SI502: Production Choices

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SI502: Production Choices

CTIS as info service provider

What objective for CTIS?

Should CTIS maximize profits?

CTIS maximizing profits

General Objective: Maximize Net Benefits

What does CTIS learn from this?

Suppose CTIS sells outside Dow

Example

Should CTIS just work for Dow, or sell outside?

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How much inside vs. outside?

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Summary: Maximizing Net Benefits

Technology: The Art of the Possible

Production functions

More than one way to skin a cat

Another view: Cost minimization

Cost efficiency

External values can be internalized

Choosing efficient factor mix

Cost considerations

Author: Jeffrey K. MacKie-Mason

Email: jmm@umich.edu

Home Page: http://www.si.umich.edu/SI502/

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