Problem 9-7 Decision Trees he manager for a growing firm is considering the launch of a new product. If the product goes directly to market, there is a 60 percent chance of success. For $185,000, the manager can conduct a focus group that will increase the product's chance of succ to 75 percent. Alternatively, the manager has the option to pay a consulting firm $400,000 to research the market and refine the product. The consulting firm successfully laur the payoff will be $2 million. If the product is a failure, the NPV is zero Calculate the NPV for each option available for the project. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers in dollars, not millions of dollars, e.g. 1,234,567) NPV Go to market now Focus group Consulting firm Which action should the firm undertake? Focus group Consulting firm Go to market now