Harden College is contemplating opening a European campus where students from the main campus could go to take courses for 1 of the 4 college years. At the moment, it is considering five countries: The Netherlands, Great Britain, Italy, Belgium, and Greece. The college wishes to consider eight factors in its decision. The first two factors are given weights of 0.2, while the rest are assigned weights of 0.1. The following table illustrates its assessment of each factor for each country (5 is best).

a) In which country should Harden College choose to set up its European campus?
b) How would the decision change if the "degree to which the population can converse in English" was not an issue?

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FACTOR THE NETHER- GREAT LANDS KTOR DESCRIPTION BRITAIN ITALY :BELGIUM GREECE 1 Stability of government 4 Degree to which the population can converse in English 2 4 3 Stability of the 4 Communications 5 Transportation 6 Availability of monetary system 5 4 infrastructure 4 infrastructure historic/cultural sites 7 Import restrictions 4 4 8 Availability of suitable quarters 4 4