| | | | | | | | | | You are trying to determine which country to build a new manufacturing plant in. A Factor Rating matrix has been developed to evaluate risk for four possible locations. Perform analysis on the potential locations by completing the matrix. High risk 10 low risk 1 |
| | | Criteria ratings on a 1-10 scale where 1 is low risk and 10 is high risk |
| Culture Selection Criteria | Risk weighting | Mexico | Panama | Costa Rica | Venezula | | | | Criteria weight |
| Instability of government | | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | | | | Instability of government | 0.4 |
| Society value of quality work | | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | | | | Society value of quality work | 0.2 |
| Trust | | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | | | | Trust | 0.1 |
| Individualism attitudes | | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | | | | Individualism attitudes | 0.1 |
| Time orientation attitudes | | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | | | | Time orientation attitudes | 0.1 |
| Uncertainty avoidance attitudes | | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | | | Uncertainty avoidance attitudes | 0.1 |
| Total rating |