Why might a business firm pursue other objectives besides the objective of maximum profits? What objectives other than profit maximisation might a firm pursue? Is this possible in a competitive world? The traditional theory of business behaviour tends to make a general assumption that businesses possess the information‚ market power and motivation to set a price and output that maximises profits. Profits being defined as the difference between the total revenue received by a firm and the total
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COMPETING THEORIES OF BUSINESS: PROFITABILITY AND OTHER MOTIVES INTRODUCTION Competition has always been part of human nature‚ therefore business as well‚ as a human creation. The tendency to be better and more successful has been transferred to business in idea of making profit and being successful. This enabled economy‚ as a whole‚ to evolve and provide civilization with higher quality and lower prices. In addition‚ it resulted in technological improvement. Competition led to creating competing
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Profitability is a measure of the efficiency of a business to use its resources. It is measured by the return on the capital resources it uses which means the combination of debt and equity. This is given by the ratio return on capital employed (ROCE)‚ return on investment or accounting rate of return. This tells investors how successful the business is by analyzing the profitability. The higher ROCE‚ the more liable it is to carry a high return to the investors resulting in higher dividends
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The Impact of ABC and EVA on Business Profitability and Performance. Value-added activity-based costing (ABC) and economic value added (EVA) measures have much impact on business profitability and performance. With the implementation of the ABC methodology‚ companies are able to pinpoint the products that are most profitable‚ determine what contributes to financial performance‚ forecast costs‚ profits‚ and amount of resources needed‚ identify the root of poor financial performance and
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Introduction Non-profit’s are organizations that are not in business for profit but they still have to have a certain amount of revenue to keep the organization up and functional. It is very important for the organization to have a good understanding of the group’s financials and what amount of money is needed on a daily basis. Without a good understanding of a nonprofits financials the organizations will not be functional and will not be able to fulfil the organization’s mission. This essay will
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"Business is the way of the world. Shopping‚ buying‚ selling‚ promoting‚ discounting‚ it’s a field that I am greatly interested in‚ and wish to learn more about. Although I have a broad range of interests‚ I have always been drawn to business management because to me it’s a very exciting environment with lots of demands and challenges. However the thing that excites me the most about business manm‚mnagement is the way in can directly and indirectly affect the lives of so many people.I am a forward
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BUSINESS PLAN IN T.L.E Submitted to: Michael Salingsing Submitted by: Juvan L. Duterte LINK CORPORATION S.Y. 2012-2013 S.Y. 2012-2013 Table of Contents Executive Summary…………………...………………1 Company Overview Mission & Vision Statement......................................2 Goals and Objective…………………………………...3 Values Statement……………………...………………4 Company Opportunities and Threats………………..5 Potential stealth competitors Questionnaire………..6 Business Customer Profile…………………………
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as the new economy‚ and also as the surge economy. The ”e” in E-commerce and E-business means “electronic”. Cyber market refers to all the e-stores or online markets found in the Internet. Product and services offered for sale in the k-economy usually find venues in the e-stores. Thus buyers engage in E-commerce and the manners and means of their transactions are embodied in the whole gamut of processes called E-Business. As of 1995‚ the Philippines had around 500 thousand internet users. Out of the
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Art Prize is a non-profit competition that does wonders for the Grand Rapids‚ MI area. I chose this article because I desired to write about something I cared about that not only was a relatively new business venture but also something that fosters creativity for future business and allows established businesses and communities to thrive. Entrepreneurship deals with failure‚ success‚ innovation‚ inventing‚ business‚ etc. and nobody accompanies all of these qualities better than artist. Art Prize
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Chittagong Department of Business Administration Program: BBA‚ Course Code: BUSI-1101 Course code: Introduction to Business Course objective: This course will provide the students with a complete and comprehensive view of business enterprises in home and abroad. Students will be able to know about different institutions supporting business in Bangladesh and different types of documentations used in export and import process. Further they will know how social responsibility and business ethics help to continue
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