Entrepreneurship policy evaluation and decision analysis for SMEs

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 8343-8351

  Tsai, Wen Hsien ^a   Kuo, Hsiao Chiao ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Analytic network process (ANP); Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL); Entrepreneurship policy; Small and medium enterprises (SMEs); Zero one goal programming (ZOGP)

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC NETWORK PROCESS; DECISION MAKING TRIAL AND EVALUATION LABORATORY (DEMATEL); ENTREPRENEURSHIP POLICY; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE; ZERO-ONE GOAL PROGRAMMING (ZOGP);

BUDGET CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; ECONOMICS;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 79952447625     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2011.01.022     Document Type: Article

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