Florentino Allers is the production manager of Electronics Manufacturer. Due to limited capacity, the company can only produce one of two possible products: • An industrial motherboard with a 75% probability of making a profit of $1 million and a 25% probability of making a profit of $190,000. A regular motherboard with a 100% chance of making a profit of $710,000. Florentino will get a 20% bonus from his department. Florentino has the responsibility to choose between the two products and is more of a risk-taker, more so than most of the top management at Electronics Manufacturer. A. Which option is Florentino more likely to choose and why? Florentino will choose the industrial motherboard since he is a risk-taker, and a 75% chance of a $1 million profit is much higher than (even though there is a 25% chance of a $190,000 profit with the industrial motherboard). ✓ the $ B. Which option would the company be more likely to choose and why? The company, being a lower risk ✓taker than Florentino, would prefer the regular motherboard because of the certainty of earning $ While the expected value of the industrial motherboard is $ higher ✔, the potential difference of $ is not enough offset the higher risk ✔ (25% chance) of only earning $190,000. C. What changes should the company make to Florentino's compensation to avoid unnecessary risks? The company should reduce ✔ to ✔the size of the bonus and increase ✓the salary, thus leveling the playing field when it comes to risk-taking.
Florentino Allers is the production manager of Electronics Manufacturer. Due to limited capacity, the company can only produce one of two possible products: • An industrial motherboard with a 75% probability of making a profit of $1 million and a 25% probability of making a profit of $190,000. A regular motherboard with a 100% chance of making a profit of $710,000. Florentino will get a 20% bonus from his department. Florentino has the responsibility to choose between the two products and is more of a risk-taker, more so than most of the top management at Electronics Manufacturer. A. Which option is Florentino more likely to choose and why? Florentino will choose the industrial motherboard since he is a risk-taker, and a 75% chance of a $1 million profit is much higher than (even though there is a 25% chance of a $190,000 profit with the industrial motherboard). ✓ the $ B. Which option would the company be more likely to choose and why? The company, being a lower risk ✓taker than Florentino, would prefer the regular motherboard because of the certainty of earning $ While the expected value of the industrial motherboard is $ higher ✔, the potential difference of $ is not enough offset the higher risk ✔ (25% chance) of only earning $190,000. C. What changes should the company make to Florentino's compensation to avoid unnecessary risks? The company should reduce ✔ to ✔the size of the bonus and increase ✓the salary, thus leveling the playing field when it comes to risk-taking.
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Transcribed Image Text:Florentino Allers is the production manager of Electronics Manufacturer. Due to limited capacity, the company can only produce one of two possible products:
An industrial motherboard with a 75% probability of making a profit of $1 million and a 25% probability of making a profit of $190,000.
A regular motherboard with a 100% chance of making a profit of $710,000.
Florentino will get a 20% bonus from his department. Florentino has the responsibility to choose between the two products and is more of a risk-taker, more
so than most of the top management at Electronics Manufacturer.
A. Which option is Florentino more likely to choose and why?
Florentino will choose the industrial motherboard since he is a risk-taker, and a 75% chance of a $1 million profit is much higher than
(even though there is a 25% chance of a $190,000 profit with the industrial motherboard).
.
✔ the $
B. Which option would the company be more likely to choose and why?
The company, being a lower risk
✓taker than Florentino, would prefer the regular motherboard because of the certainty of earning $
While the expected value of the industrial motherboard is $
higher ✔, the potential difference of $
offset the higher risk ✔ (25% chance) of only earning $190,000.
C. What changes should the company make to Florentino's compensation to avoid unnecessary risks?
The company should reduce
is not enough ✓ ✓to
✔the size of the bonus and increase ✔ the salary, thus leveling the playing field when it comes to risk-taking.
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