This case series is suitable for students, MBA, Executive Education, and MBAExec audience, but is specifically designed for the analysis of decisions, the first year the main course of MBA. In the case of Osvaldo Correa, CEO Salmones Puyuhuapi (SP), have to decide how to react to the news that the ISA virus has infected salmon farming rival site. Alternatives include the collection of 900,000 salmon JV for two months before, waiting for the fish to grow and lose the fish to the virus, and vaccination of fish. Case estimates "harvest now," the alternative use of a normally distributed weight of the fish. In the case provides probabilities for the different outcomes of the virus. Case C provides information vaccination cost and reveals the fact that vaccination will reduce growth. Though it is written in English, comments of the three managers are shown in their native Spanish with (imperfect) English translation is provided in the exhibition. The idea is to give students some small opportunity to work with someone who speaks another language. "Hide
by Phillip E. Pfeifer, Rafael Echeverria Source: Darden School of Business 13 pages. Publication Date: October 18, 2010. Prod. #: UV6280-PDF-ENG
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