Multi criteria decision making for assisting business angels in investments

Technological and Economic Development of Economy

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 696-720

  Rostamzadeh, Reza ^a   Ismail, Kamariah ^a   Zavadskas, Edmundas Kazimieras ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Business angels; Decision making; Fuzzy sets; Investment criteria; MCDM; Regional development; VIKOR

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934272997     PISSN: 20294913     EISSN: 20294921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/20294913.2014.984364     Document Type: Article

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