Categorizing Small and Medium-Sized Industries with a Multi-criteria Decision-making Approach: Case Study of Alidarreh Industrial Town in Firoozkooh

Abed Salehi ¹ ( Department of Industrial Management, Fi.C., Islamic Azad University, Firoozkooh, Iran )

Submited date : 2025-02-07 Accepted date : 2025-04-30

Keywords: Small Enterprises, Independence on Foreign Resources, Employment, Market Product Diversity, Export, Multi-criteria Decision-making,

Abstract :

Aiming to optimal use of facilities and preventing waste of valuable resources, industrial manufacturers have considered changes in industrial structure through increasing growth and promotion of small and medium-sized enterprises. The advantages of these enterprises have become main priorities in producing goods because of the effect of transportation, market size, and regulation. Following this objective, the present study is aimed to prioritize small enterprises based on mechanisms of independence on foreign resources, improving the share of each enterprise in employment, product, and market diversity and the share of each enterprise in export. This study is descriptive in nature and follows a survey design. Initial data is obtained through field study, library resources and internet surfing based on which, the questionnaires are presented to the sample of the study including the managers and experts in Firoozkooh and Tehran Industrial Towns, so that they could answer the questions as case prioritization. Through studying the existing literature and taking advantage from the expert knowledge, the researcher identified intended indices for prioritizing enterprises. Finally, enterprises are prioritized in the following order: cement, construction, chemicals, food, fragment making, electronic, and wood enterprises.

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