Assessing telecommunication contractor firms using a hybrid DEA-BWM method

• Autorzy: Valizadeh Omid , Ghiyasi Mojtaba

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DOI

10.37190/ord230411

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Telecommunication companies have an important role in technology development, so evaluating the performance of these companies has been an interest of managers. This article uses a hybrid method using data envelopment analysis (DEA) and the best-worst method (BWM) to measure the performance of communication companies. The hybrid DEA-BWM method is used for the weight determination and performance assessment of 17 telecommunication contractor firms in the Khorsan Razavi province of Iran. We considered four inputs: gross losses, sales cost, legal reserve, and fixed assets. On the other side, three outputs including operation income, operation profit, and retained earnings are considered as outputs. Considering the input-output parameters and using the hybrid method by seven selected criteria, we rank all contractor firms. We found that the BPM firm has the best performance while and GKS firm is found as the firm with the weakest performance. Compared with the classical DEA methods, we found more reliable results with higher discrimination power, using the hybrid DEA-BWM.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

performance assessment; data envelopment analysis; best worst method; telecommunication contractor firm

• Wydawca: Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Wrocławskiej
• Czasopismo: Operations Research and Decisions
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: Vol. 33, No. 4
• Strony: 189--200
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 25 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Valizadeh Omid

• Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management Science, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran

autor

Ghiyasi Mojtaba

• Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management Science, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9681-4177

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2024).