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...energy, health care or defence, able to move the opinion of national governments and sometimes, it is claimed, to ride roughshod over social and personal needs. Firms are controversial, important, and a fascinating part of any attempt to understand economic behaviour. In spite of such variation, we can give an economic definition of a firm that takes account of this...

...energy than petrol. Performance will reflect that, unless those clever engineers at BMW can somehow overcome the difference. If they cannot, then BMW, whose prestige and independence rely largely on its engine-making ability, may be in trouble. Were fuel cells to become the standard, the firm's future could be bleak. (Adapted from The Economist, 21 July 2001, p. 86)...

...energy use financial collapse and insecurity underinvestment in public goods of affordable housing, clean water and sanitation or public health. To underscore the key point, in Harvey’s causal narrative, cities are not just the locations in which these crises and challenges are felt; they are the incubators in which the conditions of these crises and challenges are bred...

...energy I had from that situation and turn it into something positive. So I decided that I wanted to become an advocate, a barrister, one of those lawyers who appears in court and argues for the rights of others. REHANA POPAL: So when I qualified, I didn't know at the time that I was going to be the first ever Afghan female to qualify in England and Wales. It wasn't an...