Essays on Profit

Profit maximization is when a firm’s primary objective is to make the most amount of profit possible when trading within its market .The traditional theory of the firm is based on the assumption of short-run profit maximization (Sloman, 2004). But there is an alternative theory which assumes that managers aim to shift cost and revenue…

Profit can be defined as the difference between revenue earned from selling a product and the cost of producing that product. In economics, the excess of revenue over costs is called “pure profit” or “economic profit”. Symbolically, P=R-C (where P denotes profits, R denotes revenue and C denotes Cost). When the difference between R and…

In this report we are comparing two of the biggest clothing companies H&M and INDITEX by using profitability ratios for making a financial statement analysis. We will state opinions in regard to the previously analyzed figures and comment on them. The overall profitability (ROI) is 23,01% in 2011 and 24,18% in 2012. So the ROI…

Marginal revenue refers to the extra income that is obtained following selling of one more unit of a commodity (McEachern, 2009). It can also be said to be the ratio of change in total revenue to change in number of units which have been sold (McEachern, 2009). It is related to the total revenue in…

The most purely variable cost of all, these are the raw materials that go into a product. Piece rate labor. This is the amount paid to workers for every unit completed (note: direct labor is frequently not a variable cost, since a minimum number of people are needed to staff the production area; this makes…

At first glance, one might think that the role of a Board of Directors (“Board”) would be based upon a standard set of criteria that would ultimately make the formation and function of a Board more straightforward. As I researched into the special role a Board would have within a non-profit, I discovered that the…

Marginal revenue is the change in revenue which comes from the sale of an additional unit of output. The relationship with total revenue is that total revenue is used in the formula to calculate marginal revenue. A company can calculate marginal revenue by dividing the change in total revenue with the change in output quantity….

                       There has been a mixed reaction by the public on the exact roles played by non profit organizations in the society in terms of the contribution they make to the general public and also to other organization alike. Virginia A. Hodgkinson and Michael W. Foley in their book “The Civil Society Reader” seeks to…

All businesses require becoming profitable or at some point they will fail. Accounting plays an essential role in determining if the company will become successful and continue to do so over time. Using well-defined formulas in order to assess the exact numbers will facilitate the actions a company needs to carry out in order to…

Cost Volume Net Income Analysis Table of Contents Introduction CVP analysis and determination devising Relationship between grosss, costs, net incomes and volume Fixed vs. variable costs Break even analysis: Margin of safety 1.Non- Linear CVP analysis: 2.Linear CVP analysis: Operating Leverage Income Tax benefits: Future prediction Preparation of Budgets: Cost Control: Monetary value Determination: Net…