Chapter 6: “What Do Firms Try to Maximize‚ if Anything?” Introduction Do firms really maximize profit? This question has been under debate since the 1940s and 1950s‚ when a wide number of mainstream neoclassical economists defended the assumption against a group of institutional economists that questioned the assumption as the norm in the industry. On the side of the neoclassical economists were Fritz Machlup and Milton Friedman‚ with institutional economists Richard A. Lester and Garnder C
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Financial Environments Financial Environments The discussion of profit and not-for- profit organizations has been analyzed and discussed in essays and research papers for years. When you include government funded organizations into the mix this tends to bring about some very interesting discussions. There are similarities and differences among the three different environments. Some key identifiers that shed light into the similarities and differences include where the organizations get
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Are Huge Profits of Investment Banks Justified? Investment banks are the financial institutes‚ that attract the capital for the large companies and governments on the global financial market‚ provide consulting services during buying and selling business‚ as well as provide the brokerage services. Being the leading mediator at the trading stocks and bonds‚ derivatives‚ currencies and raw materials‚ the investment banks also release analytical reports on all markets operated by it
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1.) “The only rule of business is the increase of profits.” Discuss. We are now discuss about the rule of business‚ is it just maximize profit without any moral responsibility? Or we need to make decisions that protect and benefit society? According to the Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms‚ social responsibility is the “principle that businesses should actively contribute to the welfare of society and not only maximize profits”. We don’t have “absolutely” in the world‚ but we still
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Manuel V. Gallego Foundation Colleges‚ Inc. Cabanatuan City‚ Philippines Analysis of Cost‚ Profit and Total Revenue Prepared by: Cajucom‚ Mary Jane Constantino‚ Georgia Escuadro‚ Abigail Ferry‚ Yasmin Joy Orobia‚ Maribel Lopez‚ Rannel Tumale‚ Mary Joyce Submitted to: Mrs. Gina Braga Accounting versus Economic Costs Economic costs Are forward looking costs‚ meaning‚ economist are in tune with future costs because these costs have major repercussions on the potential
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Profit maximisation has been one of the main aims of the firms. The generally accepted view is the long run will wish to maximize profit. Marginal Cost and Marginal Revenue can be used to find the profit maximising level of output. Marginal cost is the addition to total cost of one extra unit of output. Marginal revenue is the increase in total revenue resulting from an extra unit of sales. Economic theory predicts that profits will be maximised at the output level where marginal cost equals maginal
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Profit Maximization vs. Maxing Shareholders Wealth Abstract Profit maximization relates only to profits‚ while shareholder wealth also encompasses total company equity‚ debt ratios and various other financial performance measure ratios. One’s management could focus on profit maximization over an extended period of time‚ while the shareholder would prefer continual increases in stock values and corporate total values. These increases are often more commonly known as “getting in and get out”
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CHAPTER 4 : COST-VOLUME-PROFIT ANALYSIS : A MANAGERIAL PLANNING TOOL SUMMARY Cost-Volume-Profit analysis estimates how changes in costs (both variable and fixed)‚ sales volume‚ and price affect a company’s profit. CVP is a powerful tool for planning and decision making. Operating Income = Total revenue – Total Expense Contribution margin is the difference between sales and variable expense. It is the amount of sales revenue left over after all the variable expenses are covered that can be used
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famous work on for-profit strategy is Porter’s “Competitive Strategy”. He defines strategy as: “developing a competitive strategy is developing a broad formula for how a business is going to compete‚ what its goals should be‚ and what policies will be needed to carry out those goals” (Porter 1980‚ p. xvi).Five decades of practice and research have been focused on strategy for for-profit organisations. Applying strategy concepts from this for-profit perspective to the non-profit world is challenging
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Pricing Decisions and Profit Analysis Chapter 5 6/1/12 ANSWERS TO END-OF-CHAPTER QUESTIONS 5.1 a. A hospital that is a price setter has some degree of market dominance and hence can‚ more or less‚ dictate the prices that it sets on its services. Conversely‚ if the hospital is one of a large number in its service area and is not in a position to distinguish its services from other hospitals‚ it is a price taker. This means that it will have to “take” the prices set in the marketplace without having
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