A company is planning on expanding and building a new plant in one of three Southeast Asian countries. Chris$$ Ellis, the manager charged with making the$$ decision, has determined that five critical success factors$($CSFs$)$ can be used to evaluate the prospective countries. Ellis used a rating system of $1($least desirable$$ country$)$ to $5($most desirable$)$ to evaluate each CSF$.$

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Candidate Country Ratings

Factor

Critical Success Factors

Weight

$1$

Technology

$2$

Level of education

$3$

Political and legal aspects

$4$

Social and cultural aspects

$5$

Economic factors

Part $2$

$$a$)$ Based on the given$$ information, the best location for Chris Ellis is

Thailand

$,$ with a total weighted score of

$$

$3\mathrm{.}1.($Enter your response rounded to two decimal$$ places.$)$

Part $3$

$$b$)$ Political unrest in results in a lower$$ score, $,$ for Political and legal aspects. The best location for Chris Ellis is

Singapore

$,$ with a total weighted score of

$$

$2\mathrm{.}6.($Enter your response rounded to two decimal$$ places.$)$