Why might a company fail to achieve maximum profit?

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It lacks knowledge of its marginal cost and marginal revenueIt possesses an excess of dataIt suffers from insufficient informationBoth the first and third reasonsNone of the above

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A firm may not maximize profits if it either does not understand its marginal cost and marginal revenue or if it has inadequate information. Therefore, both lacking knowledge of MC and MR and having too little information can prevent profit maximization.

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Why might a company fail to achieve maximum profit?

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