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Multicriteria Decision Support Methodologies for Auditing Decisions

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Introduction

Sample

  Financial Variables

  Non-financial Variables

Method

Empirical Results

Conclusions and Further Research

References

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Notes

  1. 1.

    ICAP is the largest company providing Business Information and Consulting Services in Greece.

  2. 2.

    The sample for this study consists of 164 manufacturing, 122 trade and 110 services companies.

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Gaganis, C., Zopounidis, C. (2008). Multicriteria Decision Support Methodologies for Auditing Decisions . In: Floudas, C., Pardalos, P. (eds) Encyclopedia of Optimization. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74759-0_408

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