Profit maximization is a method of setting prices for your products so they return the most possible revenue and profitability to your business. A company could theoretically sell out its entire ...

Maximizing profits by minimizing service and integrity can lead to business problems that eventually sink a business, as shortcuts and bad PR cause customers and employees to leave. Some of the ways ...

In justifying his attacks on Bain Capital, President Obama argues that "profit maximization" might be an appropriate goal for a private-equity firm, but not for more general public policy. This ...

Since the late 1970s, when American companies were fat and complacent, the focus of American business has been on the bottom line. Spurred on by activist shareholders, private-equity firms, and ...

I asked Prof. Bainbridge whether I could cross-post this from Corporate Finance Lab, and he kindly agreed: What is the purpose of a corporation? Is it, as Nobel Economics laureate Milton Friedman ...

An Excel workbook called ProfitMax.xls provides a simple example of how to use Solver and the Comparative Statics Wizard. The Comparative Statics Wizard is an Excel add-in that walks the user through ...

This paper gives prescriptions for introducing ethical concerns into the economic theory of the firm. Topics include social responsibility, corporate governance, profit maximization, competition ...

Organizations in all sectors are increasingly required by their investors, customers, employees, and wider stakeholders to articulate a clear statement of corporate purpose. Purpose isn’t about profit ...