A fuzzy AHP to prioritize enabling factors for strategic management of university business incubators: Resource-based view

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 85, Issue , 2014, Pages 198-210

  Somsuk, Nisakorn ^a   Laosirihongthong, Tritos ^a  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Fuzzy AHP; Resource based view; University business incubator

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

BUSINESS INCUBATORS; FUZZY AHP; FUZZY ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; NEW TECHNOLOGY-BASED FIRMS; POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW; STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING;

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY; NATIONAL ECONOMY; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY POLICY;

THAILAND;

EID: 84900545243     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2013.08.007     Document Type: Article

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