The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the financial performance of companies in different sectors. One of the most important sectors affected is the energy sector. Therefore, this research study aims to conduct a financial performance evaluation of companies in the Saudi energy sector in 2019,...

Ponds occupy a large share of standing water worldwide and play an important role in providing various ecosystem services. There are concerted efforts of the European Union either to create new ponds, or to restore and preserve existing ponds as nature-based solutions to provide benefits to...

We propose a decision support model for equity crowdfunding (ECF) evaluation criteria, based on the interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (IVIF-AHP). We identify a holistic list of 15 evaluation criteria, divided into five categories. The IVIF-AHP is used to identify...

Comparing portfolio performance is complex due to the fact that each model is dominant in its own risk space. Since there is no single dominant performance measure, the research problem is how to incorporate several different measures into a performance evaluation model that allows portfolios to...

The Chinese central government recently published a new regulation to strictly limit the time minors spend on online games, providing a favorable policy environment for the protection of their physical and mental health as well as their overall development. We first provide empirical evidence...

This study aimed to identify financial and cash flow risks associated with SMEs and investigated how managers perceived these risks using the analytical hierarchical process (AHP). Accordingly, a three-level decision model was structured using two criteria, probability and consequences, and a...

In dem vorliegenden Beitrag wurde ein auf Künstliche Intelligenz gestütztes Kon- zept zur Bewertung und Optimierung der Transportplanungsqualität für die Stahl- und Metalllogistik ausgearbeitet und seine Praktikabilität mithilfe methodischer Untersuchungen nachgewiesen. Somit soll die...

The objective of this study is to establish understanding of the success factors in issuing green bonds including the corresponding benefits and challenges of their issuance in Lithuania. The research methodology is comprised of the three parts: (1) a literature review to examine the success...

The rapid growth in the volume of international container transport requires that the entire transport chain become more competitive, including maritime container terminals. The aim of the article is to identify the number and location of major Baltic container terminals and to perform a...

Supplier evaluation and vendor selection are complex problems with multiple criteria. These Multiple and conflicting criteria often interact with each other, making the selection process cumbersome and challenging. Multi criterion decision-making (MCDM) techniques are used to handle these...

Software testing is one of the most important phases in the software development life cycle. Software testing cannot ensure successful outcomes until and unless done perfectly. For enhanced testing, it is extremely important to identify and prioritize the parameters that influence the testing...

The business strategy structure of a logistics firm is determined by its well-integrated supply chain. A lot of companies fail to structure their business strategy models as their line of activities permit them to improvise.Third party service providing has been a strategic planning...

Green hydrogen (GH2) is versatile, non-emissive, and one of the most promising energy vectors that have the potential to decarbonize energy systems and promote sustainability. Offshore renewables (ORs) have an enormous potential to facilitate GH2 production on a large scale. However, ORs-based...

The article deals with the issue of assessment of the green growth in context of the Green Deal in the European Union Countries. Because this issue leads to the decision problem which has typical the properties of multi-criteria decision making (MCDM), the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP)...

The purpose of this work is to explore the international humanitarian relief organizations in Taiwan, and find the most crucial performance indicators of humanitarian logistics, according to the experience and opinion of those large NGOs in Taiwan. The research gathered detailed information on...

The paper outlines the most important shipbuilding strategies in Romania that would allow this industry to increase its performance to be competitive. The research is mainly based on the collection of information from experts in the field from ANCONAV (Romanian Shipbuilders Association),...

Decision-making on real-world problems, including individual process decisions, requires an appropriate and reliable decision support system. Fuzzy set theory, rough set theory, and neutrosophic set theory, which are MCDM techniques, are useful for modeling complex decision-making problems with...

Objective: The article’s objective is to identify how media could facilitate the effect of sustainable entrepreneurship on consumer purchase behaviour, based on evidence from the food industry in Nigeria. Research Design & Methods: The research population was experts who have sufficient...

The technological habitat in which successful firms may flourish is in rapid change. With digital transformation (DT), everything is connected and interdependent. Manual processes are now automated for most businesses. As a result, habits, and needs are changing, which, in turn, affects the...

Wholesale and retail sector companies improve their financial structure to be more resistant to economic fluctuations. Also, they are complying with instabilities in the economy where they could improve their activities and use their capital more efficiently to save costs and improve their...

Cognitive function impairment may seriously hamper the day-to-day activities of human beings. Investigating different risk factors of cognitive function impairment had been an area of immense interest among researchers that led to the identification of several factors. However, studies for...

Our purpose in this paper is to develop an integrated multicriteria evaluation methodology for assessing the impact of COVID-19 in the 27 countries of the European Union. Initially, a specialized and comprehensive set of normalized criteria metrics that capture several dimensions of the...