From the beginning, the company formed by Mr. Brown, Trans-American, pursued a strategy of maximizing its profit from the fixed amount it received from the state for each inmate (in 1997, $24,448).
It's maximizing its own resources.
Beijing has proved especially adept in the past at targeting American exports from swing states in presidential elections and closely fought congressional districts, maximizing its leverage in the political process even if the economic effects were limited.
The phrase "maximizing its own profits" broadly outlines the fight between the two companies.
And Pdvsa in the 1990s was focused on maximizing its market share in the United States.
Maximizing its impact as a vehicle for development is a laudable goal.
That deadline also took away any incentive for Pakistan's military to work with the United States against the Taliban, thinking that it could instead sit the Americans out and wait for the chance to maximize its influence in a post-American Afghanistan.
It maximizes its fee income by insisting that clients commit to aggressive savings goals.
To maximize its potential, however, will require more effort than most Americans and even Mr. Summers generally acknowledge.
It will choose that option that maximizes its own payoff.
