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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relationship between profit and output is as follows: ( = -40 + 20Q – 2Q2 a. What value of Q maximizes profit? b. How can you be certain that this quantity maximizes (as opposed to minimizes) profit? Demonstrate this. 4) A firm produces 2 goods‚ Q1 and Q2‚ and has the following profit function. ( = -80 + 30Q1 + 25Q2 – 4Q12 – 3Q22 - 2Q1Q2 a. Find the partial derivative‚ with respect to Q1‚ of the firm’s profit function.
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Established by Dr Mthembu‚ Indoni is a non-profit organisation (NPO) that is aimed at preserving the beauty and richness of the different cultures found in South Africa by teaching the youth about them. The organisation wants to use the different cultures to help develop‚ and guide young people; to show them how to use these cultures as a source of income and expose them to a number of opportunities that come with the knowledge of these cultures. For a while non-profit organisations‚ did not feel they needed
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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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Impacts to the Profit and Loss Statement Nicole T. Le Blanc Kaplan University AB299: Unit 6 Impacts to the Profit and Loss Statement As Tim was informed about new business around his coffee shop‚ he is expecting that sales should increase. Tim needs too to create a pro forma income statement to be able to plan and look at his future projections in his business operations to see if the projections determine a profit or a loss. If need be he can make operational changes such as increasing
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where its businesses are located. Tyco has taken a more aggressive approach by multiple acquisitions. These types of companies are called conglomerates. For the purpose of this paper the common shareholder’s equity‚ market capitalization and net profit margins for the last five years will be discussed. General Electric has been contributing to our country and culture in one way or another since the beginning of the last century. The company was originally named the Edison General Electric
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operations used in a computer program are often grouped into logical units called _____________. a. procedures 7. Envisioning program components as objects that are similar to concrete objects in the real world is the hallmark of _____________. c. object-oriented programming 8. The values of an object’s attributes also are known as its _____________. b. orientations 9. An instance of a class is a(n) _____________. a. object 10. Java is architecturally _____________. c. neutral 11. You must compile classes
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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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Understanding gross profit margin can be challenging to new business owners‚ but it’s critical to knowing whether your business is efficiently producing products and growing at the pace you desire. Calculating Gross Profit Margin Business owners use gross profit margin to set prices at levels that ensure a strong profit or as a measure to try to reduce cost for better profitability. It’s also helpful when determining whether you can charge enough for a new item to make it profitable.
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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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