Marginal analysis was the heart of early Austrian economics and was quickly adopted into mainstream economics, where it is central to modern microeconomic analysis. Amazingly, many people in business ...

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Business owners and managers make a number of decisions throughout the day, week or month. Many of these decisions are "either-or," but even more of them often are about "how much." Margin analysis, ...

A rational business's main goal is always to maximize profits. As complicated as business processes can be, the end goal always remains reaching the maximum profit. There are many ways a company has ...