Article: Identifying and prioritisation entrepreneurial behaviour factors using fuzzy AHP approach Journal: International Journal of Data Analysis Techniques and Strategies (IJDATS) 2018 Vol.10 No.1 pp.38 - 56 Abstract: The purpose of this research is to realise how organisations have been sustaining their growth through applying entrepreneurial behaviour factors. Regarding the thematic nature of research model, experts' opinion in oil industry, companies in oil industry have been examined in the current study included: 1) oil pipeline and telecommunication company; 2) oil products distribution company; 3) National Gas Company in Semnan and Khorasan province have been brought for this research as statistic population. The number of experts participating in the study is 30 persons who were interested in improving discussion. The main tools used for gathering the data in this study were company records and questionnaire. In this study, structural factors, underlying factors, behaviour factors sub-criteria were ranked regarding to criteria related to different levels of entrepreneurial behaviour sub-criteria of oil industry by using fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP). The results obtained from fuzzy AHP method according to the entrepreneurial behaviour factors indicate that structural factors are more important than underlying factors and behaviour factors. According to the structural factors scale, it is concluded that entrepreneur organisation structure is more important than other factors. Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: Identifying and prioritisation entrepreneurial behaviour factors using fuzzy AHP approach

Authors: Mohammad Mehdi Parhizgar; Elham Keshavarz

Addresses: Department of Management, Payame Noor University, P.O. Box 19395-3697, Tehran, Iran ' Department of Management, Payame Noor University, P.O. Box 19395-3697, Tehran, Iran

Abstract: The purpose of this research is to realise how organisations have been sustaining their growth through applying entrepreneurial behaviour factors. Regarding the thematic nature of research model, experts' opinion in oil industry, companies in oil industry have been examined in the current study included: 1) oil pipeline and telecommunication company; 2) oil products distribution company; 3) National Gas Company in Semnan and Khorasan province have been brought for this research as statistic population. The number of experts participating in the study is 30 persons who were interested in improving discussion. The main tools used for gathering the data in this study were company records and questionnaire. In this study, structural factors, underlying factors, behaviour factors sub-criteria were ranked regarding to criteria related to different levels of entrepreneurial behaviour sub-criteria of oil industry by using fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP). The results obtained from fuzzy AHP method according to the entrepreneurial behaviour factors indicate that structural factors are more important than underlying factors and behaviour factors. According to the structural factors scale, it is concluded that entrepreneur organisation structure is more important than other factors.

Keywords: entrepreneur; entrepreneurship benefits; entrepreneurial behaviour; fuzzy analytic hierarchy process; FAHP.

DOI: 10.1504/IJDATS.2018.090633

International Journal of Data Analysis Techniques and Strategies, 2018 Vol.10 No.1, pp.38 - 56

Received: 14 Sep 2015
Accepted: 12 Sep 2016
Published online: 25 Mar 2018 *

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