Abstract
Small and Medium (SME) companies are facing growing challenges while trying to implement globalized business strategies. Contemporary business models need to account for spatial-temporal changeable environments, where lack of confidence and uncertainty in data are a reality. Further, SMEs are finding it increasingly difficult to include all required competences in their internal structures; therefore, they need to rely on reliable business and supplier partnerships to be successful. In this paper we discuss a spatial-temporal decision approach capable of handling lack of confidence and imprecision on current and/or forecast data. An illustrative case study of business' partner selection demonstrates the approach suitability, which is complemented by a statistical analysis with different levels of uncertainty to assess its robustness in uncertain environments.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 353-361 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | FME Transactions |
Volume | 43 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2015 |
Keywords
- Business partnerships
- Data fusion
- Data uncertainty filtering
- Spatial-temporal multi-criteria decision making