Reputation is an intangible asset that directly affects the market value of the firm. Reputation is built on the trust established with all stakeholders through past behaviour. Reputation may prove resilient, yet even minor misconducts, if repeated, can lead to downfall. We propose an...

In the context of multiple criteria decision analysis, we present the necessary and sufficient conditions to represent a cardinal preferential information by the Choquet integral w.r.t. a 2-additive capacity. These conditions are based on some complex cycles called cyclones.

This paper describes various possibilities of the cities of futures considering various constraints and demand of society, environment and geography. The need for future cities arises because of the rapid growth in population and thereby causing a decline in the living standards. In the United...

The development of autonomous vessel has achieved tremendous interest across the world for the safe navigation and economic benefits. Numerous alternatives are constructed in the autonomous vessel development projects, the alternatives of MUNIN and NYK project are combined for this study; these...

The economic crisis of 2008 has highlighted the ineffectiveness of the banks in their disbursement of mortgages which caused the spread of Non-Performing Loans (NPLs) with underlying real estate. With the methods stated by the Basel III agreements, aimed at improving the capital requirements of...

This document proposes an innovative composite indicator to measure and control the performance of production processes. The aim is to provide a tool for controlling the efficiency of the processes, assessed in relation to the number and the impact of occurring "errors", which can take into...

To address today's grand challenges, socio-technical transitions need to be designed in different sectors (e.g., agriculture). Technology assessment (TA) is a valuable tool to identify interactions and consequences of transition processes, but it requires an appropriate assessment system to...