Varley Fullerton Sears (1937–2019)

ENVIRONMENTAL TAXES Don Fullerton Andrew Leicester

This chapter provides an overview of key economic issues in the use of taxation as an instrument of environmental policy in the UK. It first reviews economic arguments for using taxes and other market mechanisms in environmental policy, discusses the choice of tax base, and considers the value of the revenue from environmental taxes. It is argued that environmental tax revenues do not significa...

E-business transformation at the crossroads: Sears' dilemma

Captive Supplier or Partner? Sears, Whirlpool and Washer Design

Exactly eighty years ago the founder of a struggling manufacturing company approached executives at the prominent mail order specialist Sears, Roebuck to demonstrate an electric washing machine. Despite the number of electrics marketed since the first Thor appeared in 1908, Sears sold primarily hand-powered machines. Now Louis C. "Lou" Upton sought to list his product. Just hirty years of age, ...

Andrew Fullerton, C.B., C.M.G., M.D., M.CH., F.R.C.S.I., F.A.C.S

ANDREW FULLERTON died on 22nd May, aged 66 years. After his retirement, last year, he had a serious operation, but recovered sufficiently to resume his private practice. Soon afterwards fresh symptoms developed, but it was hoped that he would improve with rest. Unfortunately this hope was not realized, and an operation became imperative. It was then apparent that there was little hope of recove...

Global dynamics of a Predator-Prey Model with Hassell-Varley Type Functional Response

Predator-prey models with Hassell-Varley type functional response are appropriate for interactions where predators form groups and have applications in biological control. Here we present a systematic global qualitative analysis to a general predator-prey model with Hassell-Varley type functional response. We show that the predator free equilibrium is a global attractor only when the predator d...