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Home Country Bias
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The Twitter Story
The mega-success of social media sites is not news for anyone. Social media companies such as Facebook and Instagram have become global behemoths within a small period of time. These companies also have multi-billion dollar revenues and cash flows which reinforces their position in the market. Twitter is another social media company that is often […]
How Do Funds Transfer Systems Work
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Disadvantages of Securitization in Sports
In the previous articles, we have already seen how the use of securitization has grown in sports. We also know that the increasing use of securitization is because of certain benefits that are provided by this method of raising capital. However, it is important to note that securitization is a part of structured finance. Structured […]
Many economists have argued that profit maximization has brought about many disparities among consumers and manufacturers. In case of perfect competition it may appear as a legitimate and a reward for efforts but in case of imperfect competition a firm’s prime objective should not be profit maximization.
In olden times when there was not too much of competition selling and manufacturing goods were primarily for mutual benefit. Manufacturers didn’t produce to earn profits rather produced for mutual benefit and social welfare.
The aim of the single producer was to retain his position in the market and sustain growth, thereby earning some profit which would help him in maintaining his position. On the other hand in today’s time the production system is dominant by two tier system of ownership and management.
Ownership aims at maximizing profit and management aims at managing the system of production thereby indirectly increasing the income of the business.
These services are used by customers who in turn are forced to pay a higher price due to formation of cartels and monopoly. Not only have the customers suffered but also the employees.
Employees are forced to work more than their capacity. they is made to pay in extra hours so that production can increase.
Many times manufacturers tend to produce goods which are of no use to the society and create an artificial demand for the product by rigorous marketing and advertising.
They tend to make the product so tempting by packaging and labeling that its difficult for the consumer to resist. These happen mainly with products which aim to target kids and teenagers. Ad commercials and print ads tend to provide with wrong information to artificially hike the expectation of the product.
In case of oligopoly where the nature of the product is more or less same exploit the customer to the max. Since they form cartels and manipulate prices by giving very less flexibility to the consumer to negotiate or choose from the products available.
In such a scenario it is the consumer who becomes prey of these activities. Profit maximization motive is continuously aiming at increasing the firm’s revenue and is concentrating less on the social welfare.
Government plays a very important role in curbing this practice of charging extraordinary high prices at the cost of service or product.
In fact a market which experiences a high degree of competition is likely to exploit the customer in the name of profit maximization, and on the other hand where the production of a particular product or service is limited there is a possibility to charge higher prices is greater. There are few things which need a greater clarification as far as maximization of profit is concerned
Profit maximization objective is a little vague in terms of returns achieved by a firm in different time period. The time value of money is often ignored when measuring profit.
It leads to uncertainty of returns. Two firms which use same technology and same factors of production may eventually earn different returns. It is due to the profit margin. It may not be legitimate if seen from a different stand point.
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