title: An application of a hybrid MCDM method for the evaluation of entrepreneurial intensity among the SMEs: a case study.
abstract: This study presents one of the first attempts to focus on critical success factors influencing the entrepreneurial intensity of Malaysian small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) as they attempt to expand internationally. The aim of this paper is to evaluate and prioritize the entrepreneurial intensity among the SMEs using multicriteria decision (MCDM) techniques. In this research FAHP is used for finding the weights of criteria and subcriteria. Then for the final ranking of the companies, VIKOR (in Serbian: VlseKriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje) method was used. Also, as an additional tool, TOPSIS technique, is used to see the differences of two methods applied over the same data. 5 main criteria and 14 subcriteria were developed and implemented in the real-world cases. As the results showed, two ranking methods provided different ranking. Furthermore, the final findings of the research based on VIKOR and TOPSIS indicated that the firms A3 and A4 received the first rank, respectively. In addition, the firm A4 was known as the most entrepreneurial company. This research has been done in the manufacturing sector, but it could be also extended to the service sector for measurement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Management, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia ; Department of Management, East Azarbaijan Science & Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran.
authors.forename: Reza
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-6161-7173
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rostamzadeh
authors.affiliation: Department of Management, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Kamariah
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ismail
authors.affiliation: Department of Management, East Azarbaijan Science & Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran.
authors.forename: Hossein
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bodaghi Khajeh Noubar
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D016520:Entrepreneurship / Q000191:economics*; D017143:Fuzzy Logic; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia; D018803:Models, Economic; D058012:Small Business / Q000379:methods*