AP - Value Creation
AP - Value Creation
COEC 491
Value Creation
Prof. lvaro Parra
Classroom Expectations
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Short Assignments
Midterm Exam
Individual Assignment
Group Assignment
Participation
Final Exam
5% - w/ Cases
20% - Oct 18
10% - Nov 8
20% - Nov 24
15% - Every Class
30% - Dec
HOW
Points
Comment
Attending
5p.
Late or missing
class
0p.
Participating
5 p.
Up to 15 pts./day
Questions
5 p.
My discretion
40 p.
Today
Goals
Develop a framework to think about how firms
create and capture value
Show that with simple tools, we can learn a lot
in practice.
Explore how we can embed social responsibility
decisions into this framework
Profit Maximization
What is the main goal of the Firm?
A firm must aim to maximize its profits
Why?
So, where does social impact come in?
Environmental concerns
Labor standards
Social welfare
Other social impact issues?
Profit Maximization
We will take profit maximization as the
overarching goal of strategy.
Profit
Revenue
per unit
Cost
per unit
x Unit sales
Profit Maximization
Why is Profit maximization not a strategy?
Maximize profits is the goal of the firm in exactly the
same way as win is the goal of a football coach
Profits are the eventual goal, but we will focus on the
decisions that lead to long-term profitability
Price customer
pays for product
in the market
B
Value that goes to
customers as
CONSUMER
SURPLUS
Value created
P
Value that goes to firms
as PROFITS
Price customer
pays for product
in the market
P
Value that goes to firms
as PROFITS
units sold
Q
Units sold, or number of
customers who purchase
Price customer
pays for product
in the market
units sold
Q
Units sold, or number of
customers who purchase
Price customer
pays for product
in the market
units sold
Q
Units sold, or number of
customers who purchase
Profit Maximization
Price customer
pays for product
in the market
B
Value that goes to
customers as
CONSUMER
SURPLUS
Value created
P
Value that goes to firms
as PROFITS
units sold
Q
Units sold, or number of
customers who purchase
$/unit
Consumer surplus
Consumer surplus
P
Profits
Profits
C
units sold
units sold
$/unit
Consumer surplus
Consumer surplus
P
Profits
Profits
C
units sold
units sold
$/unit
Consumer surplus
Consumer surplus
P
Profits
Profits
C
units sold
units sold
$/unit
B
Consumer surplus
Consumer surplus
P
Profits
Profits
C
units sold
units sold
$/unit
B
Consumer surplus
P
Consumer surplus
P
Profits
Profits
units sold
Costs go up a lot, benefits only a little
Difficult to increase price and profits
units sold
$/unit
B
Consumer surplus
P
Consumer surplus
P
Profits
Profits
units sold
Costs go up a lot, benefits only a little
Difficult to increase price and profits
units sold
$/unit
Consumer surplus
P
Consumer surplus
P
Profits
Profits
C
units sold
Costs go up a lot, benefits only a little
Difficult to increase price and profits
units sold
$/unit
Consumer surplus
Consumer surplus
P
P
Profits
Profits
units sold
Costs go up a lot, benefits only a little
Difficult to increase price and profits
units sold
$/unit
Consumer surplus
Consumer surplus
P
P
Profits
Profits
units sold
Costs go up a lot, benefits only a little
Difficult to increase price and profits
units sold
Costs go up a little, benefits a lot
Easier to increase price and profits
Consumer surplus
P
Profits
C
units sold
Q
Units sold, or number of
customers who purchase
Consumer surplus
P
Profits
C
units sold
Q
Units sold, or number of
customers who purchase
Consumer
Surplus
(B-P)
Profit
(P-C)
Demand curve
units sold
Consumer
Surplus
(B-P)
Profit
(P-C)
Demand curve
Q
Customers who care
about ethical food
Customers who
just like burritos
units sold
Consumer
Surplus
(B-P)
Profit
(P-C)
Q
Customers who care
about ethical food
Customers who
just like burritos
units sold
These customers
will go elsewhere
Q
Customers who care
about ethical food
Customers who
just like burritos
units sold
Consumer surplus
Profit
Q
Customers who care
about ethical food
Customers who
just like burritos
units sold
$/unit
B
Consumer surplus
P
Profits
C
units sold