I am a PhD student in business school of RMIT based in Melbourne, Australia. My research topic is behavioral aspects of multi-criteria decision-making especially PROMETHEE. In fact, I am very eager to go to industry after finishing my studies therefore I want to build a network of contacts from now. However, I do not know even for what should I search into Google. I kindly ask you to please tell me what kind of firms are engaged with multi criteria decision-making. If you know any special name it will be much more better.
Hi Araz,
I think if you are interested in firms which adopt a multicriteria decision-making process, then you would first need a really strong understanding of what multicriteria decision-making is, and what it looks like in practice. Identifying first the theory behind it, and then how it manifests itself within industry will enable you to develop a conceptual framework for identifying it.
I don't think you are likely to find documentation which says 'we use x decision-making criteria', and the fact you are having trouble finding that identifies a research need for identification of decision-making methods of organisations. However, I tend to find that SME consultancy firms tend to use a more intuitive method of decision-making, which leads me to believe you would need to find larger organisations to see which adopt multicriteria decision-making.
I wish I could give you a list of organisations - but I think you'll need to identify a mechanism for identifying these throughout your research, or alternatively use mass communications to members within organisations who are likely to use MC-DM to ask them if they are using MC-DM.