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JOURNAL OF APPLIED BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

Establish and Optimize the Enterprise Downsizing Model 

Author(s): Jiali Lin, Dazhi Jiang, Hui Cheng

Citation: Jiali Lin, Dazhi Jiang, Hui Cheng, (2012) "Establish and Optimize the Enterprise Downsizing Models," Vol. 13, Iss. 4, pp. 125-135

Article Type: Research paper

Publisher: North American Business Press

Abstract:

Downsizing is a process of reducing staff in order to improve a firm’s efficiency, which is widely used by

enterprises when their profitability is declining. This paper discusses and probes a relatively perfect

index system for downsizing through investigation. Based on the index system discussed, a downsizing

model is proposed to maximize the average core value of the enterprise. A new and efficient evolutionary

algorithm is presented and applied to determine the downsizing objective. The outcome of demonstrating

simulation indicates that the solution can improve the validity and rationality of decisions and then offer

enterprises a valuable solution of downsizing management.