The current complexity of supply chains (SC) activities requires the need for coordination between supply chains partners to maximize the efficiency. Considered by practitioners as one of the main SC coordination problems, this paper considers the strategic supplier selection problem. Fuzzy set is used in order to address the imprecision of supply chain partners in formulating the preferences v...

a r t i c l e i n f o This paper examines the strategic environmental assessment (SEA)–sustainability relationship over the past decade, from 2000 to 2010, focusing in particular on the incorporation of sustainability in SEA. A total of 86 papers from the academic literature containing the terms 'sustainability' or 'sustainable development' and 'strategic environmental assessment' were identifi...

When set in strategic context and developed according to valuable criteria, performance indicators can be a powerful tool for different purposes in the public sector. Since their use in public services is evidently increasing, this review paper presents needed synthesis of important facts and findings about performance indicators: their advantages and shortcomings, characteristics, types and pu...

We consider multiple criteria decision-making problems where a group of decision-makers wants to find the most preferred solution from a discrete set of alternatives. We develop a method that uses achievement scalarizing functions for charting subsets of reference points that would support a certain alternative to be the most preferred one. The resulting descriptive information is provided to t...

The decision of information technology (IT) outsourcing requires close attention to the evaluation of supplier selection process because the selection decision involves conflicting multiple criteria and is replete with complex decision making problems. Selecting the most appropriate suppliers is considered an important strategic decision that may impact the performance of outsourcing engagement...

A major challenge for Strategic Human Resource Management research in the next decade will be to establish a clear, coherent and consistent construct for organizational performance. This paper describes the variety of measures used in current empirical research linking human resource management and organizational performance. Implications for future research are discussed amidst the challenges ...

This paper reviews current problems in intact stability criteria, including the development of new generation intact stability criteria at the IMO (International Maritime Organization), the activities of the ITTC(International Towing Tank Conference) ‘s Specialist Committee on Stability in Waves (SiW) and relevant international researches as the backgrounds of the SCAPE Committee (Strategic Res...

BACKGROUND Despite pressures to change the role of hospital boards, hospitals have made few changes in board composition or director selection criteria. Hospital boards have often continued to operate in their traditional roles as either "monitors" or "advisors." More attention to the direct involvement of hospital boards in the strategic decision-making process of the organizations they serve,...

Strategic models identify areas of development opportunity and constraints for long term management strategies. A GIS based environmental decision support system for solid waste management under Indian socio-economic and regulatory conditions has been developed. For selection for primary landfill site selection using analytical hierarchy process (AHP) has been used to give weights to different ...

because of important role of development banks in optimal allocation of limited financial resources, their investment efforts must have an objective direction to the achievement of government's strategic goals. in order to get appropriate approaches in its investment, bank of industry and mine (bim) as the only development bank in industry and mine sector, aims to take a general survey amo...