Journal of Modelling in Management: Volume 16 Issue 4

Hybrid fuzzy MCDM and FMEA integrating with linear programming approach for the health and safety executive risks: a case study

Mohammad Khalilzadeh, Peiman Ghasemi, Ahmadreza Afrasiabi, Hedieh Shakeri

The purpose of this study is to present a new failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) approach based on fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods and multi-objective…

Modelling exchange-driven fish price dynamics

Rui Xiang, Colin Jones, Rogemar Mamon, Marierose Chavez

This paper aims to put forward and compare two accessible approaches to model and forecast spot prices in the fishing industry. The first modelling approach is a Markov-switching…

Optimal capital structure and the debtholder-manager conflicts of interests: a management decision model

Olanike Akinwunmi Adeoye, Sardar MN Islam, Adeshina Israel Adekunle

Determining the optimal capital structure becomes more complicated by the presence of an agency problem. The issuance of debt as a corporate governance mechanism introduces the…

A model for financial supply chain management with two different financial approaches

Jafar Yazdimoghaddam

The more common approaches used in supply chain management (SCM) consider only the physical logistic operations and ignore the financial aspects of the supply chain (SC). The main…

Attended home delivery in Indian public distribution system: an iterated local search approach

Sayan Chakraborty, Kalpit Darbhe, Sarada Sarmah

In the modern era of e-grocery, attended home delivery (AHD) has been identified as a crucial part of the last-mile delivery problem. This paper aims to deal with a real-life…

Development of a machine-learning-based decision support mechanism for predicting chemical tanker cleaning activity

Burak Cankaya, Berna Eren Tokgoz, Ali Dag, K.C. Santosh

This paper aims to propose a machine learning-based automatic labeling methodology for chemical tanker activities that can be applied to any port with any number of active tankers…

Is it possible developing reliable prediction models considering only the pipe’s age for decision-making in sewer asset management?

Nathalie Hernandez, Nicolas Caradot, Hauke Sonnenberg, Pascale Rouault, Andrés Torres

The purpose of this paper was exploring and comparing different deterioration models based on statistical and machine learning approaches. These models were chosen from their…

Ranking policing strategies as a function of criminal complaints: application of the PROMETHEE II method in the Brazilian context

Marcio Pereira Basilio, Valdecy Pereira, Max William Coelho de Oliveira, Antonio Fernandes da Costa Neto

The purpose of this study is modelling of a problem of policing strategy order using a multicriteria method.

Knowledge-based marketing and competitive advantage: developing new scales using mixed method approach

Majid Mohammad Shafiee

One of the most challenging issues businesses face today is seeking ways toward gaining competitive advantage (CA). Although previous research considered several aspects in this…

Investigating key dimensions for the development of women-owned enterprises: interpretive structural modeling and MICMAC approach

Sucheta Agarwal, Vivek Agrawal, Anugamini Priya Srivastava

Women-owned enterprises (WOEs) are one of the fastest-growing entrepreneurial sectors in the world. Therefore, this study aims to identify and develop the structural cause and…

Cooperative advertising and quantity discount in manufacturer-retailer supply chains

Amin Zaheri, Majid Rafiee, Vahid Kayvanfar

This paper aims to study the impact of existence and lack of discount on the relationships between one manufacturer and one retailer under the cooperative and the non-cooperative…

Decision-making approach for complex problems management in a scarce human resources environment

Marcilio Andrade, Dermeval Carinhana Jr

This purpose of this study is to structure complex problems to be solved with greater efficiency, optimising the relationship between root causes (RC) relevance of the problem and…

A robust possibilistic programming model for production-routing problem in a three-echelon supply chain

Mohammad Ali Beheshtinia, Narjes Salmabadi, Somaye Rahimi

This paper aims to provide an integrated production-routing model in a three-echelon supply chain containing a two-layer transportation system to minimize the total costs of…

The influence of user generated content on hotel sales: an Indian perspective

Himanshu Sharma, Anu G. Aggarwal

Nowadays, various hotels and third party websites allow guests to express their stay experience in the form of textual content and ratings termed as user-generated content (UGC)…

Assessing the sustainability of using drone technology for last-mile delivery in a blood supply chain

Ehsan Rashidzadeh, Seyyed Mohammad Hadji Molana, Roya Soltani, Ashkan Hafezalkotob

Delivery management of perishable products such as blood in a supply chain is a considerable issue such that the last-mile delivery, which refers to deliver goods to the end user…