Recently, Multiple-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) tools have increasingly been expanded to help researchers and practitioners to evaluate and select the best compromise alternatives. Among popular MCDM methods, Vlsekriterijumska Optimizacija I KOmpromisno Resenje (VIKOR) has attracted much attention to cope with complex problems with conflict factors. The current study conducted a state-of-the-art literature review to embody the research on VIKOR and its applications. The paper structure consists of 198 papers from more than 100 journals and conference proceedings since 2002 which were classified into nine categories: 1) Design and manufacturing management, 2) Business and marketing management, 3) Supply chain and logistics management, 4) Environmental resources and energy management, 5) Construction management, 6) Education management, 7)Health-care and risk management, 8) Tourism management, and 9) Other topics. The last topic contains Information and knowledge management, Mine industry, etc. The study also proposes four classifications: 1) Publication year, 2) Journals, 3) other techniques combined or compared with VIKOR, and 4) Keywords distribution by VIKOR papers specifications. Finally, it was proposed forthcoming areas of study and recommendations for practical means. This study intends to generate insights on decision making techniques.

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RESUMEN Este artículo relata una práctica de una simulación empresarial llevada a cabo con alumnos de la Licenciatura Administración y Dirección de Empresas (ADE). Graeml, F. R., Baena, V., Mihai, S. Revista

RESUMEN:Este artículo describe una actividad integradora de conocimientos denominada "La Fábrica de Dados" realizada a partir de una actividad de simulación empresarial llevada a cabo con alumnos de tercer y cuarto curso de la Licenciatura en Administración y Dirección de Empresas de una universidad española y otra chipriota. El objetivo es integrar el conocimiento teórico adquiridos a lo largo de la carrera y contribuir a la adquisición y desarrollo de diferentes competencias necesarias para logar el éxito en el mundo profesional entre los alumnos, tales como el trabajo en equipo, gestión de la información, planificación, innovación, creatividad y responsabilidad, entre otras. Sin embargo, también se pretendió que la actividad docente propuesta contribuyese a minimizar el efecto de los inhibidores de aprendizaje entre los estudiantes universitarios. Para contrastarlo, 392 estudiantes participaron en la actividad y completaron dos cuestionarios semiestructurados (antes y después de participar en "La Fábrica de Dados"). Los excelentes resultados obtenidos tras analizar los estadísticos descriptivos y el contraste de medias relacionadas confirman la idoneidad de "La Fábrica de Dados" a nivel docente.Palabras clave: Simulación Empresarial, Innovación Docente, Aprendizaje Cooperativo, Inhibidores del Aprendizaje, Metodologías Activas de Aprendizaje.ABSTRACT: This article describes a business simulation activity named "The Dice Factory", which was conducted with senior undergraduate business students in a Spanish University and a Cypriote Business School. Business simulations (business games) are an amazing tool for teaching and business practice that can be used in different educational levels, making it an ideal activity both in degree and graduate in any discipline of knowledge. The goal of this work is to integrate the theoretical knowledge acquired at the University, and contribute to the acquisition and development among students of different skills necessary to be successful in the professional world, such as teamwork, information management, planning, innovation, creativity, and responsibility among others. This works also attempts to minimize the effect of the learning inhibitors among students. Related to the empirical analysis, it is worth mentioning that 392 students participated in the activity and completed two semi-structured questionnaires (before and after their participating in "the Dice Factory"). The excellent results obtained from the descriptive statistics and the t-student means test confirmed the suitability of the proposed activity at the University.