Maximizing profits by minimizing service and integrity can lead to business problems that eventually sink a business, as shortcuts and bad PR cause customers and employees to leave. Some of the ways ...

An Excel workbook called ProfitMax.xls provides a simple example of how to use Solver and the Comparative Statics Wizard. The Comparative Statics Wizard is an Excel add-in that walks the user through ...

In capitalist economies, the primary goal of for-profit companies is to maximize their profits. This doesn't mean that companies focus on profits at the expense of everything else, though. Instead, ...

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. This ...

Hai Mag is the co-founder and CEO of Eva, Profit Maximization Software and Agency Services for Amazon and all Marketplaces. In the ever-evolving landscape of Amazon businesses, staying ahead demands ...

Since the late 1970s, when American companies were fat and complacent, the focus of American capitalism has been on the bottom line. Spurred on by activist shareholders, private-equity firms, and ...

An important component of marketing strategy is to "position" a product in perceptual space. But to realize a perceptual position we must model the link from physical characteristics to perceptual ...

I asked Prof. Bainbridge whether I could cross-post this from Corporate Finance Lab, and he kindly agreed: What is the purpose of a corporation? Is it, as Nobel Economics laureate Milton Friedman ...