in different ways, provides the
central theme of Videogame,player, text. Online play, clan
membership, competitive or co-operative play, player modification
of game texts, and the solo play of a single player are each
addressed through individual analyses of the gameplay experiences
produced by, for example, The Sims, Grand Theft Auto, Prince of
Persia, Doom, Quake, World of Warcraft, StreetFighter and
Civilisation. -- .
The world is currently experiencing a sixth period of mass species
extinction, and extinction of flora and fauna is caused by a
variety of factors arising from industrial activity and increasing
human population, such as global warming, climate change, habitat
loss, pollution and use of pesticides. Most causes of extinction
are linked to corporate activity, either directly or indirectly.
Around the World in 80 Species: Exploring the Business of
Extinction responds to the ongoing mass extinction crisis engulfing
our planet by exploring the ways in which accounting, business and
finance can be used to prevent species extinctions. From Africa to
the Far East and from Europe to the Americas, the authors explore
species loss and how businesses can stop mass extinctions through
greater transparency, and through closer engagement with their
investors and wildlife organisations. The book concludes that
global capitalism has led us to this extinction crisis and that
therefore the mechanisms of capitalism - namely accounting,
finance, investment - can help to pull us out. Businesses must
urgently address extinction before it is too late for all species,
including ourselves. As the first book to explore corporate
accounting and accountability in relation to species on the brink
of extinction, this book will be of great interest to both
professionals and a wider audience interested in the causes and
prevention of extinction.
The world is currently experiencing a sixth period of mass species
extinction, and extinction of flora and fauna is caused by a
variety of factors arising from industrial activity and increasing
human population, such as global warming, climate change, habitat
loss, pollution and use of pesticides. Most causes of extinction
are linked to corporate activity, either directly or indirectly.
Around the World in 80 Species: Exploring the Business of
Extinction responds to the ongoing mass extinction crisis engulfing
our planet by exploring the ways in which accounting, business and
finance can be used to prevent species extinctions. From Africa to
the Far East and from Europe to the Americas, the authors explore
species loss and how businesses can stop mass extinctions through
greater transparency, and through closer engagement with their
investors and wildlife organisations. The book concludes that
global capitalism has led us to this extinction crisis and that
therefore the mechanisms of capitalism - namely accounting,
finance, investment - can help to pull us out. Businesses must
urgently address extinction before it is too late for all species,
including ourselves. As the first book to explore corporate
accounting and accountability in relation to species on the brink
of extinction, this book will be of great interest to both
professionals and a wider audience interested in the causes and
prevention of extinction.
Videogame, player, text examines the playing and playful subject
through a series of analytical essays focused on particular
videogames and playing experiences. With essays from a range of
internationally renowned game scholars, the major aim of this
collection is to show how it is that videogames communicate their
meanings and provide their pleasures. Each essay focuses on
specific examples of gameplay dynamics to tease out the
specificities of videogames as a new form of interaction between
text and digital technology for the purposes of entertainment. That
modes of engagement with the videogame text are many and varied,
and construct the playing subject in different ways, provides the
central theme of Videogame,player, text. Online play, clan
membership, competitive or co-operative play, player modification
of game texts, and the solo play of a single player are each
addressed through individual analyses of the gameplay experiences
produced by, for example, The Sims, Grand Theft Auto, Prince of
Persia, Doom, Quake, World of Warcraft, StreetFighter and
Civilisation. -- .
Whether you love them or loathe them, look back with wistful
nostalgia to the days of Pong and Space Invaders, or regard the
whole phenomenon with blank incomprehension, there is no doubt that
computer and video games now occupy a significant place in
contemporary popular culture. The economics alone are staggering,
with unit sales counted in the millions. The frequency of
assertions in the popular press about the dangerous influence of
their violent subject matter and immersive potential imply a
startling level of influence. To disregard the computer game is to
refuse to engage fully with contemporary popular culture.
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