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Ah, okay. Thanks!

Do you mind explaining more? I was under the impression that a corporation can take a tax deduction for charitable donations. There's a line item for it on Form 1120 ( https://www.…

I always assumed the reason was to generate $XXX million in donations for a tax deduction for the grocery store chain.

Nothing personal, but I find this kind of naive ideological sentiment to be one of the least endearing features of Hacker News. For whatever reason, a lot of technical people were …

Well I think taken literally, "not maximizing profit" can't possibly be sufficient grounds for an action. Nobody really has any idea of whether any particular strategy is profit-ma…

To have standing you need to show that you are an injured party. I believe the original commenter was saying that not attempting to maximize shareholder value is in some cases an i…

With early stage companies, often what happens is investors subsidize an investment precisely because they know what the profit strategy is and because they think it's strong. With…

It's true that investors can sell if profit isn't being maximized, but how often does that happen in privately held companies? E.g. if startup X has the tech to take over a market,…

I think the parent meant something closer to legal standing ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standing_(law) ) than an obligation. The investors have actions available to it than can…

I'll second this. Wikipedia is a great resource for this stuff. Also, check out some of the common frameworks like Porter's 5 Forces, SWAT analysis, BCG Growth-Share matrix, and th…

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