{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3136663317","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40747-021-00317-w","title":"Private-label sustainable supplier selection using a fuzzy entropy-VIKOR-based approach","display_name":"Private-label sustainable supplier selection using a fuzzy entropy-VIKOR-based approach","publication_year":2021,"publication_date":"2021-03-17","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3136663317","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40747-021-00317-w","mag":"3136663317"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1007/s40747-021-00317-w","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40747-021-00317-w","pdf_url":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40747-021-00317-w.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S3035462843","display_name":"Complex & Intelligent Systems","issn_l":"2198-6053","issn":["2198-6053","2199-4536"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319900","host_organization_name":"Springer Science+Business Media","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319900","https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Science+Business Media","Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Complex & Intelligent Systems","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40747-021-00317-w.pdf","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100433239","display_name":"Jun Zhang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0184-8719"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I90259746","display_name":"Capital University of Economics and Business","ror":"https://ror.org/01r5sf951","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I90259746"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Jun Zhang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Management Engineering School, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Management Engineering School, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I90259746"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5101922077","display_name":"Linze Li","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8247-6587"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I90259746","display_name":"Capital University of Economics and Business","ror":"https://ror.org/01r5sf951","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I90259746"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Linze Li","raw_affiliation_strings":["Management Engineering School, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Management Engineering School, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I90259746"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5086548040","display_name":"Jing Zhang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1042-7433"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I90259746","display_name":"Capital University of Economics and Business","ror":"https://ror.org/01r5sf951","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I90259746"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jing Zhang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Management Engineering School, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Management Engineering School, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I90259746"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100430181","display_name":"Liping Chen","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7082-8856"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I90259746","display_name":"Capital University of Economics and Business","ror":"https://ror.org/01r5sf951","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I90259746"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Liping Chen","raw_affiliation_strings":["College of Business Administration, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"College of Business Administration, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I90259746"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5014248958","display_name":"Guojiao Chen","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I90259746","display_name":"Capital University of Economics and Business","ror":"https://ror.org/01r5sf951","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I90259746"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Guojiao Chen","raw_affiliation_strings":["Management Engineering School, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Management Engineering School, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I90259746"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":5,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5100433239"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I90259746"],"apc_list":{"value":1320,"currency":"GBP","value_usd":1619},"apc_paid":{"value":1320,"currency":"GBP","value_usd":1619},"fwci":4.7284,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":31,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.94677074,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":97,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"9","issue":"3","first_page":"2361","last_page":"2378"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10539","display_name":"Sustainable Supply Chain Management","score":0.9977999925613403,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1408","display_name":"Strategy and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10539","display_name":"Sustainable Supply Chain Management","score":0.9977999925613403,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1408","display_name":"Strategy and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10050","display_name":"Multi-Criteria Decision Making","score":0.9800999760627747,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10880","display_name":"Environmental Sustainability in Business","score":0.9659000039100647,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1406","display_name":"Marketing"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/vagueness","display_name":"Vagueness","score":0.5967101454734802},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/supplier-evaluation","display_name":"Supplier evaluation","score":0.573577880859375},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/supply-chain","display_name":"Supply chain","score":0.5430573225021362},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/multiple-criteria-decision-analysis","display_name":"Multiple-criteria decision analysis","score":0.5326846241950989},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/supplier-relationship-management","display_name":"Supplier relationship management","score":0.5092951059341431},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/vikor-method","display_name":"VIKOR method","score":0.494674414396286},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/entropy","display_name":"Entropy (arrow of time)","score":0.4801585078239441},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/fuzzy-logic","display_name":"Fuzzy logic","score":0.44473832845687866},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computational-intelligence","display_name":"Computational intelligence","score":0.4423699378967285},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/flexibility","display_name":"Flexibility (engineering)","score":0.441742867231369},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.43432119488716125},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sustainability","display_name":"Sustainability","score":0.4225265085697174},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/delphi-method","display_name":"Delphi method","score":0.4150095283985138},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/business","display_name":"Business","score":0.40108561515808105},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/risk-analysis","display_name":"Risk analysis (engineering)","score":0.3939386308193207},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operations-research","display_name":"Operations research","score":0.36012616753578186},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/environmental-economics","display_name":"Environmental economics","score":0.3531053066253662},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/supply-chain-management","display_name":"Supply chain management","score":0.34675729274749756},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/marketing","display_name":"Marketing","score":0.21567240357398987},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.16732031106948853},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.15748614072799683},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics","display_name":"Mathematics","score":0.15197506546974182},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/economics","display_name":"Economics","score":0.13628888130187988}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776825360","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1411921","display_name":"Vagueness","level":3,"score":0.5967101454734802},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778897053","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q125783","display_name":"Supplier evaluation","level":4,"score":0.573577880859375},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C108713360","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1824206","display_name":"Supply chain","level":2,"score":0.5430573225021362},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11105738","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1895805","display_name":"Multiple-criteria decision analysis","level":2,"score":0.5326846241950989},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C104861157","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1357275","display_name":"Supplier relationship management","level":4,"score":0.5092951059341431},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C172438850","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7907019","display_name":"VIKOR method","level":3,"score":0.494674414396286},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C106301342","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4117933","display_name":"Entropy (arrow of time)","level":2,"score":0.4801585078239441},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C58166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q224821","display_name":"Fuzzy logic","level":2,"score":0.44473832845687866},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C139502532","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1122090","display_name":"Computational intelligence","level":2,"score":0.4423699378967285},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780598303","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65921492","display_name":"Flexibility (engineering)","level":2,"score":0.441742867231369},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.43432119488716125},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C66204764","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q219416","display_name":"Sustainability","level":2,"score":0.4225265085697174},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C60641444","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q841602","display_name":"Delphi method","level":2,"score":0.4150095283985138},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.40108561515808105},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C112930515","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4389547","display_name":"Risk analysis (engineering)","level":1,"score":0.3939386308193207},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C42475967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194292","display_name":"Operations research","level":1,"score":0.36012616753578186},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C134560507","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q753291","display_name":"Environmental economics","level":1,"score":0.3531053066253662},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C44104985","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q492886","display_name":"Supply chain management","level":3,"score":0.34675729274749756},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162853370","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39809","display_name":"Marketing","level":1,"score":0.21567240357398987},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.16732031106948853},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.15748614072799683},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.15197506546974182},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.13628888130187988},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62520636","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944","display_name":"Quantum mechanics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105795698","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12483","display_name":"Statistics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18903297","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7150","display_name":"Ecology","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1007/s40747-021-00317-w","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40747-021-00317-w","pdf_url":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40747-021-00317-w.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S3035462843","display_name":"Complex & Intelligent Systems","issn_l":"2198-6053","issn":["2198-6053","2199-4536"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319900","host_organization_name":"Springer Science+Business Media","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319900","https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Science+Business Media","Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Complex & Intelligent Systems","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:doaj.org/article:b9b76e3f6a9942ecb30c447aec8f1e82","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doaj.org/article/b9b76e3f6a9942ecb30c447aec8f1e82","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S112646816","display_name":"SHILAP Revista de lepidopterolog\u00eda","issn_l":"0300-5267","issn":["0300-5267","2340-4078"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Complex & Intelligent Systems, Vol 9, Iss 3, Pp 2361-2378 (2021)","raw_type":"article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1007/s40747-021-00317-w","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40747-021-00317-w","pdf_url":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40747-021-00317-w.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S3035462843","display_name":"Complex & Intelligent Systems","issn_l":"2198-6053","issn":["2198-6053","2199-4536"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319900","host_organization_name":"Springer Science+Business Media","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319900","https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Science+Business Media","Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Complex & Intelligent Systems","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G5830170706","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"20BGL001","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320326290","funder_display_name":"National Planning Office of Philosophy and Social Science"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320326290","display_name":"National Planning Office of Philosophy and Social Science","ror":null}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W3136663317.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W3136663317.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":51,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W38708963","https://openalex.org/W1491972678","https://openalex.org/W1828870904","https://openalex.org/W1896828031","https://openalex.org/W1976439903","https://openalex.org/W1992983421","https://openalex.org/W1995265853","https://openalex.org/W1996903695","https://openalex.org/W2003445468","https://openalex.org/W2007367842","https://openalex.org/W2007647472","https://openalex.org/W2012468319","https://openalex.org/W2014168449","https://openalex.org/W2014644425","https://openalex.org/W2034037687","https://openalex.org/W2034960640","https://openalex.org/W2035854859","https://openalex.org/W2041404167","https://openalex.org/W2048853022","https://openalex.org/W2049294565","https://openalex.org/W2054592136","https://openalex.org/W2055487210","https://openalex.org/W2057178439","https://openalex.org/W2065262720","https://openalex.org/W2074634340","https://openalex.org/W2092606478","https://openalex.org/W2094870730","https://openalex.org/W2097359812","https://openalex.org/W2108374737","https://openalex.org/W2125483440","https://openalex.org/W2132930716","https://openalex.org/W2136264864","https://openalex.org/W2168004073","https://openalex.org/W2177435376","https://openalex.org/W2229272945","https://openalex.org/W2333442310","https://openalex.org/W2335297974","https://openalex.org/W2462487307","https://openalex.org/W2522753920","https://openalex.org/W2530583575","https://openalex.org/W2624996355","https://openalex.org/W2625260090","https://openalex.org/W2783148268","https://openalex.org/W2903649478","https://openalex.org/W2911760269","https://openalex.org/W2912565176","https://openalex.org/W2973339018","https://openalex.org/W2978725006","https://openalex.org/W3161922309","https://openalex.org/W4211007335","https://openalex.org/W4292158025"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2191784840","https://openalex.org/W2068363131","https://openalex.org/W2781607901","https://openalex.org/W3016290942","https://openalex.org/W3081539729","https://openalex.org/W2080853999","https://openalex.org/W3115141845","https://openalex.org/W2335968019","https://openalex.org/W2026168496","https://openalex.org/W2893661446"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Abstract":[0],"In":[1],"recent":[2],"decades,":[3],"private":[4],"labels":[5],"have":[6],"been":[7],"the":[8,57,82,136,165,179],"focus":[9],"of":[10,27,138,178,189],"great":[11],"development":[12],"in":[13,105,130,169,185],"retail":[14,170],"due":[15],"to":[16,87],"their":[17],"price":[18],"advantage":[19],"and":[20,29,52,59,115,153,161,176],"consumer-oriented":[21],"production.":[22],"With":[23],"growing":[24],"customer":[25],"awareness":[26],"safety":[28],"health,":[30],"private-label":[31,72,171],"sustainable":[32],"supplier":[33,49,73,172,190],"selection":[34,50,74],"has":[35],"become":[36],"a":[37,66,89,94,126,145,186],"strategic":[38],"issue":[39],"for":[40,71],"many":[41,46],"retailers.":[42],"Although":[43],"there":[44],"are":[45,62,109,118,164,182],"studies":[47,55],"on":[48,56,93,111],"issues":[51],"evaluation":[53],"methods,":[54],"sustainability":[58,77],"consumption":[60],"sectors":[61],"rather":[63],"limited.":[64],"Therefore,":[65],"novel":[67],"three-phase":[68],"MCDM":[69],"model":[70,181],"compliance":[75],"with":[76,156],"criteria":[78,90,168],"is":[79,85,103,132],"proposed.":[80],"First,":[81],"Delphi":[83],"method":[84],"used":[86],"construct":[88],"system":[91],"based":[92,110],"detailed":[95],"literature":[96],"review.":[97],"Then,":[98],"an":[99],"integrated":[100],"weight":[101],"algorithm":[102],"suggested,":[104],"which":[106],"objective":[107],"weights":[108,117],"attributes\u2019":[112],"entropy":[113],"measurements,":[114],"subjective":[116],"derived":[119],"from":[120,144],"decision-makers\u2019":[121],"preferences.":[122],"Eventually,":[123],"during":[124],"evaluation,":[125],"fuzzy":[127],"set":[128],"extended":[129],"VIKOR":[131],"exploited":[133],"by":[134],"considering":[135],"vagueness":[137],"decision":[139],"makers\u2019":[140],"expressions.":[141],"The":[142,174],"results":[143],"case":[146,188],"study":[147],"then":[148],"show":[149],"that":[150],"green":[151],"packaging":[152],"labelling,":[154],"relationship":[155],"manufacturing":[157],"brand,":[158],"order":[159],"flexibility,":[160],"product":[162],"traceability":[163],"most":[166],"important":[167],"selection.":[173],"flexibility":[175],"reliability":[177],"proposed":[180],"also":[183],"demonstrated":[184],"practical":[187],"evaluation.":[191]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":4}],"updated_date":"2026-03-20T23:20:44.827607","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}