Multiple Criteria Choice of R&D Organization with the Aid of Structural Methods

• Authors: Jerzy Michnik
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Technology-intensive firms need to organize their R&D on a global scale. This is an important and complicated task that requires an explicit model and a thorough evaluation. Due to the complexity of the decisions about the global R&D organization and interrelations among the underlying issues, a structural approach is recommended. A detailed study of global R&D projects presented in the literature is used for structuring the problem with the aid of cognitive mapping. Based on this, two qualitative approaches: the Roberts model and the WINGS method are applied to and the most suitable solution.

Keywords

EN

Cognitive maps,; Multiple Criteria Decision Aiding, Research & development; Structural methods; WINGS

PL

Mapy poznawcze,; Metody strukturalne; Wspomaganie decyzji

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Katowicach
• Journal: Multiple Criteria Decision Making
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 9
• Pages: 72-83

Contributors

author

Jerzy Michnik

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Identifiers

ISSN

2084-1531