When businesses are planning how much to produce, they must pay close attention to marginal costs and marginal benefits – the incremental changes in costs and benefits that result from an increase in ...

A rational business's main goal is always to maximize profits. As complicated as business processes can be, the end goal always remains reaching the maximum profit. There are many ways a company has ...

Mary Hall is a editor for Investopedia's Advisor Insights, in addition to being the editor of several books and doctoral papers. Mary received her bachelor's in English from Kent State University with ...

Learn how to distinguish marginal costs by exploring their relationship with fixed and variable costs in production.