Management Decision: Volume 52 Issue 7

Application of the Analytic Hierarchy Process for the selection of wastewater reuse targets

Shan-Mei Chen, Yu-Ming Wu, Lei Yang

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the principles on how to reuse the reclaimed wastewater in urban areas and furthermore, to determine appropriate reuse targets and…

Stock repurchase effect with loan or idle fund

Wei Chieh Liang, Yao Chun Tsao, Wen Kuei Chen, Hsing Chau Tseng, Ke Jian Yu

– The purpose of this paper is to integrate Modigliani-Miller (MM) theory and stock repurchases strategy to procure a practical concept for capital decision.

A new standardized interval-valued chart for fuzzy data

Yu-Ting Cheng, Chih-Ching Yang

Constructing a fuzzy control chart with interval-valued fuzzy data is an important topic in the fields of medical, sociological, economics, service and management. In particular…

An occurrence based regime switching model to improve forecasting

Kun-Huang Huarng

– The purpose of this paper is to propose an occurrence-based model to improve the forecasting of regime switches so as to assist decision making.

A quantile regression forecasting model for ICT development

Tiffany Hui-Kuang Yu

Because quantile regression gets more popular and provides more comprehensive interpretations, it is important to advance quantile regression for forecasting. By extending the…

Optimal decision methods in two-echelon logistic models

Junzo Watada, Thisana Waripan, Berlin Wu

– The purpose of this paper is to investigate optimal decision methods under a cooperative situation in two-echelon logistic models.

Luxury fashion brand image building: the role of store design in Bally and Tod's Japan

Zhiqing Jiang, Shin’ya Nagasawa, Junzo Watada

The purpose of this paper is to reveal how store design influences luxury brand image building in a competitive market through the case study of two luxury fashion brands – Bally…

Semi-parametric identification of determinants of health expenditures – evidence from inpatients in China

Juying Zeng

The purpose of this paper is to examine the determinants of average health expenditures for inpatients in China with national data for period 2002-2010 and regional data during…

Alternative strategies to change negative output gaps rate in China

Bing Xu, Xiaowen Hu

– The purpose of this paper is to find alternative strategies to change negative output gaps in China.

New statistical analysis on the marketing research and efficiency evaluation with fuzzy data

Berlin Wu, Hung T. Nguyen

– The purpose of this paper is to use soft computing technique and fuzzy statistical tool to evaluate people's performance on the marketing research and time management.

Guest editorial: application of business intelligence (BI) to assist management decision

Professor Kun-Huang Huarng and Professor Berlin Wu