Profit maximization is not a useful decision$-$making device for the following reasons. Check all that apply.

It has the capacity to reflect time$$s effect on alternative decisions$$for example, the differences between short$-$term and long$-$term results.

It has the capacity to evaluate differences in the riskiness of alternative decisions.

Its absence of a time dimension means that it lacks the capacity to compare and assess the differences between the firm$$s short$-$term and long$-$term profits.

It lacks the capacity to evaluate differences in the riskiness of alternative decisions.