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Summarization: Environmental sustainability has become a major goal of public policies throughout the world, as environmental resources are continually eliminated. Climate change mitigation involves decarbonizing electricity generation as the most important energy system-wide change, with a vital role for energy efficiency. The utilization and development of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) constitutes the most critical measure to safeguard energy security, strengthen environmental protection, and tackle climate change. RES are favored as a means of reducing the use of fossil fuels. The market of RES is continuously developing and promoted through the Internet. Renewable energy is, by definition, sustainable and clean. Moreover, the market of RES offers the opportunity to tackle the increasing depletion of fossil resources and the associated environmental impacts. The paper aims to present RES and study the energy policy in EU and Greece. Furthermore, the status of the renewable energy market in Greece and especially in the Prefecture of Thessaloniki is presented. The Internet research retrieved 30 enterprises that promote renewable energy in the Prefecture of Thessaloniki, which were analyzed according to 18 characteristics representing internet adoption. The multicriteria method used for total ranking is PROMETHEE II. According to PROMETHEE II findings, the 'superior' websites can be used to form a conceptual content model while designing an enhanced website for a RES enterprise. The results show that these enterprises in the Prefecture of Thessaloniki must adjust to the new 'information era' and aim to become more effective and efficient while creating their autonomous website. Furthermore, most enterprises with their own websites in this sector are generally still in the initial adoption phase and they should further mature in the next phases of e-commerce adoption. ; Presented on: Technological Forecasting and Social Change

O presente estudo se propõe a desenvolver uma metodologia baseada na análise multicriterial composta por indicadores de gestão pública capaz de avaliar a performance dos municípios em relação as funções dos governos. Para tanto, adotar-se-á a seguinte classificação metodológica: quanto a finalidade (pesquisa aplicada), quanto aos objetivos (descritiva), quanto aos procedimentos (bibliográfica e documental) e quanto a natureza (quantitativa). O recorte geográfico e o teste piloto para aplicação da metodologia será realizado nos quinze municípios localizados na microrregião de Cajazeiras, PB. Espera-se que os resultados alcançados com o desenvolvimento desse estudo possam minimizar as deficiências existentes nas funções dos governos municipais, proporcionando novas reflexões, críticas e informações no intuito de ampliar a discussão em torno das políticas públicas consubstanciando resultados mais satisfatórios a esse contexto seja através do entendimento e ampliação da participação popular no processo de construção dessas políticas, quanto para o aperfeiçoamento técnico dos órgãos gestores.

In the last 20 years, priority setting in mine actions, i.e. in humanitarian demining, has become an increasingly important topic. Given that mine action projects require management and decision-making based on a multi -criteria approach, multi-criteria decision-making methods like PROMETHEE and AHP have been used worldwide for priority setting. However, from the aspect of mine action, where stakeholders in the decision-making process for priority setting are project managers, local politicians, leaders of different humanitarian organizations, or similar, applying these methods can be difficult. Therefore, a specialized web-based decision support system (Web DSS) for priority setting, developed as part of the FP7 project TIRAMISU, has been extended using a module for developing custom priority setting scenarios in line with an exceptionally easy, user-friendly approach. The idea behind this research is to simplify the multi-criteria analysis based on the PROMETHEE method. Therefore, a simplified PROMETHEE method based on statistical analysis for automated suggestions of parameters such as preference function thresholds, interactive selection of criteria weights, and easy input of criteria evaluations is presented in this paper. The result is web-based DSS that can be applied worldwide for priority setting in mine action. Additionally, the management of mine action projects is supported using modules for providing spatial data based on the geographic information system (GIS). In this paper, the benefits and limitations of a simplified PROMETHEE method are presented using a case study involving mine action projects, and subsequently, certain proposals are given for the further research.

Due to legislation changes during the Nineties, the Spanish Port System has gone through a series of changes that, simultaneous with a period of economic expansion and generalized marine traffic growth, have affected the Port System's composition, organization and operation. The gradual transformations produced by this context, give shape to a new model of operation for Port Authorities, which now start to be managed under business criteria and procedures of functional autonomy, competition, effectiveness and profit, moving away from State dependency, and at the same time allowing greater participation of regional governments. As a result, general purpose Spanish ports develop their activity in a very competitive market, where self financing and financial sufficiency prevail as high-priority management goals. Our work considers these circumstances from the approach offered by multiple objective decision models, in order to study the performance evolution of Port Authorities, using certain ratios with economic meaning which will allow determining how their relative ranking within the national set has varied. The great variety of available business ratios and the different concepts to analyze give the problem a discrete multicriteria dimension. Thus we have chosen the Promethee method for our analysis, given its results simplicity and easy understanding for the decision agent, the economic interpretation of its parameters, and the stability of its results. In addition, scale effects between different alternatives are eliminated, allowing the possibility of incomparability among them and offering a sensitivity analysis of the effects.

In this study, a proposed methodology of Best Worst Method (BWM), Multi-Attributive Border Approximation Area Comparison (MABAC), and Preference Ranking Organization Method for Enrichment Evaluations (PROMETHEE II) are suggested to achieve a methodical and systematic procedure to assess the hospital serving under the canopy of neutrosophic theory. The assessing of hospital serving challenges of ambiguity, vagueness, inconsistent information, qualitative information, imprecision, subjectivity and uncertainty are handled with linguistic variables parameterized by bipolar neutrosophic scale. Hence, the hybrid methodology of Bipolar Neutrosophic Linguistic Numbers (BNLNs) of BWM is suggested to calculate the significance weights of assessment criteria, and MABAC as an accurate method is presented to assess hospital serving. In addition to consider the qualitative criteria compensation in hospital service quality in MABAC in order to overcome drawbacks PROMETHEE II of non-compensation to reinforce the serving effectiveness arrangements of the possible alternatives. An experiential case including 9 assessment criteria, 2 public and 3 private hospitals in Sharqiyah EGYPT assessed by 3 evaluators from several scopes of medical industry to prove validity of the suggested methodology. The case study shows that the service effectiveness of private hospitals is superior to public hospitals, since the public infirmaries are scarcely reinforced by governmental institutions.

PurposeFor the purpose of decision-making in real estate portfolio management, alternatives are to be collected, assessed and prioritized. Due to the complexity of real estate markets, investment products and management processes, the respective decision situations are subject to several parameters. Multi-criteria models must be used to exactly evaluate and prioritize alternatives. Such models can be found in other economic and social areas but must be transferred or re-developed for the purposes of real estate management. The paper aims to discuss these issues.Design/methodology/approachThe paper includes the transfer of the basic outranking methodology, the PROMETHEE (Preference Ranking Organization METHod für Enrichment Evaluations) method in particular, to real estate issues. Methods used outside the real estate industry are analyzed, selected and adapted by using real estate parameters (transfer approach).FindingsStructured multi-criteria processes such as PROMETHEE are suitable for the solution of complex real estate selection decisions. The methodology with regard to the respective issues is much more consistent and efficient. PROMETHEE avoids the restriction of criteria in mathematical calculations and the restriction of quality in simple scorings.Research limitations/implicationsThe target system and decision criteria of investors were used exemplarily. The individual parameters and criteria can lead to new model solutions.Practical implicationsMulti-criteria models such as PROMETHEE stringently and transparently solve complex decision problems and alternative evaluations in real estate portfolio management. They can be developed for strategic, tactical and operative decision situations. The decision quality and verification for compliance requirements improve.Social implicationsMulti-criteria models such as PROMETHEE can also be developed for social, societal and political decision situations.Originality/valueFirst adaption of the outranking procedure PROMETHEE to a real estate decision situation in market analysis and portfolio management.

Considerable public resources are devoted to the establishment and operation of business incubators (BIs), which are seen as catalysts for the promotion of entrepreneurship, innovation activities, and regional development. Despite the vast amount of research that focused on the effectiveness of incubator initiatives and how to measure incubator performance, there is still a lack of understanding of how to determine which incubators are more effective than others. On the basis of data from 410 graduate firms, we concentrate on this crucial question and compare the long-term effectiveness of five BIs in Germany by applying the multicriteria outranking technique 'preference ranking organization method for enrichment evaluation' (PROMETHEE). in particular, we investigate whether PROMETHEE is a well-suited methodological approach for evaluation and comparison in the specific context of business incubation.

Social vulnerability is deeply affected by the increase in hazardous events such as earthquakes and floods. Such hazards have the potential to greatly affect communities, including in developed countries. Governments and stakeholders must adopt suitable risk reduction strategies. This study is aimed at proposing a qualitative multi-hazard risk analysis methodology in the case of combined seismic and flood risk using PROMETHEE, a Multiple-Criteria Decision Analysis technique. The present case study is a multi-hazard risk assessment of the Ferrara province (Italy). The proposed approach is an original and flexible methodology to qualitatively prioritize urban centers affected by multi-hazard risks at the regional scale. It delivers a useful tool to stakeholders involved in the processes of hazard management and disaster mitigation.

Kejadian Pandemi Covid-19 di Indonesia memunculkan banyak perubahan baik di bidang ekonomi, sosial, politik dan sistem transportasi. Salah satunya adalah pembatasan kegiatan yang dilakukan pemerintah guna menghentikan sebaran virus Covid-19. Penyebaran Covid-19 yang relatif cepat menjadi alasan masyarakat khususnya di Kota Semarang lebih selektif dalam memilih moda transportasi. Tujuan dilakukan penelitian adalah guna mengetahui jenis moda transportasi darat yang dipilih oleh masyarakat saat pandemi Covid-19. Metode pengumpulan data dengan menyebar kuesioner ke pelaku perjalanan di ruas Jalan Pemuda Kota Semarang. Data tersebut terbatas pada jenis moda transportasi darat tertentu, yaitu transportasi umum (a1), transportasi online (a2) dan kendaraan pribadi (a3). Analisis data dilakukan dengan Metode Promethee. Batasan kriteria yang menjadi penentu pemilihan moda transportasi darat berupa kenyamanan, waktu perjalanan dan biaya perjalanan. Nilai net flow (NF) merupakan hasil akhir perhitungan data dari Metode Promethee dengan a1 sebesar -1,333; a2 sebesar -2,667 dan a3 sebesar 4. Hasil NF tersebut diurutkan untuk pilihan pertama dengan NF yang terbesar adalah kendaraan pribadi, transportasi umum, dan transportasi online.