Revenue Maximization vs. Profit Maximization. Unless you are a philanthropist running a nonprofit organization, your main motivation for being in business is to generate a healthy income. How you ...

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 ...

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.

This paper hinges on the distinction between "maximizing profit" and "making profit." It recounts from Adam Smith the ethical basis for profit making, and observes in Augustin Cournot why the ...

What we’re talking about is the goal of profit maximization, which is what every for profit business needs to aim for or go out of business. In the good times, that means growing intelligently.

One of the grounds on which profit maximization has been morally condemned is the claim that businessmen are led by the logic of profit maximization to prioritize profit above all other values, ...

The business-ethos pendulum in this country has now swung so far toward "profit maximization" that most American companies would never dream of voluntarily sharing more wealth with their employees.

For senior executives at portfolio companies, wealth maximization planning would result in them and their families likely becoming substantially wealthier.