PROFIT MAXIMIZATION [See Chap 11] 1 Profit Maximization • A profit-maximizing firm chooses both its inputs and its outputs with the goal of achieving maximum economic profits 2 Model • Firm has inputs (z1‚z2). Prices (r1‚r2). – Price taker on input market. • Firm has output q=f(z1‚z2). Price p. – Price taker in output market. • Firm’s problem: – Choose output q and inputs (z1‚z2) to maximise profits. Where: π = pq - r1z1 – r2z2 3 1 One-Step Solution • Choose (z1
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Profits Katherine Carpenter Liberty University Econ 213 Gwartney states that profits are; “An excess of sales revenue relative to the opportunity cost of production. The cost component includes the opportunity cost of all resources‚ including those owned by the firm. Therefore‚ profit accrues only when the value of the good produced is greater than the value of the resources used for its production.” An example of a profit would be bakery offers a cheesecake for $20 and the total cost to make
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by private individuals. Usually‚ we have organizations within the economy where one is profit oriented and its main business objective is to make profit from the revenue it tends to make by the end of a certain period‚ therefore‚ nothing from the extra money made will be used to develop the business‚ instead‚ the profit will go to the owner of the business‚ adding to that the owner can be giving some of the profit to its employees as a way of motivation according to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs which
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Capital Structure and Profit Capital Structure Definition A unite of a company’s long-term debt‚ specific short-term debt‚ common equity and preferred equity. The capital structure is how a firm finances its overall operations and growth by using different sources of funds. Debt comes in the form of bond issues or long-term notes payable‚ whereas equity is classified as common stock‚ preferred stock or retained earnings. Also‚ Short-term debt such as working capital requirements is considered
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Profit Maximization model helps to predict the price-output behavior of a firm under changing market conditions like tax rates‚ wages and salaries‚ bonus‚ the degree of availability of resources‚ technology‚ fashions‚ tastes and preferences of consumers etc. It is a very simple and unambiguous model. It is the single most ideal model that can explain the normal behavior of a firm. It is often argued that no other alternative hypothesis can explain and predict the behavior of business firms better
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Darwin’s study of the evolutionary process that explains natural selection between plants and animals. The major difference is that when Herbert Spencer originated Social Darwinism‚ he used it as a justification for political conservatism‚ imperialism‚ and racism and to discourage intervention and reform. Employing the “survival of the fittest” concept‚ Spencer expanded on Darwin’s teachings by linking them to human sociology and the human mind. The people exposed to the views of Social Darwinism had
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The Philosophies of Georg Hegel and Herbert Spencer The Philosophy of Georg Wilhelm Hegel (1770-1801) Metaphysics Georg Wilhelm Hegel aspired to find a philosophy that would embody all human experiences with the integration of not only science‚ but also religion‚ history‚ art‚ politics and beyond. Hegel’s metaphysical theory of absolute idealism claimed that reality was the absolute truth of all logic‚ spirit‚ and rational ideas encompassing all human experience and knowledge. He believed that
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IGNOU MBA MS - 04 Solved Assignments July 2011 Course Code : MS - 04 Course Title : Accounting and Finance for Managers Assignment Code : MS-04/SEM - I /2011 Coverage : All Blocks Note: Answer all the questions and send them to the Coordinator of the Study Centre you are attached with. 1. Discuss and explain the relevance of the following accounting concepts a) Business entity b) Money measurement c) Continuity d) Cost e) Accrual f) Conservatism g) Materiality h) Consistency
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of capital of the project to be 13.487% and a Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) to be at a value of 9.70%. Factoring in the WACC into our projections we found that if the demand maintains at an average rate the project will be at a positive Net Present Value of $5‚997‚505.31 with an IRR of 13.21%‚ a profitability index of 8.84‚ and an approximate payback period of 6.84 years. Please see Exhibits below for a snapshot of the capital budget and NPV values. This information seemed to be very
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report of Stock Analysis on Net on Starbucks’ profitability analysis‚ Starbucks’ gross profit margin was 55.75% in 2009‚ and it notably increased to 58.36% in the following year. However‚ the firm’s gross profit margin was decreased by 0.66% in 2011 reaching 57.70%. It was again dropped to 56.29% in 2012. According to the same report‚ in the last fiscal year‚ Starbucks achieved an improved gross profit margin of 57.14%. The recent increase in the company’s gross profit margin indicates that Starbucks
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