Green material selection is a crucial step for the material industry to comprehensively improve material properties and promote sustainable development. However, because of the subjectivity and conflicting evaluation criteria in its process, green material selection, as a multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) problem, has been a widespread concern to the relevant experts. Thus, this study propo...

After the Chinese reform and opening up, the construction of economic zones, such as Special Economic Zones, Hi-tech Zones and Bonded Zones, has played an irreplaceable role in China's economic development. Currently, against the background of Chinese economic transition, research on development evaluation of economic zones has become popular and necessary. Similar research usually focuses on o...

0957-4174/$ see front matter 2010 Elsevier Ltd. A doi:10.1016/j.eswa.2010.07.056 * Corresponding author. Tel.: +886 3 5712121x575 E-mail addresses: [email protected] (Y.-C. Sh (G.T.R. Lin), [email protected] (G.-H. Tzeng). This research aims to propose a hybrid process concerning the economic and industrial prospects along with critical technology streams toward a more effective selec...

Performance analysis is an important way for hospitals to achieve higher efficiency and effectiveness in providing services to their customers. The performance of the healthcare system can be measured by many indicators, but it is difficult to improve them simultaneously due to the limited resources. A feasible way is to identify the central and influential indicators to improve healthcare perf...

agility is perceived as the dominant competitive vehicle for all organizations in an uncertain and ever-changing business environment. many of the enterprises in present competitive environment need to have strategic plan for achieving agility. for this purpose, they should identify strategies in order to centralize on the agility capabilities and providers. indeed, each enterprise for achievin...

Modern global managers are required to possess a set of competencies or multiple intelligences in order to meet pressing business challenges. Hence, expanding global managers’ competencies is becoming an important issue. Many scholars and specialists have proposed various competency models containing a list of required competencies. But it is hard for someone to master a broad set of competenci...

social determinants, similar to equity, have been considered by policymakers in many countries. however, there is not a correct and complete understanding of them. this study aimed to analyze the systematic relationships among social determinants of health (sdh) and identify their prioritization in iran.this cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study was conducted in 2012. the target populati...

The wide ecological area consists of a rangeland with special vegetation and one of the key factors in rangeland management is to select Management Indicator Species (MIS). Management indicator species based on a new method such as Analytical Network Process-Decision Making Trial and Evaluation (ANP-DEMATEL) is one of the most important stages in the successful Range management as choosing a su...