Identification of critical success factors for sustainable development of biofuel industry in China based on grey decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL)

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 131, Issue , 2016, Pages 500-508

  Liang, Hanwei ^a   Ren, Jingzheng ^a,b,c,d   Gao, Zhiqiu ^e   Gao, Suzhao ^c   Luo, Xiao ^f,g   Dong, Liang ^a,h,i   Scipioni, Antonio ^d  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^f TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g Shanghai Tongji Urban Planning and Design Institute   (China)

^h LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biofuel; DEMATEL; Grey number; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BIODIESEL; BIOETHANOL; BYPRODUCTS; COMPETITION; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY SECURITY; FOSSIL FUELS; INVESTMENTS; LINGUISTICS; PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TAXATION;

CAUSE-EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS; CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR; DEMATEL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS; GREY DECISION MAKING; GREY NUMBER; INTEGRATED UTILIZATION;

BIOFUELS;

EID: 84969216947     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.04.151     Document Type: Article

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