Integrating expert weighting and multi-criteria decision making into eco-efficiency analysis: The case of US manufacturing

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 616-628

  Gumus, Serkan ^a   Egilmez, Gokhan ^b   Kucukvar, Murat ^c   Park, Yong Shin ^d  

^a TURKISH MILITARY ACADEMY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN   (United States)

^c ISTANBUL SEHIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

eco efficiency; input output analysis; life cycle assessment; multi criteria decision analysis; sustainability performance assessment; sustainable manufacturing

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; MANUFACTURE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECO-EFFICIENCY; INPUT OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE; SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 84962235057     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.2015.88     Document Type: Article

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