Along with the rapid growth in the number of electric vehicles, there is urgent need to construct electric vehicles charging stations (EVCSs) to satisfy the charging demand. However, during the process of carrying out quantitative and qualitative analysis on location decisions, it is necessary to make clear the relationships and role between various factors which make impacts on charging statio...

The key issues of Information Technology (IT) managers of Brazilian banking, a highly advanced industry, were assessed. The resulting priorities are comparable to those found in developed countries. As well as the usual key issues method of rating, two other methods were used: Q-sort and interpretive structured modeling (ISM). Respondents Q-sorted issues, and a factor analysis on these data ide...

Purpose Blockchain technology (BCT) can be used for a wide variety of applications across domains and bring many benefits. BCT-based beneficial the government as well businesses. Despite promises, BCT implementation lags behind. The purpose this research is to identify roadmap critical challenges that influence by governments. Design/methodology/approach study develops an ISM-based model spread...

Financial technology (FinTech) has emerged as a significant financial sector breakthrough due to the sharing economy, new legislation, and IT advances, contributing its fast growth. Under national policy, Saudi Arabia intends increase number of FinTech firms. Thus, it is necessary develop more profound understanding what critically enables innovation, how these enablers are interconnected, thei...

A questionnaire requiring respondents to rate the importance of key issues is the traditional data collection tool for investigating the key issues of Information Technology (IT) managers. Such an instrument does not force managers to confront the relationships between issues. Q-sort and interpretive structured modeling (ISM) force managers to consider the linkages among key issues. This articl...

Dealing with expropriating investors’ money is a demanding issue in the corporate sector. This study aims to unveil barriers putting expropriations halt, extract structure underlying relationships among barriers, and classify them. The design entails literature survey, primary data collection, modeling of issue, analysis. uses Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) Matriced Impacts Cruise’s Mul...

The continued displacement of refugees from their homes and homelands (now greater than 50 million people worldwide) places increased focus attention on evolving the designs temporary housing that is available to be provided refugee population, especially in rural areas where does not already exist must constructed very little time. Complex engineering problems involving social issues, such as ...