Integrating sustainability into strategic decision-making: A fuzzy AHP method for the selection of relevant sustainability issues

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 139, Issue , 2019, Pages 155-168

  Calabrese, Armando ^a   Costa, Roberta ^a   Levialdi, Nathan ^a   Menichini, Tamara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b NICCOLÒ CUSANO UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corporate sustainability; Fuzzy AHP; ISO 26000; Shared value; Strategic decision making; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; COMPETITION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MANAGERS; PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CORPORATE-SUSTAINABILITY; FUZZY AHP; ISO 26000; SHARED VALUES; STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING;

DECISION MAKING;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; DECISION MAKING; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 85056723811     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2018.11.005     Document Type: Article

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