Analysis of the Critical Success Factors for Green Shipping

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingzheng Ren ◽  
Marie Lützen
Keyword(s):  
Success Factors ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Influence Factors ◽  
Analytic Network Process ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Strategic Measures ◽  
Network Process ◽  
Global Emissions

Shipping, which is one of the most important transport modes, plays a significant role in international trade, but unfortunately, it also contributes significantly to global emissions. The present study proposes a generic method for establishing a system of evaluation criteria for assessing the greenness of shipping. A system of evaluation criteria that consists of multiple influence factors has been established, and an Analytic Network Process has been used to determine the relative importance of the influential factors and to consider their interdependences and interactions. The results can help stakeholders draft strategic measures that enhance the greenness of the shipping activities.

scholarly journals Strategies for Heterogeneous R&D Alliances of In Vitro Diagnostics Firms in Rapidly Catching-Up Economies

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (10) ◽  
pp. 3688
Author(s):  
Chi-Yo Huang ◽  
I-Ling Tung
Keyword(s):  
Success Factors ◽  
Joint Venture ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Analytic Network Process ◽  
Catching Up ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
Network Process ◽  
In Vitro Diagnostic

Most developed countries already have high-quality in vitro diagnostic (IVD) techniques for diseases, but developing countries often do not have access to these technologies and cannot afford them. Enabling firms to leverage external resources to optimize their research and development (R&D) performance has become one of the most critical issues for small and medium-sized late-coming IVD firms. R&D alliances, especially heterogeneous alliances, are necessary for releasing the resource limitations of late-coming small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and reaching the metaoptimum of the R&D performances. However, to the authors’ knowledge, a few, if any, previous studies have investigated the key success factors and strategies of heterogeneous alliances in the IVD industry. Therefore, the authors aim to define the critical factors for evaluating and selecting strategies for heterogeneous alliances in the IVD industry. A Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL)-based analytic network process (DANP) was proposed to prioritize the weights associated with the evaluation criteria. Then, a heterogeneous R&D alliance strategy was derived from the compromise ranking based on the modified VlseKriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje (VIKOR) method. An empirical study of major Taiwanese IVD firms’ evaluation and selection of heterogeneous R&D alliance strategies will be used to reveal the practicability of the analytic framework. Based on the analytic results, the joint venture strategy is the most suitable heterogeneous R&D alliance strategy for IVD firms in rapidly catching-up economies. These results can serve as the basis for heterogeneous R&D alliance strategy definitions in the IVD industry in the future.

Critical Success Factors for Blockchain Technology Adoption in Freight Transportation Using Fuzzy ANP–Modified TISM Approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (06) ◽  
pp. 1549-1580 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vipulesh Shardeo ◽  
Anchal Patil ◽  
Jitender Madaan
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Freight Transportation ◽  
Analytic Network Process ◽  
Interpretive Structural Modeling ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Network Process ◽  
Customer Services

The dynamic and uncertain demand forces organizations to provide flexible services in order to fulfill customer demands. Freight transportation, being the key component of the businesses, requires adoption of efficient Information and Communication Technologies which can induce transparent and flexible services. Blockchain Technology (BT) is an emerging technology which has great potential to cater solutions to freight transportation issues. This study identifies different critical success factors of BT adoption in freight transportation. An integrated Fuzzy Analytic Network Process (FANP) is applied to prioritize identified success factors. Further, modified Total Interpretive Structural Modeling (mTISM) is used to represent the interrelationship among different sub-factors. The findings of the study revealed Development Aspects, Customer Services and Technological Aspects as well as Data Transparency, Reliability and Organizational Culture as the most significant factors and sub-factors, respectively. The proposed model will guide freight transport managers to formulate their strategies regarding BT adoption.

scholarly journals CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS IN DIGITAL PUBLISHING TECHNOLOGY USING AN ANP APPROACH

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 670-684 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lon-Fon SHIEH ◽  
Ching-Chiang YEH ◽  
Ming-Cheng LAI
Keyword(s):  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Digital Publishing ◽  
Analytic Network Process ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Network Process ◽  
Publishing Technology

Digital publishing technology (DPT) has been recognized as one of the most important technologies for economic development. The purpose of the study is to develop an evaluation model based on analytic network process (ANP) approach to explore the critical success factors (CSFs) for the successful implementation of DPT. It can objectively identify related criteria of DPT, and then prioritize improvement criteria to the success of promoting DPT for government. To demonstrate the applicability of the proposed approach, the Taiwan’s DPT is conducted. The results of this study could serve as a new method and offer insights to policy makers to indentify and prioritize CSFs for DPT implementations systematically.

scholarly journals A MULTI-CRITERIA JOB EVALUATION METHOD FOR A STATE BANK

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ezgi Aktar Demirtas ◽  
Yeliz Buruk ◽  
Müjgan Sağır
Keyword(s):  
Performance Management ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Analytic Network Process ◽  
Evaluation Methodology ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Job Evaluation ◽  
Wage Policy ◽  
Network Process ◽  
Fair Wage

<p>Wage management is an important task which affects a firm’s productivity in the short term and the consistency of the firm’s activities in long term. If an organization fails to establish a fair wage policy among the personnel, conflict is inevitable in the organization. A fair wage policy can be achieved by job evaluation, which is a technique used to determine the relative importance of all jobs in an organization. Jobs are evaluated with respect to ability, responsibility, effort, and job condition factors etc. which make it a multi-criteria problem for organizations. In this study, a job evaluation methodology is developed for a state bank in Turkey. The relative importance of the evaluation criteria which is then used to grade jobs with respect to one another by a Liberatore scale is determined by an Analytic Network Process (ANP) model. This new methodology has a positive effect on competence and performance management systems.</p>

scholarly journals Exploring Critical Success Factors in Urban Housing Projects Using Fuzzy Analytic Network Process

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (11) ◽  
pp. 1048 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hessam Youneszadeh ◽  
Abdollah Ardeshir ◽  
Mohammad Hassan Sebt
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Analytic Network Process ◽  
Urban Housing ◽  
Housing Demand ◽  
Housing Projects ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Network Process ◽  
Fuzzy Analytic Network Process

Population growth and increasing trend towards urbanization have caused housing demand to exceed its supply, particularly in urban areas in developing countries. Furthermore, housing industry motivates many subsidiary industries and plays a leading socio-economic role in such countries. Therefore, successful completion of housing projects is of great significance quantitatively and qualitatively.This study aims to propose a framework to evaluate the critical success factors (CSFs) in housing projects considering the interrelationship among factors and criteria. The factors were initially identified through literature review and then refined and categorized using a two-round Delphi method and finally prioritized using fuzzy analytic network process (FANP). To demonstrate the implementation of the proposed model, a case study was carried out on an urban residential building project in Tehran. The framework proposed in this study can be applied as a decision support system for decision makers, project managers and practitioners involved in the housing sector.

Optimal Strategy for the Smartphone Industry in Taiwan

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 62-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi-Fen Chen ◽  
Bi-Chu Chen ◽  
Wen-Yu Chen ◽  
Chia-Wen Tsai ◽  
Wei-Hung Lin
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Optimal Strategy ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Development Trend ◽  
Analytic Network Process ◽  
Optimal Decision ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Network Process ◽  
Effective Decision Making ◽  
Optimal Decision Making

Smartphone development has opened the door to many future business opportunities. Many smartphone manufacturers in Taiwan have received orders from large international companies (mainly as OEMs or ODMs), while only few manufacturers have developed their own brands. If the authors can provide these enterprises with an effective decision-making strategy, they will be able to make the best decisions in time. The purpose of this paper is to take critical success factors (CSFs) and the existing internal capabilities of an enterprise in an external environment into account to build an operational model guide that enterprise in its decision making process. This study combined the Delphi method and the analytic network process (ANP) model to construct a decision model, calculate the weighting of every criterion and sub-criterion, and determine the optimal decision-making strategy in the smartphone industry. Then, the authors chose the HTC Corporation as a case study. The results showed that the development trend of the smartphone industry was the integration of mobile phones. The strategy of excellent functions strategy is the optimal strategy for the implementation of the alternatives.

scholarly journals The Analysis of Critical Success Factors for In-Town Check-In in Taiwan

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 200
Author(s):  
Cheng-Hua Yang ◽  
Huei-Ju Chen ◽  
Li-Chu Lin ◽  
Alastair M. Morrison
Keyword(s):  
Management Strategy ◽  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Analytic Network Process ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Service Capacity ◽  
Evaluation Indexes ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Network Process ◽  
Security Checks

The Taoyuan International Airport in Taiwan encountered service capacity bottlenecks for insufficient facilities before COV-19 break. In order to increase the service capacity efficiency on check-in, security checks, and customs clearance, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications R.O.C. (MOTC), Taiwan, rerouted the airport traffic flow by implementing the in-town check-in (ITCI) concept to decrease crowding in the airport waiting hall. This research examined the structure of critical success factors (CSFs) for ITCIs, deriving three hierarchies of three dimensions, eight criteria, and 18 evaluation indexes from the previous literature, expert interviews, and analysis results from Analytic Network Process (ANP) via Super Decisions software. The three CSF dimensions were: first-level hierarchy “advantageous environments,” followed by “marketing” and “service value,” which is a second-level hierarchy. The study concluded that the third level item of “transferred vehicles system and management” can play an important key role in ITCTs and “users’ usage preference” has a high correlation to ITCT management strategy. Those findings are expected to be a valuable reference as operating guidelines for Taoyuan Airport MRT Company and management strategy for airport companies.

Prioritizing Strategic Factors of Creative Tourism Industry in Iran by Analytic Network Process (ANP)

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 553-565
Author(s):  
Reza Kiani Mavi ◽  
Hamed Gheibdoust ◽  
Ahmad A. Khanfar
Keyword(s):  
Policy Making ◽  
Analytic Network Process ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Business Support ◽  
Network Process ◽  
Strategic Factors ◽  
Strategic Policy ◽  
Strategic Policies

Nowadays, it is obvious that creative tourism industry has become very essential for countries and societies; therefore, governments work on constituting policies in order to develop this industry. To be successful in improving creative tourism industry, governments should identify the influential factors and focus on ones that are more important rather than investing a bit on many different factors. Because of the interrelations among factors, this research is aiming to prioritize factors that influence strategic policies of creative tourism industry in Iran using analytic network process (ANP). Data were collected during the period of May 2017 to February 2018. Participants in this research are 13 tourism experts with more than 10 years' experience in the field. Results show that the most influential criterion is "business support" and the most influential subcriterion is "supporting midsize businesses." This study helps policy makers to improve creative tourism by emphasizing on those factors that have high priority from the viewpoint of strategic policy-making.

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