Determining the Investment Priorities in the Wood & Paper Industries through Applying TOPSIS, Case of the study: Qom Province

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Associate Prof., Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, I.R. Iran

2 M.S. Graduate Student, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, I.R. Iran

3 Professor, Tarbiyat Modarres University, I.R. Iran

4 Professor, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, I.R. Iran

Abstract

With regard to the importance of the conduction of limit resources to the superior industries,
study on the country’s priorities in the industrial areas and products is essential. Considering
the fact that Qom province has special conditions, this provincecan be consideredas a wood
centerin the wood industry in which prioritizing the wood and paper industries is essential. To
reach this goal two stepsare needed to be taken, the first step is to design a hierarchy based
on five major groups of criteria which are financial & economical, infrastructure, material
& product, technical & man force, and social & cultural. The weight of the indicators was
established by Analytical Hierarchy Process. In the second step, based on the criteria weighing
values, alternatives have been ranked through TOPSIS. The results showed that financial and
economical criterion as a major group has the highest priority with .28 weighing value and
investment attraction as a sub criterion has a weighing value of .11. Besides, the results of
the alternatives ranking showed that the other types of wood furniture alternative gain the
maximum priority and the printing, writing, and newspaper papers gains the minimum priority.

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