scholarly journals Identification of a New Industrial Area Based on a Macro-Level Analysis – a Case of Bokaro District, Jharkhand, India

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 1626-1632
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Multicriteria Decision Making ◽  
Industrial Area ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Industrial Site ◽  
Site Location ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Location Determinants

Locating a new industrial area involves a strategic decision that covers several criteria with consideration for socio-economic benefits and environmental sustainability alongwith technical, and political issues. These different criteria are described using a number of indicators in terms of quantity and quality with some possible uncertainty. Decision making thus requires appropriate tools for data collection, analysis and knowledge management to address this multidisciplinary situation. This paper tries to find out the comprehensive method for industrial site location, a sustainable approach for finding the most suitable solution. Identifying the location determinants and site suitability models used for allocating an industrial site is observed to be an essential aspect of siting of industry, as such; level of decision making is dependent on predefined constraints. Multicriteria decision making method (M.C.D.M) seems to be a consistent and efficient solution which forms the basis for locating multiple sites for industrial activity in any delineated area.

Legitimising a ‘Zombie idea’: childhood vaccines and autism

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Rizzi ◽  
K Attwell ◽  
V Casigliani ◽  
J Taylor ◽  
F Quattrone ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Childhood Vaccination ◽  
Vaccine Hesitancy ◽  
Scientific Authority ◽  
Immunization Rates

Abstract Background In June 2017 the Italian government made childhood vaccination mandatory following a drop in immunization rates. In the years preceding, two court judgments affirmed a causal link between vaccines and autism. Studies have linked these decisions to internet searches about vaccine-autism, the popularity of 'no-vax' theories, and drops in immunization rates. This paper provides an in-depth case study of both decisions and their impact. Methods We use a synthetic research design reliant on: (i) a systematic collection of primary sources (publicly available and obtained via official access to information requests); (ii) interviews with key actors prominently involved in the two cases or privy to the Italian vaccine-injury compensation regime (iii) a systematic analysis of media coverage. Results Circumstantial and systemic flaws enabled these decisions. Poor trial strategies, insufficient resources and laborious communication practices between arms of government were facilitators. Lack of awareness of the social sensitivity of vaccine issues, underestimation of the phenomenon of vaccine hesitancy, and a tendency to 'think in silos' informed the lack of attention dedicated to the cases. The decisions created false expectations of economic benefits and vindication for families with autistic children, resulting in increased litigation. Systemic flaws exist in the process of appointment of expert consultants acting for the court leading to judicial reliance on false data. Conclusions Lessons learned include greater levels of attention to vaccine cases by the administration and a matured attitude of adjudicating bodies. Two issues remain: (i) the inability of government lawyers to disseminate positive results to counteract unfounded narratives; (ii) flaws in the process of appointing expert consultants advising courts, which remains focused on the fiduciary nature of the relationship, rather than scientific authority. Key messages The Milan and Rimini decisions that directly affected vaccine governance stemmed from a combination of circumstantial decision-making and systemic flaws that still lurk in public health governance. Strategic decision-making that overlooks lower levels of the adjudicative system can lead to significant public health consequences as courts of law and courts of public opinion obey different logics.

scholarly journals Transition Economy: Urbanization, the Processes of Creation and Accumulation of Property

Ekonomika ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Borisas Melnikas
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Strategic Management ◽  
Transition Economy ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Multicriteria Decision Making ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
General Context ◽  
Political Transformations ◽  
Transformation Processes

The urgent problems of urban development and the processes of property creation and accumulation in the context of economic, social, political transformations in the society are analyzed. The possibilities of multicriteria strategic decision-making are described. The following objects are analyzed: urban development under the conditions of transformations as the major research object in the area of strategic property management; cities and their development as an environment of property creation and accumulation; transformation processes as the general context of urban development and of the creation and accumulation of property; the major trends of the transformation processes in Central and Eastern Europe, their main criteria and indicators; the evaluation criteria used in the area of urban development and property strategic management in the conditions of transformation processes; multicriteria decision-making in the area of urban development and property strategic management.

Proposal of a hydric index to support industrial site location decision-making applying a fuzzy multi-attribute methodology

2017 ◽  
Vol 83 ◽  
pp. 427-440 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcelo Bernardes Secron ◽  
Marcelo Montaño ◽  
Marcelo Gomes Miguez ◽  
Andreja Jonoski ◽  
José Paulo Soares de Azevedo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Location Decision ◽  
Industrial Site ◽  
Site Location

scholarly journals Millennials’ Strategic Decision Making Through the Lens of Corporate Social Responsibility and Financial Management

2021 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-146
Author(s):  
Mark Reavis ◽  
Kuldeep Singh ◽  
Jack Tucci
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Company Performance ◽  
Business Simulation ◽  
Stakeholder Approach ◽  
Corporate Social

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is the touchstone for millennials when looking at the means for making their world a better place. Higher education’s focus on CSR has allowed millennials to focus their decision-making using a CSR/stakeholder approach to financial management decisions. Millennials’ support for a CSR/stakeholder approach has grown as they have been completing college. The CSR/stakeholder approach has increased partly due to social awareness created by curricula that highlights areas of social and environmental inequality. This CSR/stakeholder approach has recently emerged as a bona fide strategic management option globally. This paper extends CSR research by evaluating millennial financial decisions and the resulting competitive company performance in a widely used business simulation. Proactive university equality initiatives, resulting in curriculum changes, reinforce millennials’ ethos of social and environmental sustainability. As millennials will soon take the reins of industry, the results of their ethos will significantly influence society.

scholarly journals URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF SOCIETAL TRANSFORMATIONS: STRATEGIC DECISION‐MAKING

2005 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 247-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Borisas Melnikas
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Strategic Management ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Multicriteria Decision Making ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Strategic Decision Making ◽  
General Context ◽  
Property Management ◽  
Transformation Processes

The urgent problems of urban development and strategic property management in the context of economic, social, political transformations in the society are analyzed. The possibilities of multicriteria strategic decision‐making are described. The following objects are analyzed: urban development under the conditions of transformations as a major research object in the area of strategic property management; cities and their development as an environment of property creation and accumulation; transformation processes as general context of the urban development and of the creation and accumulation of property; the major trends of the transformation processes in Central and Eastern Europe, the main criteria and indicators of them; the evaluation criteria used in the area of urban development and property strategic management in the conditions of transformation processes; multicriteria decision‐making in the area of urban development and property strategic management.

scholarly journals Hybrid MCDM Based on VIKOR and Cross Entropy under Rough Neutrosophic Set Theory

Mathematics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 1334
Author(s):  
Katarina Rogulj ◽  
Jelena Kilić Kilić Pamuković ◽  
Majda Ivić
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Set Theory ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Multicriteria Decision Making ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Cross Entropy ◽  
Neutrosophic Set ◽  
Multicriteria Decision ◽  
Pedestrian Bridges

Problems in real life usually involve uncertain, inconsistent and incomplete information. An example of such problems is strategic decision making with respect to remediation planning of historic pedestrian bridges. The multiple decision makers and experts, as well as the various mutually conflicting criteria, unknown criteria weights, and vagueness and duality in final decisions, provide motivation to develop a methodology that is able to resist the challenges implicit in this problem. Therefore, the aim of this research was to propose an algorithm based on the theory of rough neutrosophic sets in order to solve the problem of strategic planning with respect to the remediation of historic pedestrian bridges. A new multicriteria decision-making model is developed that is a fusion of rough set and neutrosophic set theory. A new cross entropy is proposed under a rough neutrosophic environment that does not possess the shortcomings of asymmetrical character and unknown occurrences. Additionally, a weighted rough neutrosophic symmetric cross entropy is proposed. Furthermore, a rough neutrosophic VIKOR method is introduced, with which the values of the utility measure, regret measure and VIKOR index are obtained. These values, as well as the weighted rough neutrosophic symmetric cross entropy measure, are used to provide a ranking of historic pedestrian bridges favorable to remediation. Finally, an illustrative example of the strategic planning of remediation for historic pedestrian bridges is solved and compared to other research, demonstrating the robustness, feasibility and efficacy of the model when dealing with complex multicriteria decision-making processes.

scholarly journals Strategic Planning Based on Sustainability for Urban Transportation: An Application to Decision-Making

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 3589 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mustafa Hamurcu ◽  
Tamer Eren
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy Process ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Multicriteria Decision Making ◽  
Fuzzy Topsis ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Transportation Projects ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Public transportation is one of the main goals of a developing city. This topic includes not only administrators, but also city residents and the environment, with economic, environmental, and social factors. This paper presents a multicriteria decision-making process for prioritizing alternative public transportation projects in Kırıkkale, considering the urban type of a developing city. It outlines three planned projects for improvement: “electric municipality bus”, “light rail system”, and the “modernization of existing vehicles and network optimization”. In this study, we use the analytic hierarchy process and fuzzy technique for order preference by similarity to ideal situation (TOPSIS) application to prioritize transportation projects using economic, social, transportation, and environmental sub-criteria. The aim of this study is to select the most suitable project, based on sustainability, for more urban livability in Kırıkkale city. In the strategic decision-making process, the weights of each sustainability criteria have been determined using analytic hierarchy process (AHP). The fuzzy TOPSIS method has been applied for ranking the proposed alternative projects for Kırıkkale. Finally, the analytic decision process results are compared, and the electric municipality bus is selected as the best project alternative. The results of this study can not only offer a solution for current needs related to urban planning, but also ensure as a more transparent decision-making process for developing sustainability in developing cities in the near future.

scholarly journals Multicriteria Model Proposition to Support the Management of Systems of E-Waste Collection

Logistics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
Ciro Henrique de Araújo Fernandes ◽  
Lucio Camara e Silva ◽  
Patricia Guarnieri ◽  
Bárbara de Oliveira Vieira
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Electronic Waste ◽  
Multicriteria Decision Making ◽  
Public Agency ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Global Concern ◽  
Support Policy ◽  
Multicriteria Model ◽  
Support Decision Making

Background: Considering the global concern in balancing economic growth with environmental sustainability, the study proposes a model to support multicriteria decision-making. From the systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis, there was an increasing trend in studies on electronic waste due to governments, stakeholders, and the population to better address the management of this waste; Methods: We propose a decision model considering some aspects and phases that help from collecting information to support decision making, based on the FITradeoff ordering method, to support policy decisions for managing Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) collection systems.; Results: After applying the proposed model, validated based on the perception of a decision-maker working in a federal public agency, we obtained the final classification with ten positions of alternatives; Conclusions: This outcome can assist in decision making and management of the collection of WEEE. In addition, we made recommendations to manufacturers have more responsibility in the design and traceability of the product to guarantee its recovery after disposal effectively.

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