FW: What is the purpose of a commercial firm?

[WMack <WMack@PEC.com>]

I feel this discussion has stalled and I am only hearing
people restate their own views.  May I suggest, as a
way of continuing discussion, that proponents of various
definitions compare and contrast their definition with
Dr. Deming's?  I am thinking of the definition on page 51
of _The New Economics_,

"The aim proposed here is for everyone to gain -
stockholders, employees, suppliers, customers, 
community, the environment - over the long term."

I think this is an interesting area of discussion but I
think we need a framework to allow us to analyze
different suggestions.  In what ways would alternate
purposes be better replacements for what Dr. Deming
proposed?

Sincerely,
Wayne Mack
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