đmemesđ¤ŁDiffering Objectives and Policies of Firmsâ A levels Economics CIE 9708
profit maximisation
sales revenue maxamisation
sales maximization
AC=AR
Sales maximisation involves supplying the largest output possible consistent with earning at least normal profits where average revenue = average cost (AR=AC).
Price discrimination
First degree: Firm charging each consumer a different price. For example, a clothes seller selling the same clothes at different prices to different people who walk into the shop.
Second degree: Customers who buy more are charged less.
Third degree: When a firm actively discriminates between consumers based on the assumption that groups of consumers will have a different price elasticity of demand for the product. An example are discounts offered to students at movie theaters compared to other adults.