ECON 600 Lecture 3: Profit Maximization I. The Concept of Profit Maximization Profit is defined as total revenue minus total cost. Π = TR – TC (We use Π to stand for profit because we use P for something else: price.) Total revenue simply means the total amount of money that the firm receives from sales of its product or other sources. Total cost means the cost of all factors of production. But – and this is crucial – we have to think in terms of opportunity cost‚ not just explicit monetary
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MAKERERE UNIVERSITY EVALUATION OF COST CONTROL TECHNIQUES AND PROFITABILITY IN MANUFACTURING FIRM CASE STUDY: CENTURY BOTTLING COMPANY LIMITED BY WASIKE DANIEL WAMUKOTA 07/U/15905/EXT SUPERVISOR: BY MR KITALE CHRIS APROJECT REPORT SUMITED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR AWARD OF DEGREE OF BACHERLORS OF COMMERCE OF MAKERERE UNIVERSITY June 2011 DECLARATION I‚ Wasike Daniel wamukota declare that the piece of work is my original effort and never
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FAFNA – Profit-Cost-Volume Problem SHOW YOUR WORK FOR CALCULATION PROBLEMS Based on the following information‚ complete the problems listed below on the Airwolf Helicopters Company. [In $ Dollars 000] Sales……………$75‚000 Gross Margin…60% Op. Expenses..$12‚000 # Units shipped…15 Operating Profit? Gross Profit (GP)= Gross Margin x Sales = 75‚000 x 0.60 =45‚000 Operating Profit (OP)= GP-Operating Exp (OE) OP= 45‚000-12‚000 OP= 33‚000 The remaining questions are based on the following
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1. a. The total explicit cost is $793‚000($970‚000-$177‚000). The total implicit cost is $190‚000($175‚000+.15X$100‚000). The total economic costs is $983‚000($793‚000+$190‚000). b. The accounting profit in 2010 is $177‚000($970‚000-$793‚000) c. The economic profit in 2010 is $-13‚000($970‚000-$793‚000-$190‚000). d. The owner should not leave his job because the economic profit is negative‚ which means he will earn less if he does his own business. 2. a. The type of agency problem that is involved
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Using the Cost of Poor Quality to Drive Process Improvement March ‚ 2006 Presented by: Dan Olivier‚ Certified Software Solutions‚ Inc. (dolivier@certifiedsoftware.com) Javad Seyedzadeh‚ Bayer Healthcare Diagnostic Division (javad.seyedzadeh.b@bayer.com) Page - 1 Objectives: To Understand COPQ 1. What is COPQ 2. Elements of the model 3. Calculating COPQ 3. Real World Applications 4. Implementing Improvement actions Page - 2 1. COPQ Introduction 1. COPQ Introduction Page
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How Costs‚ Revenue and Profit are important for running a business? In my business and in any other business the costs‚ revenue and profit are the most important aspects for running a business as the costs are the amount that has to be paid or given up in order to get something for example in my business the costs I would have to spend in order to create my product (cupcakes) is the ingredients such as flour‚ eggs‚ icing etc. The second important aspect for running my business is the revenue as
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Answer: The first approach Sandel presents is Maximizing Welfare. “Much contemporary political debate is about how to promote prosperity‚ or improve our standard of living‚ or spur economic growth.” Maximizing welfare is individualistic; most people are wired to want what is best for them- and sometimes others because they believe “prosperity makes us better off than we would otherwise be”. An example of poor moral judgment in reference to maximizing welfare is the treatment of armed forces veterans
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switching costs are low between different brands of Airline‚ consumers are more likely to select well-known names of Airline companies because worth-of-month is importantly affecting Airline companies and safety is the first thing customers will consider. Since the ticket of Airline are usually expensive‚ customers would not give their money to the firms they do not trust. Secondly‚ this industry needs planes and experience of flying which also lowers the threat of new entrants. If a new firm plan to
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PROFIT MAXIMIZATION: REALITY OR A THEORETICAL OBJECTIVE? Research Compiled for The Paper Store‚ Inc. by Amy Sorter 3/2009 For More Information on This Paper‚ Please Visit www.paperwriters.com/aftersale.htm Introduction Though many people equate economics with finance and accounting‚ it ’s actually a social science‚ a study of behavior and how rational people behave when it comes to allocation of resources. Within the study of that social science are many theories in which economists attempt
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School of Accounting & Finance The Hong Kong Polytechnic University AF2111 Accounting for Decision making Semester 1 of 2013/2014 Academic Year Meeting Time: Thursday‚ 19:30 - 21:20 Venue: DE401 (subject group S01) Instructor: Ms Sarah Cheng Mei Ling Office: M754‚ Li Ka Shing Building Tel. No.: (852) 2766-7027 E-mail:
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