Constructing and evaluating balanced portfolios of R&D projects with interactions: A DEA based methodology

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1018-1039

  Eilat, Harel ^a   Golany, Boaz ^a   Shtub, Avraham ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Balanced scorecard; Data envelopment analysis; Portfolio analysis; R D projects

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; EVALUATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

BRANCH-AND-BOUND ALGORITHM; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA); PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGICAL PROJECTS;

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33645894172     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2004.12.001     Document Type: Article

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