Hudson corporation is considering three options for managing its data processing operation: continuing with its own staff, hiring an outside vendor to do the managing (referred to as outsourcing), or using a combination of its own staff and an outside vendor. the cost of the operation depends on future demand. the annual cost of each option (in thousands of dollars) depends on demand as follows: demand staffing options high medium low own staff 650 650 600 outside vendor 900 600 300 combination 800 650 500 a) what is the best strategy using the optimistic, conservative and minimax regret approach? show all your work separately for each approach. show the best strategy and associated pay off for each approach. b) if the demand probabilities are 0.2, 0.5 and 0.3, draw the decision tree. c) which decision alternative will minimize the expected cost of data processing operation? what is the expected annual cost associated with that recommendation?

You are the manager in charge of global operations at bankglobal – a large commercial bank that operates in a number of countries around the world. you must decide whether or not to launch a new advertising campaign in the u.s. market. your accounting department has provided the accompanying statement, which summarizes the financial impact of the advertising campaign on u.s. operations. in addition, you recently received a call from a colleague in charge of foreign operations, and she indicated that her unit would lose $8 million if the u.s. advertising campaign were launched. your goal is to maximize bankglobal’s value. should you launch the new campaign? explain. pre-advertising campaign post-advertising campaign total revenues $18,610,900 $31,980,200 variable cost tv airtime 5,750,350 8,610,400 ad development labor 1,960,580 3,102,450 total variable costs 7,710,930 11,712,850 direct fixed cost depreciation – computer equipment 1,500,000 1,500,000 total direct fixed cost 1,500,000 1,500,000 indirect fixed cost managerial salaries 8,458,100 8,458,100 office supplies 2,003,500 2,003,500 total indirect fixed cost $10,461,600 $10,461,600

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