TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– To show how the concept of systems and the method of grey information can be employed to evaluate a nation's economic strength. A real‐life set of data is employed.Design/methodology/approach– After a practical problem is presented in the first section, the paper focuses on the grey systems method of evaluation in the second section. As an application, it employs the method established in the second section to finish evaluating the proposed national economic strength.Findings– Through a detailed analysis, all necessary questions, such as the national standing among nations with similar economic and political backgrounds and main factors influencing national economic strength, are answered definitely.Practical implications– This work can be directly applied to similar situations with evaluation components.Originality/value– This work shows how the theory of grey information can be applied in a great range of areas.
VL  - 36
IS  - 1
SN  - 0368-492X
DO  - 10.1108/03684920710741170
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/03684920710741170
AU  - Lin Yi
AU  - Liu Sifeng
PY  - 2007
Y1  - 2007/01/01
TI  - National economic strength as evaluated using grey systems theory
T2  - Kybernetes
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 89
EP  - 97
Y2  - 2024/05/08
ER  -