Ranking the Methods of Technology Cross-Border Acquisition, Combining TOPSIS and ANP Approaches for Model Development

Subject Areas : Business Strategy

Mehrdad Hoseini Shakib ¹ , Somayeh Sahebi ² , Arash Radmehr ³

1 - Department Of Industrial Management, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran
2 - Department of Industrial Management, College of management and accounting, Tehran jonoob branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Department of Industrial Management, Qazvin branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran

Received: 2015-04-11 Accepted : 2015-06-11 Published : 2016-04-01

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