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Case Study-Dealing with Risk and Uncertainty | Assignment: Dealing with Risk, Asymmetric Information, and Incentives ECO 550; complete guide_latest summer 2022.
Running head: Dealing with Risk, Asymmetric Information, and Incentives
Case Study: Dealing with Risk, Asymmetric Information, and Incentives
Jamie Anderson
Doctor Phyllis Isley
ECO 550 – Managerial Economics & Globalization
May 2, 2022
, DEALING WITH RISK, ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION, AND INCENTIVES
Introduction
Board of directors of large companies faces the challenge of making decisions without
having all the information available. There are concerns about the risk associated with these
decisions and those involved in them might not always have the same goal for the company.
There’s a specific outcome they are looking for that minimizes risk and helps them to reach their
goals for the company and its stakeholders. Handling risk well is what will make a company lead
in their market. Best explained as, “a simple view of the received wisdom on firm strategy in the
face of risk is that firms should strive to maximize expected profits” (Friberg, 2016).
Dealing with Risk and Uncertainty
Verizon Wireless is a famous telecommunications company in the United States because
of their great prices, customer service, and community involvement. In 2018 Verizon has been
awarded over twenty-four different awards in the fields of technology, diversity and inclusion
and corporate responsibility. (Verizon, 2018). In order for Verizon to achieve such outstanding
awards they had to deal with both risk and uncertainty. Risk is defined as uncertainty that can be
modeled by the use of various variables, while uncertainty are outcomes that can’t be foreseen
(Froeb, McCann, Shor, & Ward, 2018). Verizon had to embrace the knowledge that great
companies are judged by what they do, not by what they say. To be the best, they had to keep
pushing themselves in new and exciting directions while accepting uncertainty when an
unexpected event occurs that could impact the company.
One risk that all telecom carriers are facing is the drive to 5G networks. In the drive to
stay ahead of the game Verizon chose to be the first to launch their 5G home network to the
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