Journal of Modelling in Management: Volume 17 Issue 2

Modelling the enablers of sustainability in higher education institutions

Shalini Menon, M. Suresh

The purpose of this paper is to explore and encapsulate the enablers that can facilitate education for sustainable development in higher education (HE). The study also aims to…

Corporate sustainability assessment based on rough-grey set theory

Tooraj Karimi, Arvin Hojati

The purpose of this paper is to design an inference engine to measure the level of readiness of each bank before starting the corporate sustainability auditing process. Based on…

Modeling resilient factors of the supply chain

Ajeet Kumar Yadav, Cherian Samuel

This paper aims to study the concept, characteristics and factors of the resilient supply chain (RSC) and develop a hierarchical structural model and classify the factors based on…

A novel hybrid DEMATEL-K-means clustering algorithm for modeling the barriers of green computing adoption in the Philippines

Dharyll Prince Mariscal Abellana, Paula Esplanada Mayol

This paper aims to propose a novel hybrid-decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory-K means clustering algorithm as a decision-making framework for analyzing the barriers of…

Corporate social responsibility motives of Indian firms

Sushil Kr. Dixit, Hemraj Verma, Samant Shant Priya

The purpose of this paper is to explore the motives of Indian firms for engaging with corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices and their interplay by using interpretive…

Stochastic inventory-routing problem with lateral transshipment for perishable product

Parviz Fattahi, Mehdi Tanhatalab

This study aims to design a supply chain network in an uncertain environment while exists two options for distribution of the perishable product and production lot-sizing is…

A framework for interactive risk assessment in projects: case study of oil and gas megaprojects in presence of sanctions

Amir Farmahini Farahani, Hosein Didehkhani, Kaveh Khalili-Damghani, Amir Homayoun Sarfaraz, Mehdi Hajirezaie

This study aims to investigate the interactive network of risk factors in the construction and preparation project of gas condensate storage tanks in the presence of sanctions.

A reliable location-inventory-routing three-echelon supply chain network under disruption risks

Ehsan Mohebban-Azad, Amir-Reza Abtahi, Reza Yousefi-Zenouz

This study aims to design a reliable multi-level, multi-product and multi-period location-inventory-routing three-echelon supply chain network, which considers disruption risks…

Optimal marketing policy for managing new generation products in the presence of forward-looking customers by considering product diffusion

Somayeh Najafi-Ghobadi, Jafar Bagherinejad, Ata Allah Taleizadeh

The effect of customers’ forward-looking behavior on firms’ profit has been highlighted by many researchers and practitioners. This study aims to develop a mathematical model for…

A mixed-method approach for modelling customer-centric mobile phone reverse logistics: application of social media data

Sajjad Shokouhyar, Amirhossein Dehkhodaei, Bahar Amiri

Recently, reverse logistics (RL) has become more prominent due to growing environmental concerns, social responsibility, competitive advantage and high efficiency by customers…

Predicting hotel reviews from sentiment: a multinomial classification framework

Ahmet Yucel, Musa Caglar, Hamidreza Ahady Dolatsara, Benjamin George, Ali Dag

Machine learning algorithms are useful to effectively analyse, and therefore automatically classify online reviews. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate a novel text-mining…

E-commerce acceptance in the dimension of sustainability

Tining Haryanti, Apol Pribadi Subriadi

Technology presents e-commerce as an alternative buying and selling place that is accepted by the public. The high growth of e-commerce has an impact on the sustainability of both…

Modelling organizational conflict processes: the organizational value of employee commitment and the moderating role of transformational leadership

Zoltán Krajcsák

The purpose of this paper is to model the nature of intra-group conflicts and to show how conflict process phases that are beneficial to the organization can be supported and how…

A Data-driven project categorization process for portfolio selection

Ghizlane El bok, Abdelaziz Berrado

Categorizing projects allows for better alignment of a portfolio with the organizational strategy and goals. An appropriate project categorization helps understand portfolio’s…

Developing and training artificial neural networks using bootstrap data envelopment analysis for best performance modeling of sawmills in Ontario

Shashi K. Shahi, Mohamed Dia, Peizhi Yan, Salimur Choudhury

The measurement capabilities of the data envelopment analysis (DEA) models are used to train the artificial neural network (ANN) models for the best performance modeling of the…

A holistic study of factors governing small and medium enterprises in India

Virupaxi Bagodi, Prasannna P. Raravi

The purpose of this paper is to identify the input, process and output factors (along with their manifest variables) of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and to establish cause…