It could be.
But for public corporations, the primary fiduciary duty is to maximize shareholders equity. And, that's done through a number of ways. Profit maximization is one way it can be done... but profits are the result of Revenue - Cost of Goods... and then there's other operating and financing functions before the numbers filter down to the bottom line of retained earnings and shareholders value.
For example, cash flows or financing operations could be more important that simply maximizing profits.
Because it does not consider the riskiness of returns and it ignores the timing of returns.
There is nothing wrong, if it is one of the goals. If that happens to be the only goal, employee's morale will get affected. Quality may deteriorate. Innovations can take a back seat.
Every private business entity aspires to maximize their profits, and this motivates them to adopt means whatsoever to cherish their ultimate goals.
Uncertainity and timing are some of the problems
Problems involved with the use of profit maximization as the goal of the firm due to numbers of reasons. 1 It ignore the timing of return. 2 It ignores the timing of returns. 3 It ignores the risk.
Shareholder wealth maximization is considered to be a more appropriate goal for the firm than profit maximization
profit maximization &wealth maximization of shareholders.
A goal of firm isn't always profit driven, it can be any cause. Profit maximization is revenue driven, making more money is it focus.
The 'value of a firm' is connected with profit maximization. It is the present value of the firm's current profit and the future profit. It determines the value accurately.
The 'value of a firm' is connected with profit maximization. It is the present value of the firm's current profit and the future profit. It determines the value accurately.
Value maximization and profit maximization are very much related, the main difference being- value maximization means increases in owners' wealth achieved by maximizing of the value of a firm's common stock. profit maximization is the process by which a firm determines the price and output level that returns the greatest profit. the other difference among the two could be sited as- value maximization is seen as long term objective of a firm, whereas profit maximization is generally a short term objective.
If the company is public listed (trades in the stock market) their aim is shareholder wealth maximization whereas for a privately owned firm a profit maximization objective is appropriate.
The objective of financial management is wealth maximization rather than profit maximization. Wealth maximization means the total value of the firm.
Profit Maximization is a short term objective as all it aims for is to generate a higher revenue for the period.This objective is generally followed if the firm is highly leveraged and a higher profit is required to service it. Wealth Maximization is followed as it looks to increasing the market value of the firms share capital and thus leads to an overall development of the firm and its capacity.
Profit maximization IS an objective of a firm, but its not the ONLY objective. A firm will have different long term and short term goals which will vary depending on the current business cycle. If you need a more specific answer, please ask a more specific question. - Stavka