Benefit, cost and risk analysis of designing: a third-party e-commerce logistics center
Fu Gang. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2001. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 71-72). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; ABSTRACT OF THESIS ENTITLED --- p.I ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.III ; TABLE OF CONTENT --- p.IV ; LIST OF FIGURES --- p.VII ; LIST OF TABLES --- p.VIII ; Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.1 --- A Third-party E-commerce Logistics Center in Need --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.2 --- Difficulty in Designing the Logistics Center --- p.2 ; Chapter 1.3 --- AHP and ANP --- p.3 ; Chapter 1.4 --- Scope of the Study --- p.4 ; Chapter 1.5 --- Organization of the Thesis --- p.5 ; Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- BACKGROUND AND LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.7 ; Chapter 2.1 --- Third-party E-commerce Logistics Center --- p.7 ; Chapter 2.2 --- "Government, Investors, and Users" --- p.8 ; Chapter 2.3 --- Center Design --- p.11 ; Chapter 2.3.1 --- Information and Physical Infrastructure --- p.11 ; Chapter 2.3.2 --- Ownership Arrangement --- p.12 ; Chapter 2.3.3 --- Design Alternatives --- p.13 ; Chapter 2.4 --- Evaluating Design Alternatives --- p.17 ; Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- AHP MODEL --- p.19 ; Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction of AHP --- p.19 ; Chapter 3.2 --- AHP Models for Government --- p.20 ; Chapter 3.2.1 --- Benefit to Government --- p.20 ; Chapter 3.2.2 --- Cost to Government --- p.23 ; Chapter 3.2.3 --- Risk to Government --- p.24 ; Chapter 3.3 --- AHP Models for Investors --- p.25 ; Chapter 3.3.1 --- Benefit to Investors --- p.25 ; Chapter 3.3.2 --- Cost to Investors --- p.28 ; Chapter 3.3.3 --- Risk to Investors --- p.29 ; Chapter 3.4 --- AHP Models for Users --- p.32 ; Chapter 3.4.1 --- Benefit to Users --- p.32 ; Chapter 3.4.2 --- Cost to Users --- p.34 ; Chapter 3.4.3 --- Risk to Users --- p.36 ; Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- RISK SHARING IN CENTER DESIGN ´ؤ USING AHP MODEL --- p.38 ; Chapter 4.1 --- "Solution Methodology of Aggregating Benefit, Cost and Risk in AHP" --- p.38 ; Chapter 4.2 --- Aspects in Determining an Agreeable Solution --- p.40 ; Chapter 4.3 --- Sensitivity ...