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    • Design of products with both international and local perspectives based on Yin-Yang balance theory and SWARA method 

      Hashemkhani Zolfani, Sarfaraz; Zavadskas, Edmundas Kazimieras; Turskis, Zenonas (Ekonomska istraživanja = Economic research, 2013)
      Producing and designing products are keys of success and have a critical role in industries. This research presents a new framework for special situations using Yin-Yang balance (YYB) theory in producing and designing ...
    • Environmental impact assessment based on group decision-making methods in mining projects 

      Rikhtegar, Navid; Mansouri, Nabiollah; Oroumieh, Amir Ahadi; Yazdani-Chamzini, Abdolreza; Zavadskas, Edmundas Kazimieras; Kildienė, Simona (Economic research = Ekonomska istraživanja, 2014)
      Mining operations usually comprise a spread spectrum of environmental challenges, which are often unique to each mine site. This is due to the fact that mining activities, directly or indirectly, have an adverse impact on ...
    • Forecasting the demand for blue-collar workers in the construction sector in 2020: the case of Lithuania 

      Vilutienė, Tatjana; Podvezko, Valentinas; Ambrasas, Gintautas; Šarka, Vaidotas (Economic research = Ekonomska istraživanja, 2014)
      After 2020 all new buildings must be energy efficient, which means that the construction industry workforce must be prepared and up-skilled. Formal and informal continuing education must respond to these changes, which ...
    • Multi-objective optimization of well-being in the European Union Member States 

      Baležentis, Tomas; Baležentis, Alvydas; Brauers, Willem K.M. (Ekonomska istrazivanja = Economic research, 2011)
      Well-being is of crucial importance for both individual and society as a whole. It is therefore important to quantify performance and progress made by certain states, regions, communities, social groups, and individuals ...
    • Proposing a new methodology for prioritising the investment strategies in the private sector of Iran 

      Yazdani-Chamzini, Abdolreza; Shariati, Shahram; Yakhchali, Siamak Haji; Zavadskas, Edmundas Kazimieras (Economic research = Ekonomska istraživanja, 2014)
      To demonstrate the potential application of the proposed model, a numerical example is illustrated and investigated. The results show that the proposed model has a high ability to prioritise the strategies of investing.
    • Quality control manager selection based on AHP- COPRAS-G methods: a case in Iran 

      Hashemkhani Zolfani, Sarfaraz; Rezaeiniya, Nahid; Aghdaie, Mohammad Hasan; Zavadskas, Edmundas Kazimieras (Ekonomska istraživanja = Economic research, 2012)
      Due to the increasing competition of globalization and fast technological improvements and world markets, demands of companies to have professional human resources are increasing too. It is an important problem of an ...
    • Risk analysis of critical infrastructures using fuzzy COPRAS 

      Yazdani, Morteza; Alidoosti, Ali; Zavadskas, Edmundas Kazimieras (Ekonomska istraživanja = Economic research, 2011)
      Critical infrastructures play a significant role in countries because of the essentiality of nation security, public safety, socioeconomic security, and way of life. According to the importance of infrastructures, it is a ...
    • The evaluation of financial stability and soundness of Lithuanian banks 

      Ginevičius, Romualdas; Podviezko, Askoldas (Ekonomska istraživanja = Economic research, 2013)
      The successful development of economy is based on effective and stable performance of commercial banks. The evaluation of stability and soundness of banks is a complex task, involving a considerable number of multidimensional ...
    • The ordinal dominance theory as applied to the most attractive retail cities of the Benelux area 

      Brauers, Willem Karel M.; Zavadskas, Edmundas Kazimieras (Economic research = Ekonomska istraživanja, 2014)
      An important estate broker for retail in Europe has performed statistical research on retail business in cities in the Benelux area (Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxemburg). The broker choose five characteristics to rate 30 ...
    • Using a integrated MCDM model for mining method selection in presence of uncertainty 

      Yazdani-Chamzini, Abdolreza; Yakhchali, Siamak Haji; Zavadskas, Edmundas Kazimieras (Ekonomska istraživanja = Economic research, 2012)
      The aim objective of this study is to model mining method selection problem for a real world case in Angouran mine which is one of the major zinc producers in Iran. According to many problems of ore body extraction are ...