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Multicriteria Decision Making - (De Gruyter Stem) by Timothy Havranek & Doug Macnair (Paperback)

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  • Public corporations and private businesses operate in an increasingly complex, uncertain, and interconnected world.
  • About the Author: Timothy J. Havranek, Ramboll, USA; Doug MacNair, USA; James Wolf, HCSS Construction Management Software, USA.
  • 241 Pages
  • Business + Money Management, Accounting
  • Series Name: de Gruyter Stem

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Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) is a structured process and analytical framework for making complex decisions involving competing objectives, multiple stakeholders, and significant uncertainties. This book takes a pragmatic view towards eval



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Public corporations and private businesses operate in an increasingly complex, uncertain, and interconnected world. When evaluating investment decisions, business managers can no longer base their decisions primarily on expected financial return. They now must now consider a host of performance value measures (i.e., criteria) pertaining to issues such as environmental and social governance, sustainability, and stakeholder satisfaction. In addition, corporate managers must ensure that their investment decisions are aligned with the company's vision, mission, and values in order to maintain investor confidence and protect brand image. Lastly, to be truly successful, business managers must assess the risks associated with each performance measure and manage their impacts during project implementation.

This book takes a pragmatic business and economics view towards evaluating competing investment alternatives and/or capital project strategies. It provides a practical step-by- step process using a structured decision analysis framework to evaluate, understand, quantify, and measure project invesment strategies in light of multiple stakeholder objectives and success criteria. This process assists in helping stakeholders (internal and external) achieve a shared understanding of project issues and to facilitate convergence towards a mutually acceptable solution. The approach considers available choices, identified uncertainties, constraints, necessary tradeoffs, and preferences so as to identify solutions that maximize overall benefits while minimizing overall costs and risk. A real world case study is presented in the early chapters and the process steps are demonstrated through application to this case study.

Recent advances in technology allow for investment strategies to be evaluated against multiple criteria within one integrated platform. This book guides the reader in performing multi-criteria decision analysis, including the use of Monte Carlo simulation, within an MS Excel environment using native MS Excel and as well as add-in programs such Palisades Decision Tools suite. Example model structures, screen shots, formulas, and output results are provided throughout the book using an illustrative case study.



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"[...] The book is well‐written and organized. The introduction clearly helps the reader to understand what is covered in the book and where to find it. It also points out chapters that more experienced economists and professionals familiar with decision analysis can skim without losing the gist of what the authors are discussing on this topic. Though a strength of the book is its presentation of a step‐by‐step process for a structured decision analysis, I would not classify the book as simply a how‐to guide because it is much more than that. [...]"

Book review 2024 by William H. Desvousges in Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, Volume 20, No 6, page 2369-2370




About the Author



Timothy J. Havranek, Ramboll, USA; Doug MacNair, USA; James Wolf, HCSS Construction Management Software, USA.

Dimensions (Overall): 9.61 Inches (H) x 6.69 Inches (W) x .51 Inches (D)
Weight: .87 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 241
Genre: Business + Money Management
Sub-Genre: Accounting
Series Title: De Gruyter Stem
Publisher: De Gruyter
Theme: Financial
Format: Paperback
Author: Timothy Havranek & Doug Macnair
Language: English
Street Date: June 6, 2023
TCIN: 1001657056
UPC: 9783110765649
Item Number (DPCI): 247-37-6842
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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