More Retail Discount Wars Your Abercrom B men’s fashion outlet has a 30% chance of launching an expensive new line of used auto-mechanic dungarees (complete with grease stains) and a 70% chance of staying instead with its traditional torn military-style dungarees. Your rival across from you in the mall, Abercrom A , appears to be deciding between a line of torn gym shirts and a more daring line of “empty shirts” (that is, empty shirt boxes). Your corporate spies reveal that there is a 20% chance that Abercrom A will opt for the empty shirt option. The following payoff matrix gives the number of customers your outlet can expect to gain from Abercrom A in each situation: A b e r c r o m A Torn Shirts Empty Shirts A b e r c r o m B Mechanics Military [ 10 − 40 − 30 50 ] . What is the expected resulting effect on your customer base?
More Retail Discount Wars Your Abercrom B men’s fashion outlet has a 30% chance of launching an expensive new line of used auto-mechanic dungarees (complete with grease stains) and a 70% chance of staying instead with its traditional torn military-style dungarees. Your rival across from you in the mall, Abercrom A , appears to be deciding between a line of torn gym shirts and a more daring line of “empty shirts” (that is, empty shirt boxes). Your corporate spies reveal that there is a 20% chance that Abercrom A will opt for the empty shirt option. The following payoff matrix gives the number of customers your outlet can expect to gain from Abercrom A in each situation: A b e r c r o m A Torn Shirts Empty Shirts A b e r c r o m B Mechanics Military [ 10 − 40 − 30 50 ] . What is the expected resulting effect on your customer base?
Solution Summary: The author calculates the expected effect on customer base of Abercrom B, based on the product rule of matrices.
More Retail Discount Wars Your Abercrom B men’s fashion outlet has a 30% chance of launching an expensive new line of used auto-mechanic dungarees (complete with grease stains) and a 70% chance of staying instead with its traditional torn military-style dungarees. Your rival across from you in the mall, Abercrom A, appears to be deciding between a line of torn gym shirts and a more daring line of “empty shirts” (that is, empty shirt boxes). Your corporate spies reveal that there is a 20% chance that Abercrom A will opt for the empty shirt option. The following payoff matrix gives the number of customers your outlet can expect to gain from Abercrom A in each situation:
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b
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c
r
o
m
A
Torn Shirts
Empty Shirts
A
b
e
r
c
r
o
m
B
Mechanics
Military
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10
−
40
−
30
50
]
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What is the expected resulting effect on your customer base?
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