Prentice Hall Publishing is going to add two additional distribution centers to its European theater of operations. One center will be located in each of two countries selected from the set of four candidates. The four potential countries and $15$ KSF ratings are given below. The KSFs were evaluated on the basis of a $1$ to $5$ rating$$ system, where $1$ means least desirable country and$5,$ the most desirable.

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Key Success Factors

Spain

England

Italy

Poland

$1.$ rate of technology change

$1$

$3$

$5$

$2$

$2.$ innovations in process design

$3$

$5$

$5$

$4$

$3.$ number of skilled workers

$1$

$5$

$3$

$5$

$4.$ national literacy rate

$2$

$5$

$2$

$3$

$5.$ stability of government

$5$

$1$

$1$

$1$

$6.$ product liability laws

$1$

$2$

$1$

$2$

$7.$ export restrictions

$4$

$2$

$1$

$5$

$8.$ similarity in language

$1$

$3$

$1$

$2$

$9.$ work ethic

$4$

$2$

$5$

$2$

$10.$ tax rates

$1$

$3$

$5$

$2$

$11.$ inflation

$5$

$3$

$5$

$2$

$12.$ availability of raw materials

$5$

$5$

$5$

$5$

$13.$ interest rates

$4$

$5$

$2$

$4$

$14.$ population

$1$

$3$

$4$

$1$

$15.$ number of miles of highway

$1$

$5$

$5$

$1$

On the assumption that each of the $15$ KSFs is equally$$ important, which two countries would be the best choices for locating the two new distribution$$ centers? Assume equal weights of $1.$

Part $2$

The best location is

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Italy

Poland

Spain

England

$,$ with an average score of enter your response here $($round your response to two decimal $$places$).$

Part $3$

The second best location is

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Italy

Poland

Spain

England

$,$ with an average score of enter your response here $($round your response to two decimal $$places$).$