Academics’ and practitioners’ interest in sustainable supply chain management has received great concern in recent years. The application of biaxially-oriented polypropylene (BOPP) plastic film has had a significant influence on the economic, environmental and social performance of supply chain management. However, research on the integration of these three sustainable dimensions is still rare ...

In this paper, a fuzzy decision algorithm is proposed to select the most suitable advanced manufacturing system (AMS) alternative from a set of mutually exclusive alternatives. Both economic evaluation criterion and strategic criteria such as #exibility, quality improvement, which are not quantitative in nature, are considered for selection. The economic aspects of the AMS selection process are...

What is it? This tool is a method for collecting and analyzing data on perceptions of wealth differences and inequalities in a community and for identifying and understanding local indicators and criteria of wealth, well-being, and poverty. What can it be used for? • understanding socioeconomic differences within communities • understanding local perceptions of and criteria for wealth, well-bei...

This paper presents a new decision support model COSIMA-DSS that examines socio-economic feasibility risks involved in the implementation of transport infrastructure projects. The model makes use of conventionally costbenefit analysis embedded within a wider multi-criteria analysis. The basic approach set out in the paper looks upon the mix between so-called “hard” and “soft” evaluation criteri...

This paper holds that the criteria of rational behavior, so far assumed in behavioral models, are not sufficiently realistic. The point of view here presented lies upon contemporary neurobiology that teaches how individual behavior responds to more complex and efficient criteria than the ones so far utilized in the decision making models. Following Simon's and Hayek's intuitions, the paper take...