#4993. Evaluating key capabilities for developing global collaborative networks using a multi-layer decision-making approach

July 2026publication date
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Industrial Relations;
Strategy and Management;
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering;
Computer Science Applications;
Management Information Systems;
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Abstract:
This paper proposes a multi-layer hybrid decision-making approach to evaluate the capability alternatives for developing a collaborative network to operate in the international market. The present study is contextualised in the pistachio export industry. The set of defined capabilities were then optimised through interviews with 14 experts from the relevant industry, academics and export authorities. A combination of the fuzzy Delphi method and the best–worst method (BWM) approach was, respectively, used to reduce the number of capability alternatives and assign priority weights to these alternatives. From the extant literature review, 18 capabilities for the formation of coordination networks in the international markets were identified. The proposed hybrid approach offers to solve the capability evaluation and selection as well as ranking the possible alternative to formalise a collaborative network in an integrated fashion. This combination of methods is capable to first identify the most important factors, then measuring their importance and eventually rank the possible alternatives.
Keywords:
Best–worst method; Export network; Fuzzy Delphi method; Network collaboration; Weighted aggregated sum product assessment

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