Enhancing strategic management using a “quantified VRIO”: Adding value with the MCDA approach

Adding Value in Construction Design Management by using Simulation Approach

Adding value to bank branch performance evaluation using cognitive maps and MCDA: a case study

The performance evaluation of bank branches is a difficult task. One of the main reasons for this difficulty is the complexity inherent in the variety of aspects to be considered in the evaluation, and the multiple and conflicting interests of the different stakeholders involved. In this paper we aim to show how cognitive mapping and the MACBETH approach can be used to support the evaluation of...

Strategic Cost-Cutting in Information Technology: toward a Framework for Enhancing the Business Value of IT

The increasing dependency of many businesses with information technology (IT)and the high percentage of the IT investment in all invested capital in businessenvironment ask for more attention to this important driver of business. Thelimitation of capital budget forces the managers to look for more wise investment inIT. There are many cost-cutting techniques in the literature and each of them ha...

Adding Value to Change Order Management Process Using Simulation Approach: A Case Study

Change orders are inevitable in almost everyday’s construction project. They can significantly increase the project cost and duration, and lead to big number of claims and disputes, which in turn create an adversarial relationship among project participants. Studies revealed that improving the administrative process of change orders are beneficial in reducing the cost and risk for all the proje...

Enterprise-Wide Risk Management (EWRM) as a Value Added Tool in Enhancing the Economic Value of Business Enterprises

In recent years, Risk Management in respect of Enterprise-Wide Risk Management (EWRM) has become more important and highly critical to major corporations worldwide including Malaysia. In fact, it is interesting to note that when the Government of Malaysia passed the Code of Corporate Governance in the year 2000, most of the Public Limited Companies (PLCs) in Malaysia was struggling to implement...