A new study reveals that the intense drive to maximize happiness is not a universal human motivation. Instead, findings from ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Michael Boyle is an experienced financial professional with more than 10 years working with ...

A joint team from UOsaka has uncovered the core principles of the loss maximization in rotor-driven gas-liquid two-phase ...

Let me give you an example of time maximization. Randy Boll, like most people, didn’t have enough time in the day to get it all done. Randy was already one of the top 10 producers at his firm, and he ...

Researchers have clarified the mechanisms by which energy loss is locally maximized at a certain rotational speed in ...

Operational efficiency refers to how well a business manages its resources and uses them to produce profits. While the best practices for maximizing operational efficiency are different for each ...

Learn how utility functions derive demand functions and their role in maximizing consumer satisfaction and economic decision making.

Sales are the first step toward profits. Without sales, there are no profits. Profit is also called income, net profits and net income. Sales are also called revenues and result from products and ...

Probabilistic models, such as hidden Markov models or Bayesian networks, are commonly used to model biological data. Much of their popularity can be attributed to the existence of efficient and robust ...

Every week, it seems, there’s a new financial website with just the right solution for managing your money. “We’ll bucket you.” “We’ll goal you.” “We’ll de-tax you.” “We’ll balance you.” “We’ll ...

Stephen Bainbridge, the William D. Warren distinguished professor of law at U.C.L.A. School of Law, is the author, most recently, of "Corporate Governance After the Financial Crisis." Updated April 16 ...