A comprehensive bid/no-bid decision making framework for construction companies

Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transaction B: Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 95-103

  Ravanshadnia, M ^a   Rajaie, H ^a   Abbasian, H R ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bid no bid; Contractor firm; Correlation; Framework

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; BID/NO-BID; BIDDING BEHAVIOR; CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES; CORRELATION; DECISION MAKERS; DECISION MAKING MODELS; DECISION-MAKING METHOD; FRAMEWORK; LARGE SIZES; LINGUISTIC DESCRIPTIONS; LOGICAL DECISIONS; SIMPLE ADDITIVE WEIGHTING; SOUND DECISION; STRATEGIC DECISIONS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTORS; OPTICAL CORRELATION;

DECISION MAKING;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CORRELATION; DECISION MAKING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; FINANCIAL MARKET; FINANCIAL SERVICES; FIRM OWNERSHIP; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LOGISTICS;

EID: 79955808797     PISSN: 10286284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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