Partner selection in virtual enterprises

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 683-707

  Crispim, José António ^a   De Sousa, Jorge Pinho ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Meta heuristics; Multi attribute decision making; TOPSIS; Virtual enterprises

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX PROBLEMS; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; CORE COMPETENCIES; FUZZY DATA; GLOBAL BUSINESS; IDEAL SOLUTIONS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MARKET OPPORTUNITIES; MEMBER ENTERPRISE; META HEURISTICS; MULTI ATTRIBUTE DECISION MAKING; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING PROBLEMS; NEW OPPORTUNITIES; PARTNER SELECTION; SELECTION OF PARTNERS; TABU SEARCH META-HEURISTIC; VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE;

HEURISTIC METHODS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TABU SEARCH; VIRTUAL CORPORATION;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 74549165434     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540802425369     Document Type: Article

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