These two motivations are the basic difference between profit and revenue maximization and illustrates the difficulty in choosing the appropriate strategy for a small business just starting out.

AP Microeconomics FRQ/Graphing Practice: Draw a correctly labeled graph for a producer that operates a natural monopoly with constant marginal costs. Label the profit maximizing quantity (Q1) and ...

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 ...

There is no such thing as a free lunch. The theory and evidence recounted in The Profit Motive, however, suggests that the balance comes down strongly in favor of shareholder value maximization.

Though the effects of the most devastating financial crisis in decades have begun to fade, debate about companies' priorities – whether they should put profits or the common good first – is far from ...

Susan L Young, Mona V Makhija, Firms' corporate social responsibility behavior: An integration of institutional and profit maximization approaches, Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 45, ...