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A Relaxation Strategy With Fuzzy Constraints For Supplier Selection In A Power Market, Dien Tuan Le, Minjie Zhang, Fenghui Ren
A Relaxation Strategy With Fuzzy Constraints For Supplier Selection In A Power Market, Dien Tuan Le, Minjie Zhang, Fenghui Ren
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
A power market is a special kind of e-markets. In a power market, all trading processes are related to three parties: buyers, suppli- ers and brokers. A broker acts as middlemen between buyers and sup- pliers in a trading process. In a power market, how to select a potential supplier for a buyer through a broker based on the buyer's requirements is a challenging research problem. This paper proposes relaxation strat- egy with fuzzy constraints for supplier selection. The strategy includes three components, i.e., a supplier selection, a fuzzy constraint relaxation, and a decision making. The major contributions of this …
Extending The Use Of Market Orientation: Transforming A Charity Into A Business, Paul A. Chad
Extending The Use Of Market Orientation: Transforming A Charity Into A Business, Paul A. Chad
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
Charities play a crucial role within society but are facing growing competition. Adopting a market orientation assists for-profit organisations to improve performance and can potentially also assist charities. This paper examines the under-researched topic of how market orientation can be appropriately introduced into a charity, and the resultant effect upon performance. A charity that introduced market orientation is examined using a discourse transformation framework. Thematic analysis of in-depth interviews of employees identifies how management changed the organisation through use of a three-phase process of new managerialism, professionalism and embedding. Few if any papers have previously examined how management of a …