Quarks are a way to explain neutrons; surplus maximization is a way to explain estoppel. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
They do not care if the hotel never gets another guest; short-term profit maximization is the goal. From Wordnik.com. [A New Brand for NASFiC 9] Reference
The others will cook up a nice deferred compensation plan that will involve common stock and will require short term maximization of short term profit. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
I control a privately held corporation that provides my livelihood and, I can assure you, profit maximization is not and has never been the primary goal. From Wordnik.com. [Waldo Jaquith - Voluntary taxes.] Reference
(Posner accepted it and no longer says wealth maximization is a theory of value. From Wordnik.com. [Discourse.net: Of Coase and Coercion] Reference
The main purpose of most businesses is defined as the maximization of shareholder wealth. From Wordnik.com. [Innovation in Kingdom Business] Reference
Problems are automatically blamed on greed, self-interest, and profit maximization - in other words capitalism. From Wordnik.com. [Voice For Liberty in Wichita] Reference
There is an emerging holistic redefinition of fiduciary duty that questions the idea of maximization of return at any cost to society. From Wordnik.com. [Sustainable Investing Doesn't Mean You Have To Lose Money] Reference
Some court decisions after Shaw have tended to assume that any district that far exceeds 50 percent in minority population is an example of "maximization" and therefore suspect. From Wordnik.com. [Minority Vote Dilution Is Still Illegal] Reference
And I am all about maximization of slenderization. From Wordnik.com. [toastcrumbs Diary Entry] Reference
My personal story of illness, credit card maximization, and bankruptcy. From Wordnik.com. [Nearly two in the morning folks, final call.] Reference
In contrast, a corporation's focus is singular: maximization of profits. From Wordnik.com. [Marilyn Barrett: Corporate America Wins Big] Reference
Other versions talk about an "increase" in utility rather than its maximization. From Wordnik.com. [The Happiness of Others] Reference
The metrics of return-on-investment, profit maximization, cost efficiency, income per doctor, etc. From Wordnik.com. [The Best Health 'Reform' Money Can Buy] Reference
Our understanding of war has become the reduction of OUR casualties and the maximization of enemy deaths. From Wordnik.com. [Stephen C. Rose: 1:1 Proportionality: If You Want War, Why Not Try Fairness?] Reference
Stress management, health issues, productivity maximization and life organization tries to cure the problem. From Wordnik.com. [27 Secrets to Avoid Internet Burnout] Reference
Institutional action principle (break-even operation, maximization of profits, heavy dependence on subsidies). From Wordnik.com. [9. Social acceptance and dissemination] Reference
This amounts to saying that some thing else is right, besides the maximization and equal distribution of welfare. From Wordnik.com. [UTILITARIANISM] Reference
What we want and need from our corporations is significantly different from the present goal of profit maximization. From Wordnik.com. [Ralph Gomory: Country and Company: Part I - Divergent Goals] Reference
The scheme deceptively called "pension maximization" is stripping unknown thousands of widows of their future security. From Wordnik.com. [Here They Go Again] Reference
What I excoriate is that today there is only one incentive for doing business, and that is the maximization of profits. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Quicklink: Nobel Laureate Yunus: 'Capitalism Has Degenerated into a Casino'] Reference
"The purpose is to realize a maximization of long-term investment returns within an acceptable risk range," said Lou Jiwei. From Wordnik.com. [Can China Fund Meet Tricky Task?] Reference
If your position is that any morality formulated as a maximization principle is irrational, your position is simply untenable. From Wordnik.com. [A Belated “Screw You” from the Clinton Administration] Reference
Science Dailyreports on a study of utility maximization -- basically making the most advantageous possible choice -- among ants. From Wordnik.com. [Consider the Ant] Reference
However, the maximization of rewards and costs fails to clarify the psychology of what makes Americans feel the need to take action. From Wordnik.com. [The Erosion of Thinking] Reference
As usual, it has nothing to do with what they really believe in, if they even know what that is, but rather simply vote maximization. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 20, 2009] Reference
The special arrangements should not be about profit maximization nor should they push coal mining companies into loss making situations. From Wordnik.com. [SUBMISSION TO NATIONAL ENERGY REGULATOR OF SOUTH AFRICA (NERSA) ON ESKOM’S APPLICATION FOR A PRICE INCREASE FOR THE 2008/9 FINANCIAL YEAR] Reference
Their pursuit, if it interferes with the maximization of price-measured values, is often thought to be unnatural and dangerous to society. From Wordnik.com. [Energy and Society~ Chapter 12~ The Distribution of Consumer Goods] Reference
For the term "economic motives," substitute the fever of profit maximization or the word greed and you get closer to what's really going on. From Wordnik.com. [Danny Schechter: Assessing the "Collective Failure"] Reference
Variability and generalization, Indigenous knowledge and maximization, The issues discussed, the factors controlled, Computers click, theories unfold. From Wordnik.com. [5: Farming systems and gardening techniques] Reference
And ultimately, that's one of the greatest benefits of shifting the purpose of business from just profit maximization to fulfillment of a worthy purpose. From Wordnik.com. [Roy Spence and Haley Rushing: The New Era Of Purpose] Reference
But for the employer class as a whole, any lowering of the value of labour power allows a maximization of surplus value extracted from the process of production. From Wordnik.com. [4. RULING CLASS RESPONSE] Reference
Inclusive fitness theory made evolution seem just like economics, in which everything can be explained as a form of utility maximization at the individual level. From Wordnik.com. [David Sloan Wilson: Truth and Reconciliation for Group Selection XIII: Hamilton Speaks] Reference
And a vast number of firms are starting to realize that if they want to hire the best people, they will have to stand for something more than profit maximization. From Wordnik.com. ['The Road From Ruin': Are We Naive Idiots For Thinking Business Can Be Anything But Greedy?] Reference
A network of real supports for people of both genders would promote the maximization of our potential, as workers and as parents, for personal and national benefit. From Wordnik.com. [Elizabeth Gregory: Never Done and Under Paid] Reference
"It is essential that the government puts competition as its No. 1 priority rather than short-term revenue maximization pumped up by very high concentration levels.". From Wordnik.com. [U.K. Banks' Profits on Mortgages Spur Criticism] Reference
By contributing to the maximization of potential of offenders to safely re-integrate, DCS hopes to reduce the rate of recidivism, and thereby, the incarceration rate. From Wordnik.com. [SPEECH BY LJ MODISENYANE ON BUDGET VOTE 21 - CORRECTIONAL SERVICES] Reference
In cases of emergency, of course, it's reasonable to be asked to wait, but double-booking has been widely adopted as a method of profit maximization at patient expense. From Wordnik.com. [You Bet Your Life] Reference
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