"Now we want to hurt the bad guy and maximize profit for the Government."
Private companies do not have any goal other than to maximize profits.
The second challenge is, of course, to price the offering to maximize profit.
But as a private company, maximizing profits will be its main concern.
We need to lower our overhead costs in order to maximize profits.
Companies set costs at the point that maximizes their profits, end of story.
Let us consider example, The main objective of firm is to maximize profit.
Making good economic policy isn't at all like maximizing corporate profits.
Assume for a moment that the goal of someone in this department is to maximize profit.
Each firm takes the other's output as given when maximizing profit.