The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) has been proposed in recent literature as an emerging solution approach to large, dynamic, and complex real world multi-criteria decision making problems, such as the strategic planning of organizational resources and the justification of new manufacturing technology. This paper presents an application of the AHP in firms' long-term overall performance evalu...

Precursor analysis, the evaluation of “near misses,” has been an activity of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for almost twenty years. One item that has remained constant over this time is that the focus of the analysis has been on modeling the scenario using a risk model and then utilizing the results of the analysis to determine the severity of the precursor incident. The investigation of pr...

The tight profit margins under which the Chemical Process Industry (CPI) operates are forcing companies to pay more and more attention to the design and operation of their Supply Chains (SC). Traditional approaches available in the Process Systems Engineering (PSE) literature to address the design and operation of chemical SC focus on the process operations side and neglect the financial part o...

This paper explores the linkage between strategic grouping and performance of the Indian banking sector. Strategic grouping and performance were identified using published financial information for all public sector banks. Grouping of Indian public sector banks following comparable financial strategy – with similar asset quality, operational efficiency and profitability – was operationalized us...

This paper reported on a decision support system (DSS) for strategic planning on pig farms. The DSS was based . on a stochastic simulation model of investment decisions (ISM). ISM described a farm with one loan and one building using 23 variables. The simulation model calculated the results of a strategic plan for an individual pig farm over a time horizon of a maximum of 20 years for a given s...

Finland is one of the biggest exporters of paper and board in the world. A competitive forest industry is a necessity for the economy of the country. Strategic planning and decision making must cover the whole organization in the industry, where for example investments are extremely large. Therefore there is a need to synthesize all available knowledge, experience, and expertise. Substantively ...

Many common management practices in healthcare organizations, including the practice of strategic planning, have not been subject to widespread assessment through empirical research. If management practice is to be evidence-based, evaluations of such common practices need to be undertaken. The purpose of this research is to provide evidence on the extent of strategic planning practices and the ...

in management accounting information systems, managers use accounting information systems to be able to predict or have the data structured by the use of decision support systems and business intelligence. so, the use of management accounting information systems is necessary in management decision-making process based on decision support and business intelligence. this paper reviews the liter...