In a perfect business world, sales maximization would work hand-in-hand with profit maximization to create the ideal scenario for company owners and shareholders.

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 ...

When Is Profit Maximization Bad for Business?. Maximizing profits by minimizing service and integrity can lead to business problems that eventually sink a business, as shortcuts and bad PR cause ...

This model is based on a behavioral definition of the economic theory of profit maximization and situates business ethics within opportunity costs. Within that context, they argue that good business ...

The profit maximization problem is used as an example. The Comparative Statics Wizard is extremely flexible -- any problem solved by Excel's Solver can be run through the Wizard to get comparative ...

Since the probability of loss can be identified with the firm's margin of safety, these rules can be viewed as alternative ways of making a compromise between expected profit maximization and high ...

America's obsession with shareholder primacy for the past four decades is hurting our economy and has to change.

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 ...

One result of the profit obsession, for example, is that big American companies are now paying the lowest wages as a percent of the economy in history. (See chart).