Application of the DEMATEL Model for Assessing IT Sector’s Sustainability

Kęstutis Peleckis

doi:10.3390/su132413866

Abstract

Understanding what are the IT sector’s business opportunities under distorted market conditions is a growing interest in sustainability research. This article investigates how to assess the IT sectors sustainability through a multicriterion assessment. For the assessment of the IT sector’s European and Slovenian competition policy, the DEMATEL technique was chosen. Fifteen economical performance indicators of IT sectors companies in 2015–2019 were selected for analysis. Given the multiplicity of criteria addressed in the sustainability issues, a multi-criteria analysis was used with the assistance of experts. In this research, the DEMATEL technique was developed for problem solving, for the assessment of the concentration of business entities that affect the competitive situation of economy. Results showed that comparison of the DEMATEL method with fuzzy and probability theories proved that it is possible to measure IT sector’s HHI-based performance.

Highlights

IntroductionWhen the economy is undeveloped, the economic system is not mature; under conditions of imperfect market mechanism and strong international competitive pressure for governments, there is often a need to make big policy distortions in an attempt to mobilize economic resources for the developement of the domestic industry and its competitive advantage
Recent researches have shown that market distortions are devastating [1,2,3,4,5]
We present information about advantages of the decisionmaking testing and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) method for the IT sector’s sustainability assessment, a comparison of the DEMATEL method with fuzzy and probability theories, the modified DEMATEL technique for problem solving, as well as the steps involved in the DEMATEL method algorithm

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Introduction

When the economy is undeveloped, the economic system is not mature; under conditions of imperfect market mechanism and strong international competitive pressure for governments, there is often a need to make big policy distortions in an attempt to mobilize economic resources for the developement of the domestic industry and its competitive advantage. When an economy enters in a higher stage of development with a more mature system and market mechanism, excessive policy distortions are not conducive to the efficient allocation of economic resources. The market of the IT sector can increase the efficiency of innovations and sustainable growth of profits, especially when firms change their behavior in regards to incentives. In this article, we will try to apply the DEMATEL model for the sustainability assessment of the IT sector

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