Proposing a new methodology for prioritising the investment strategies in the private sector of Iran

Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 320-345

  Yazdani Chamzini, Abdolreza ^a   Shariati, Shahram ^b   Yakhchali, Siamak Haji ^c   Zavadskas, Edmundas Kazimieras ^d  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^d VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Decision making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL); Fuzzy logic; Investment strategy; Multi criteria decision making (MCDM); Technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS)

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; PRIVATE SECTOR; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

IRAN;

EID: 84922386835     PISSN: 1331677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1331677X.2014.947150     Document Type: Article

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