An organisational performance measurement model based on AHP sensitivity analysis

International Journal of Business Performance Management

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-91

  Wu, Cheng Ru ^a   Chang, Che Wei ^a   Lin, Hung Lung ^a  

^a YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

AHP; Analytic Hierarchy Process; Delphi method; MCDM; Multi Criteria Decision Making; organisational performance; sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349131719     PISSN: 13684892     EISSN: 17415039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBPM.2007.011497     Document Type: Article

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