If Managers Do Not Choose to Maximize Profit, but Pursue

question 56

Multiple Choice

If managers do not choose to maximize profit, but pursue some other goal such as revenue maximization or growth,

• A) they are more likely to become takeover targets of profit-maximizing firms.
• B) they are less likely to be replaced by stockholders.
• C) they are less likely to be replaced by the board of directors.
• D) they are more likely to have higher profit than if they had pursued that policy explicitly.
• E) their companies are more likely to survive in the long run.

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