A multiple-criteria decision-making model for evaluating sustainability of business enterprises

International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 315-332

  Rathviboon, San ^a   Tabucanon, Mario T ^a   Sivakumar, Muttucumaru ^b  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

AHP; Analytic hierarchy processs; Data envelopment analysis; DEA; MCDM; Multiple criteria decision making; SD; Sustainable development; Sustainable supply chain management

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; PLANNING; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY; ANALYTICAL APPROACH; BUSINESS ENTERPRISE; CASE-STUDIES; EVALUATION PROBLEMS; MCDM; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84878692958     PISSN: 17485037     EISSN: 17485045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISE.2013.054283     Document Type: Article

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