Algorithm implementation )TOPSIS( Prioritize Factors Affecting the Entrepreneurial Intent of Wooden Furniture Products

Malekygalandooz, Mostafa; Tajdini, Ajang

doi:10.22092/ijwpr.2020.128450.1582

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ techaer

² Department of Wood and Paper Science and Technology, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University

https://doi.org/10.22092/ijwpr.2020.128450.1582

Abstract

Algorithm implementation )TOPSIS( Prioritize Factors Affecting the Entrepreneurial Intent of Wooden Furniture Products

Abstract
At present, the changes are so quick, that the producers of today's wooden products have to ensure their innovative survival, supply and services, which requires serious and practical attention to productive entrepreneurship. When entrepreneurship is accepted as a lifestyle by individuals in a community, that society is developing very rapidly.The work of the furniture business is always looking for change, and it responds to the opportunity to identify and values the viability of the industry,which is evolving and evolving the nature of the wood industry. The present research has tried to investigate the identification and ranking of factors affecting the entrepreneurial production of wooden furniture products, Because the future economic security of the wood industry relies heavily on the quality of entrepreneurship. In this research,descriptive-survey analytical method has been used Research community is the experts, manufacturers, and wood industry entrepreneurs who can help with research by answering questions from the questionnaire. Data were analyzed and ranked using multi-criteria decision-making algorithm (entropy and topsis). The research showed that in the human, economic, law and regulation index, the structure and vitality of the furniture and technical industry, under the indicators of individual entrepreneurial capacity, skilled labor, control over the prices of furniture products, the actual guarantee of the product after sale and design, and Ideas ranked first in the research.

key words
Wooden furniture products, Entrepreneurial intention, multi-criteria decision, entropy, topsis

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Algorithm implementation )TOPSIS( Prioritize Factors Affecting the Entrepreneurial Intent of Wooden Furniture Products

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Volume 34, Issue 4 - Serial Number 69February 2020Pages 488-506

Volume 34, Issue 4 - Serial Number 69
February 2020
Pages 488-506