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, ...

Pricing strategies should be flexible enough to balance two competing requirements: drive sales and achieve market share growth, while maintaining minimum profit margins. Pricing is an integral part ...

Writing in the WSJ last week, economics professor Paul Rubin “takes the community organizer-in-chief to task for his dismissive comments about profit maximization” (ht/E. Frank Stephenson): In ...

As a business owner, you know that the bottom line is key. No matter what industry your business is in, optimizing profit should be at the top of your priorities. Profit is essential to the success of ...

We examine how the confluence of competition and upstream innovation influences downstream firms’ profit-maximizing strategies. In particular, we analyze how, in light of these forces, the downstream ...