When a small business is first getting started, its goal may appear relatively straight forward: to make as much money as possible for its owners. But for a business to be successful long term, a new ...

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 ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! A panel discussion was held on the work of philosopher and economist F.A. Hayek. Here Professor Richard Epstein discusses Hayek's view of government ...

Though the effects of the most devastating financial crisis in decades have begun to fade, debate about companies' priorities – whether they should put profits or the common good first – is far from ...

Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 45, No. 6, Special Issue: Advancing Interdisciplinary Research in International Business: Integrative Knowledge and Transformative Theories (August 2014 ...

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. This ...