Benjamin Moses, chief engineer of Offshore Chemicals, Inc., must decide whether to build a new processing facility

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Benjamin Moses, chief engineer of Offshore Chemicals, Inc., must decide whether to build a new processing facility based on an experimental technology. If the new facility works, the company will realize a net profit of $20 million, if the new facility fails, the company will lose $10 million. Benjamin’s best guess is that there is a 40 percent chance that the new facility will work.

What decision should Benjamin Moses make?


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Authors: Lee J Krajewski, Larry P Ritzman, Manoj K Malhotra

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