International Journal of Supply Chain Management
Vol 5, No 1 (2016): International Journal of Supply Chain Management (IJSCM)

Decision Making for Company Acquisition by ELECTRE Method

M. Gökhan Yücel (Istanbul Commerce University)
ALİ GÖRENER (Istanbul Commerce University, Department of Management)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Mar 2016

Abstract

Growth in economy together with globalization makes global companies and investment holdings more active in international markets. This activity involves a certain level of risk as payback period of investments are very critical and correct decision on selection of companies to be invested determines success of top management of investors and also creditors. In this article an investment groups local acquisition opportunities are evaluated by ELECTRE (Elimination et choix traduisant la realite) method. In this case there are four alternatives that are accepting same price and other contractual requirements. This paper lists six important criteria that have influence on local acquisition alternatives selection in Turkey according to references: Financial performance, accreditations and authorizations, Administrative and accounting, technical infrastructure, staff expertise and experience, customer portfolio. AHP (Analytical Hierarchy Process) have been used to evaluate the criteria and then ELECTRE method is used for ranking the alternatives.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJSCM

Publisher

Subject

Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Engineering Environmental Science Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Transportation

Description

International Journal of Supply Chain Management (IJSCM) is a peer-reviewed indexed journal, ISSN: 2050-7399 (Online), 2051-3771 (Print), that publishes original, high quality, supply chain management empirical research that will have a significant impact on SCM theory and practice. Manuscripts ...