Claudia Pragram Technologies, Inc., has narrowed its choice of outsourcing provider to two firms located in different countries. Pragram wants to decide which one of the two countries is the better choice, based on risk-avoidance criteria. She has polled her executives and established four criteria. The resulting ratings for the two countries are presented in the table below, where 1 is a lower risk and 3 is a higher risk.

(a) Using the unweighted factor-rating method, which country would you select?
(b) If the first two factors (price and nearness) are given a weight of 2, and the last two factors (technology mid history) are given a weight of 1, how does your answerchange?

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Selection Criterion Price of service from outsourcer Nearmess of facilities to client Level of technology History of successful Canada England 2 outsourcing