Outsourcing modelling using a novel interval-valued fuzzy quantitative strategic planning matrix (QSPM) and multiple criteria decision-making (MCDMs)

Sasan Barak and Shima Javanmard

International Journal of Production Economics, 2020, vol. 222, issue C

Abstract: Outsourcing drives companies to focus on: their capabilities, advantages of external resources, and decreasing overall operational costs. Selecting appropriate alliances, which are aligned with the company's strategies, establishes a situation through which the firms can enhance their technical capabilities and achieve new technologies. However, two critical issues in outsourcing modeling should be addressed: how to find strategic indicators for building successful alliances, and how to select these partners. Besides, as the imprecise and vague information (due to a lack of data) existing in the outsourcing models cannot be neglected, the application of fuzzy interval sets could efficiently address the complexity of these problems.

Keywords: Partner selection; MCDM; Outsourcing; Fuzzy interval modeling; Strategic alliances (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2019.09.015

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