Utilizando el enfoque QFD-Fuzzy para respaldar las decisiones de los inversores: Un estudio de negocios digitales de rápido crecimiento en Londres

Autores/as

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19094/contextus.2023.82986

Palabras clave:

estrategia de crecimiento, negocios digitales, decisiones de inversión, matriz QFD-Fuzzy, números Fuzzy

Resumen

El trabajo analiza las estrategias de expansión de negocios digitales de rápido crecimiento para desarrollar una metodología para respaldar las decisiones de los inversores. Se realizó una encuesta cualitativa con CEOs y fundadores de 119 startups, seguida del desarrollo de una matriz QFD-Fuzzy, para evaluar el impacto de las características clave de la empresa en las opciones de crecimiento estratégico. Se encontró que el número de empleados y la intención de recaudar fondos en el corto plazo fueron los elementos menos determinantes para las estrategias de crecimiento, mientras que la captación de fondos y las tasas de crecimiento fueron los aspectos más determinantes. También se demostró que la Matriz QFD-Fuzzy se puede adaptar para apoyar las decisiones de los inversores. 

Biografía del autor/a

João Florêncio da Costa Júnior, Universidad Potiguar - UnP Anima

Maestría en Ingeniería de Producción - UFRN. MBA Negocios Internacionales - Universidad Metropolitana de Cardiff. Doctorando del Programa de Posgrado en Administración - UFRN. Profesor de la Escuela de Administración y Negocios de la Universidad Potiguar - UnP Anima.

Eric Lucas dos Santos Cabral, Universidad Federal de Rio Grande do Norte

Licenciado y Magíster en Ingeniería de Producción por la UFRN.

Estudiante de doctorado en el Programa de Posgrado en Ciencias e Ingeniería del Petróleo de la UFRN.

Jurandir Galdino Barreto Junior , Universidad Federal de Rio Grande do Norte

Maestría en Ingeniería de Producción - UFRN.

Especialista en Gestión Dinámica de Proyectos - UFRN e Ingeniería Clínica - RTG.

Ricardo Augusto Niederauer Flores Severo, Universidad Federal de Rio Grande do Norte

 Estudiante de Maestría en Administración - UFRN.

MBA en Gestión Empresarial - Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV).

Afrânio Galdino de Araújo, Universidad Federal de Rio Grande do Norte

Doctorado en Ingeniería de Producción - UFPE.

Profesor Asociado de la Universidad Federal de Rio Grande do Norte - UFRN

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2023-05-23

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Costa Júnior, J. F. da, Cabral, E. L. dos S., Barreto Junior , J. G. ., Severo, R. A. . N. F., & Araújo, A. G. de. (2023). Utilizando el enfoque QFD-Fuzzy para respaldar las decisiones de los inversores: Un estudio de negocios digitales de rápido crecimiento en Londres . Contextus – Revista Contemporánea De Economía Y Gestión, 21, e82986. https://doi.org/10.19094/contextus.2023.82986

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