Ranking the strategies of mining sector through ANP and TOPSIS in a SWOT framework;Gavybos sektoriaus strategijų rangavimas taikant ANP, TOPSIS ir SSGG metodus

Journal of Business Economics and Management

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 670-689

  Azimi, Reza ^a   Yazdani Chamzini, Abdolreza ^b   Fouladgar, Mohammad Majid ^b   Zavadskas, Edmundas Kazimieras ^c   Basiri, Mohammad Hossein ^d  

^a Ministry of Industry Mine and Trade   (Iran)

^b Department of Strategic Management ^*  (Iran)

^c VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^d TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

ANP; MCDM; Mining strategies; Ranking; SWOT; TOPSIS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864005460     PISSN: 16111699     EISSN: 20294433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/16111699.2011.626552     Document Type: Article

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