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MAXIMIZE PROFIT [3 records]

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Record 1 2022-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Real Estate
  • Investment
CONT

A few tips to ensure a successful property flip. Flipping a property requires time — lots of time. You first need to find a gem of a property, then you have to remodel it to maximize your profit. Then comes the selling process, which, even though you may want the opposite, can take many weeks, even months.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immobilier
  • Investissements et placements
CONT

Quelques trucs pour assurer un flip immobilier. Réaliser un flip immobilier, ça demande du temps, beaucoup de temps. Il vous faut d'abord trouver la perle rare, puis, vous devez la rénover afin de maximiser votre gain et, ensuite, vient la vente qui — même si on espère le contraire — peut exiger plusieurs semaines, voire plusieurs mois.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Decision-Making Process
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
DEF

In decision theory, one of several possible prescriptions for making a decision under conditions of uncertainty; it prescribes the strategy that will maximize the maximum possible profit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Processus décisionnel
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
OBS

Choix du gain maximal parmi les gains maximaux (critère optimiste). Ici on suppose que le meilleur va arriver. Pour appliquer ce critère le décideur doit trouver le gain maximal pour chaque stratégie et choisir alors le gain maximal parmi les gains maximaux possibles.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Proceso de adopción de decisiones
  • Gestión presupuestaria y financiera
DEF

Criterio de decisión que lleva a elegir la opción con el máximo resultado potencial, fijándose sólo en los resultados máximos posibles de cada opción.

OBS

Es característico de optimistas y aventureros, por contraposición al maximin.

OBS

criterio maximax: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 3 1980-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Economics
  • Productivity and Profitability
OBS

This completes our discussion of Marginal Revenue and Marginal Cost as tools to maximize profit. It will add to your confidence in the result if you find that the general MR=MC rule is consistent, when applied to a perfect-competitor, with Chapter 23's P=MR rule for a profit-maximizing perfect-competitor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie de l'entreprise
  • Productivité et rentabilité

Spanish

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