... logistics have been identified from the existing literature on healthcare and discussions with the healthcare service experts. An integrated ISM-DEMATEL method has been employed to examine the key barriers, their hierarchies and inter-relationships among them. Findings The results reveal that lack...

.... Design/methodology/approach Using a sequential mixed-methods design, this study first applies the Gioia Method to analyze interviews with women handloom micro-entrepreneurs and then constructs a data hierarchy of performance barriers. Next, the DEMATEL technique maps causal relationships among thirteen...

.... Using best–worst method (BWM), these are categorised into six groups. The decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) then analyses the 16 most critical performance barriers through a cause-and-effect approach to identify influential factors. The sensitivity analysis is performed to ensure...

... making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) method was applied to categorize the barriers into C–E groups. Findings The study identifies 18 barriers to DTA adoption within organizations in the Indian context. The results revealed that the most prominent barrier to the DTA implementation within...

... of criteria was subsequently reduced to 9. In the second phase, the Best-Worst Method (BWM) was applied to rank and prioritize the criteria. The third and final stage examined the causal relationship between the identified criteria, utilizing the Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL...

.... Design/methodology/approach In this research, a systematic assessment and analysis method under vagueness is proposed to assess, analyze and measure the internal health care performance aspects (HCPA). The proposed method combines the group Decision-Making and Trial Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL...

... discussions with experts from the industry. The study is conducted in two phases, where in the first phase, the Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) technique is used to define the priority and importance of seven categories of challenges. In second phase, the barriers are ranked using...

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