The multicriteria selection of products in technological diversification strategies: An application to the Spanish automotive industry based on AHP

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 715-728

  Muerza, Victoria ^a   De Arcocha, Daniel ^b   Larrodé, Emilio ^a   Moreno Jiménez, José María ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

AHP; Industrial and technological diversification; Multicriteria selection; Strategic planning

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TOOLS;

AHP; COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVES; ECONOMIC RECESSION; GLOBALISATION; INDUSTRIAL STRATEGIES; KEY TECHNOLOGIES; MULTI-CRITERIA; TECHNOLOGICAL DIVERSIFICATION;

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 84897917480     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537287.2013.798089     Document Type: Article

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