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Technology assessment with IF-TOPSIS: An application in the advanced underwater system sector

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  • Aloini, Davide
  • Dulmin, Riccardo
  • Mininno, Valeria
  • Pellegrini, Luisa
  • Farina, Giulia

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Technologies are pivotal for firms' success, but also resource consuming. Therefore, managers have to assess and select technologies carefully in order to allocate resources on the most promising ones, grounding their decisions on adequate sets of criteria on which experienced people can express their opinion.

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  • Aloini, Davide & Dulmin, Riccardo & Mininno, Valeria & Pellegrini, Luisa & Farina, Giulia, 2018. "Technology assessment with IF-TOPSIS: An application in the advanced underwater system sector," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 131(C), pages 38-48.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:tefoso:v:131:y:2018:i:c:p:38-48
    DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2017.07.010
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