Nowadays, the banking industry has a principal and key role in the economic growth and development of countries. In recent years, privatisation of the banking industry in Iran has led to more competition in this industry. This fact highlights the necessity for greater attention to this field of...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to present a hybrid analytic network process (ANP) and data envelopment analysis (DEA) method for ranking organizational units as well as prioritizing organization’s human capital management criteria. Design/methodology/approach – In the proposed DEA...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to prioritize service quality dimensions (SQDs) using importance-performance analysis (IPA) and to compare the results for the customer groups segmented by data envelopment analysis (DEA). Design/methodology/approach – Customers of three four-star...

Total quality management (TQM), its components, techniques and principles are extensively accepted by scholars as a comprehensive philosophy for improving organizational performance (OP). Moreover, findings suggest that a prerequisite for successfully implementing TQM is exchanging knowledge in...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is an attempt to identify the most crucial factors and their influence on one another, which can result in predicting the country’s next phase of progress based on these factors’ variation patterns. Design/methodology/approach – The authors proposed a...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify customers’ critical demands through evaluating and prioritizing service quality dimensions (SQDs) based on service quality (SQ) gaps. Design/methodology/approach The customers of four-star hotels were asked to report on their expectations and...