Question: Microcomp is a U.S based manufacturer of personal computers. It is planning to build a new manufacturing and distribution facility in either South Korea, China, Taiwan, the Philippines, or Mexico. It will take approximately five years to build the necessary infrastructure (roads, etc.), construct the new facility, and put it into operation. The eventual cost of the facility will differ between countries and will even vary within countries depending on the financial, labor, and political climate, including monetary exchange rates. The company has estimated the facility cost (in $ millions) in each country under three different future economic and political climate as follows:

ECONOMIC/POLITICAL CLIMATE

COUNTRY DECLINE SAME IMPROVE

South Korea 21.7 19.1 15.2

China 19.0 18.5 17.6

Taiwan 19.2 17.1 14.9

Philippines 22.5 16.8 13.8

Mexico 25.0 21.2 12.5

*Determine the best decision following the decision criteria.

a) Minimin

b) Minimax

c) Equal likelihood