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For-Profit Democracy

For-Profit Democracy, 2018
This chapter discusses for-profit democracy, in which the utilitarian rule of the most people and the greatest profit defines the government's purpose. It focuses on nuclear power as an outcome of for-profit democracy.
L. Ashwood
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‘Profit’ variability in for-profit and not-for-profit hospitals

Journal of Health Economics, 1991
This paper proposes two tests of the hypothesis that not-for-profit hospitals (NFPs) behave differently than for-profit hospitals. The profit variability test states that the profits of an NFP will be less variable over time than profits of a for-profit hospital if the NFP maximizes utility subject to a profit constraint.
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The Profits of Not-for-Profit Hospitals

Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 1988
This paper explores the profits of not-for-profit (NFP) hospitals and identifies the factors that determine whether such profits are adequate. A model which relates hospital charges to surpluses is used to derive NFP surplus from gross patient charges and operating costs.
C F, Chang, H P, Tuckman
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WAGES AND PROFITS

Oxford Economic Papers, 1978
Abstract Wages and profits must be regarded as simultaneously determined—profits must not be regarded as a residual. In the short period both are determined by current demand, profits fluctuating much more strongly than wages. More important is the long-period factor, which depends upon capital-labor substitution elasticity.
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Estimating Profit Performance from Similar Profit Centers

Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 1981
A decision model involving discriminant analysis provides a method by which both upper and middle managers can avoid some pitfalls that are likely to result in the substantially subjective process of pertbrmance evaluation of profit centers. It is designed to provide more objective, more timely, and possibly more accurate information.
Richard Rivers, Robert Welker
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Trade, Productivity and Profits: On Profit Levels and Profit Margins

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2016
Do firms engaging in international trade have higher or lower profit margins? It is well-established that more productive firms engage in trading activities and as a result have higher profit levels. We use two theoretical models (the Melitz model and the Egger-Kreickemeier model) to clarify the relationship between productivity, trade activity, and ...
Saara Tamminen, Marcel van den Berg, Charles van Marrewijk   +2 more
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Profitable Patriotism

2019
World War I gave John Philip Sousa, always an astute businessman, several opportunities to reshape his image and rebuild his career. Sousa embraced first neutrality, and then preparedness, notably in championing “Wake Up, America” during his residency at New York’s Hippodrome. When the country entered the war, Sousa was acclaimed for his quintessential
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Profit over people

The Applied Theatre Reader, 2020
Noam Chomsky
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Profit sharing and firm profitability

Journal of Participation and Employee Ownership, 2018
PurposeThis purpose of this paper to examine how profit sharing depends on the underlying profitability of firms. More precisely, motivated by theoretical research on fair wages and unionized labor markets, profit sharing is estimated for six different profitability categories: positive, increasing, positive and increasing, negative, decreasing and ...
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PROFITABLE POINTERS FROM NON‐PROFITS

Journal of Business Strategy, 1994
Non‐profits have to make money—lots of it, in fact. And there's lots to learn from the creative strategy, planning, and marketing these concerns employ.
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