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                <datestamp>2020-10-19T15:07:53Z</datestamp>
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    <dc:creator>Rahman, Ramiz Ihteshamur</dc:creator>
    <dc:title>Data showcasing a sample application of a decision-theoretic approach for ranking future business pursuits </dc:title>
    <dc:publisher>Mendeley Data</dc:publisher>
    <dc:description>My research was centered around developing a decision-theoretic framework, based on the analytic hierarchy process (AHP), that entrepreneurs can use to rank start-up business ideas.  

This dataset includes:

[1] A Microsoft Excel worksheet (start_up_selection_template.xlsx) can be used to perform the analysis and select the best idea amongst 3 business ideas. 

[2] 3 worksheets (inside the samples folder) that have been completed by 3 members of a team that is planning on launching a start-up. 

The 3 team members all have come together to launch a business but are unsure of the idea that they should select. Their brief profiles are given below: 

- Entrepreneur A: worked in film-production for two years and has decent industry contacts. 
- Entrepreneur B: loves to cook, has a genuine passion for food, and once operated a burger cart in a busy intersection. 
- Entrepreneur C: helped B operate the burger cart and has gathered extensive work experience in the HR department of a local conglomerate.

The 3 business pursuits that the team has narrowed down are: 

- Idea 1: A delivery-only ‘cloud’ restaurant that will serve local delicacies. 
- Idea 2: A small fast-food joint on a busy street corner. 
- Idea 3: A video production company that will produce content for marketing agencies. 

Each team member has come up with their own rankings for the 3 business ideas by completing the worksheet. 
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    <dc:subject>Decision Analysis</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Entrepreneurship</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Analytical Hierarchy Process</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Decision Theory</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Multiple-Criteria Decision Analysis</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Project Start-Up Management</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Business Analytics</dc:subject>
    <dc:contributor>Alam, Md. Golam Rabiul </dc:contributor>
    <dc:type>Dataset</dc:type>
    <dc:identifier>doi:10.17632/kf9p2wywkx.1</dc:identifier>
    <dc:identifier>oai:data.mendeley.com/kf9p2wywkx.1</dc:identifier>
    <dc:rights>Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International</dc:rights>
    <dc:rights>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</dc:rights>
    <dc:relation>https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/kf9p2wywkx</dc:relation>
    <dc:date>2020-10-19T15:07:53Z</dc:date>
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