Organization & Environment, Vol. 31, No. 3, Special Issue: Creating Value for Stakeholders: Mechanisms, Measurements, and Performance Implications (September 2018), pp. 242-262 (21 pages) The ...

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, ...

Lemmens, Aurelie, and Sunil Gupta. "Managing Churn to Maximize Profits." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-020, September 2013. (Revised December 2019. Forthcoming at Marketing Science.) ...

There’s an old adage in business: “Don’t tell me your priorities; show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what your priorities are.” In today’s data-driven environment, in which efficient resource ...

Business owners want their bottom line to be as profitable as possible. To increase profit, you must be diligent in cutting frivolous costs and boosting productivity among employees. This ongoing ...

Last week on Forbes, I wrote “Why Business Owners Should Never Let Ego Stand In The Way Of Profits,” which focused on the importance of business owners not losing sight of what’s best for their ...

Econometrica publishes original articles in all branches of economics - theoretical and empirical, abstract and applied, providing wide-ranging coverage across the subject area. It promotes studies ...

A variable mark-up system is the best solution to maximize a construction contractor's bottom-line because small jobs require just as much time and overhead as a bigger job Construction company owners ...

When a company focuses on maximizing shareholder value, it’s actively working to increase the wealth of its shareholders. This could mean boosting profits, increasing dividends or driving up the stock ...