Evaluating the Sustainable Growth of Small- and Medium-Sized Construction Enterprises Using the Multicriteria Decision-Making Method

Table 3

Index weight of each level.

Target layer	Criteria layer	Weight	Factor layer	Weight	Indicator layer	Weight
Growth index system for small- and medium-sized listed construction enterprises	Growth resources	0.4965	Intangible resources	0.2917	The proportion of intangible assets	0.0947
					Intangible asset growth rate	0.1970
			Tangible resources	0.1184	Growth rate of fixed assets	0.0494
					Cash ratio	0.0587
					Inventory	0.0060
					Accounts receivable	0.0043
			Human resources	0.0864	Number of employees	0.0624
					Staff quality	0.0240
	Growth ability	0.4562	Operation capacity	0.3443	Accounts receivable turnover rate	0.0851
					Current asset turnover	0.0346
					Inventory turnover	0.1589
					Fixed asset turnover	0.0657
			Profitability	0.0292	Gross operating margin	0.0127
					Return on equity	0.0049
					Return on assets	0.0116
			Debt-paying ability	0.0261	Asset-liability ratio	0.0169
					Current ratio	0.0050
					Quick ratio	0.0042
			Marketing capability	0.0520	Net profit margin	0.0095
					Market occupancy	0.0425
			Market expectation ability	0.0046	Price earnings ratio	0.0026
					Price/book value ratio	0.0020
	Growth innovation	0.0474	Technology innovation	0.0459	Growth rate of R&D cost	0.0123
					Intensity of R&D input	0.0336
			Service innovation	0.0015	Diversity of products or services	0.0015