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Financial Applications of Multicriteria Analysis

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Keywords

Basic Principles of Multicriteria Analysis

  Methods

  Decision Aid Activity

Multicriteria Character of Financial Problems and Some Real-World Applications

  Investment Decision

  Portfolio Management

  Some Real-World Applications

  Venture Capital Investment

  Study Context

  Multicriteria Method and Results

  The Business Failure Risk

  Study Context

  Multicriteria Method and Results

Concluding Remarks

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References

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  1. Department Production Engineering and Management Financial Engineering Lab. Techn., University Crete University Campus, Chania, Greece

    Constantin Zopounidis

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    Christodoulos A. Floudas

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    Panos M. Pardalos

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Zopounidis, C. (2008). Financial Applications of Multicriteria Analysis . In: Floudas, C., Pardalos, P. (eds) Encyclopedia of Optimization. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74759-0_180

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