An application of a multi-criteria approach to assessing the performance of Portugal's economic sectors: Methodology, analysis and implications

European Business Review

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-132

  Augusto, Mário ^a   Figueira, José ^a   Lisboa, João ^a   Yasin, Mahmoud ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Economics; Portugal

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844448687     PISSN: 0955534X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09555340510587995     Document Type: Article

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