Purchase Solution

Quantifying Risks Evaluations

Not what you're looking for?

Ask Custom Question

Please help with quantitatively evaluating the following data by calculating the expected impact, the standard deviation, and the coefficient of variation for each risk. Additionally, what do these statistics tell you about the possible risks?

For commodity price risk, there is a 25% chance that oil prices will increase, which would reduce profits by $25,000. However, there is a 25% chance that oil prices will fall significantly, which would increase profits by $50,000. There is also a 50% chance that oil prices will only fall slightly, improving profits by $5,000. With regard to the sovereign risk, there is a 50% chance that the country's government will impose a new tax, which would reduce profits by $50,000, and a 50% chance that no change will be made to the tax code.

Purchase this Solution

Solution Summary

The expert examines quantifying risk evaluations.

Solution Preview

Please see the explanations below and let me know if you have any questions. Feel free to assign posts to me exclusively in the future so that I can take a first look.

First let's review the definitions of expectation, variance, standard deviation, and coefficient of variation.

Expectation (E): the sum of the possible outcomes, weighted by their probabilities
Variance ...

Purchase this Solution


Free BrainMass Quizzes
Paradigms and Frameworks of Management Research

This quiz evaluates your understanding of the paradigm-based and epistimological frameworks of research. It is intended for advanced students.

Employee Orientation

Test your knowledge of employee orientation with this fun and informative quiz. This quiz is meant for beginner and advanced students as well as professionals already working in the HR field.

Motivation

This tests some key elements of major motivation theories.

Production and cost theory

Understanding production and cost phenomena will permit firms to make wise decisions concerning output volume.

Marketing Management Philosophies Quiz

A test on how well a student understands the basic assumptions of marketers on buyers that will form a basis of their marketing strategies.