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A Fuzzy Multi-criteria Outranking Approach in Support of Business Angels’ Decision-Analysis Process for the Assessment of Companies as Investment Opportunities

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  • Spiros Mouzakitis

    (National Technical University of Athens)

  • George Karamolegkos

    (National Technical University of Athens)

  • Emmanouil Ntanos

    (National Technical University of Athens)

  • John Psarras

    (National Technical University of Athens)

Abstract

In this paper, a multi-criteria method is presented for the evaluation and ranking of a selected set of companies as investment opportunities in aid of the relevant decision-analysis process of business angels. The multi-criteria methodology is based on the PROMETHEE method, which is further extended to deal with fuzzy input data in order to address the data imprecision and uncertainty of the decision process. The paper concludes by suggesting a web-based system implementation of the proposed methodology, which will significantly enhance modern business angels networks.

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  • Spiros Mouzakitis & George Karamolegkos & Emmanouil Ntanos & John Psarras, 2013. "A Fuzzy Multi-criteria Outranking Approach in Support of Business Angels’ Decision-Analysis Process for the Assessment of Companies as Investment Opportunities," Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Springer, vol. 158(1), pages 274-283, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:joptap:v:158:y:2013:i:1:d:10.1007_s10957-011-9816-4
    DOI: 10.1007/s10957-011-9816-4
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