An improved fuzzy preference programming to evaluate entrepreneurship orientation

Applied Soft Computing Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2749-2758

  Rezaei, Jafar ^a   Ortt, Roland ^a   Scholten, Victor ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship orientation (EO); Fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (AHP); Fuzzy preference programming; Model validation; Multi criteria decision making (MCDM); Small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs)

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INVESTMENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ENTREPRENEURSHIP ORIENTATION (EO); FUZZY ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; FUZZY PREFERENCE PROGRAMMING; MODEL VALIDATION; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; SMALL TO MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS;

EID: 84885610413     PISSN: 15684946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asoc.2012.11.012     Document Type: Article

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