https://cephas.lianabanyan.com/tags/incentives/Recent content in Incentives on Cephas - Liana Banyan Knowledge CenterHugo -- 0.152.2en-us2026 Liana Banyan Corporation. All rights reserved.Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://cephas.lianabanyan.com/academic/anti-extractive-derivative-tldr/Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://cephas.lianabanyan.com/academic/anti-extractive-derivative-tldr/<h1 id="the-anti-extractive-derivative-the-tldr">The Anti-Extractive Derivative: The tl;dr</h1> <p><strong>Want the formal proofs?</strong> See: <a href="https://cephas.lianabanyan.com/academic/anti-extractive-derivative-academic/">Full Academic Paper</a></p> <hr> <h2 id="the-problem-in-one-sentence">The Problem in One Sentence</h2> <p>Normal businesses make more money by cutting costs, which usually means cutting quality.</p> <h2 id="the-solution">The Solution</h2> <p>Lock the margin so the only way to grow profit is to grow volume, and the only way to grow volume is to increase quality.</p> <h2 id="the-math-dont-panic">The Math (Don&rsquo;t Panic)</h2> <p><strong>Normal business:</strong><br> <code>Profit = (Price - Cost) × Volume</code></p>