As the Manager of a growing beauty product company, you are considering widening the product range by
Question:
As the Manager of a growing beauty product company, you are considering widening the product range by launching a new product: a hair dressing tonic. The incremental profit is $700 per unit and the necessary investment in equipment is $39 million. The marketing department has given you the estimated demand as follows:
Units demanded 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 70,000
Probability 0.05 0.10 0.20 0.30 0.35
QUESTION:
1) Compute the expected profits for all the possible events (states of nature)
2) Prepare a pay-off table for this decision situation
3) Advise the board of directors whether the new product should be introduced.
Hint: Use the expected value criterion
4) The board has now resolved to obtain expert information and is in the process of contracting a marketing consultancy firm for this purpose.
Suggest the maximum amount that your company should be willing to pay for the consultancy.
Support your answer with the relevant workings.
Pricing Strategies A Marketing approach
ISBN: 978-1412964746
1st edition
Authors: Robert M. Schindler