SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) analysis is a commonly used and an important technique for analyzing internal and external environments in order to provide a systematic approach and support for a decision making. SWOT is criticized mostly for considering only qualitative examination of environmental factors, no priority for various factors and strategies, and no vaguenes...

A quantitative method is presented to rank strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) of modified vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA) as a platform for pre-pandemic and pandemic influenza vaccines. Analytic hierarchy process (AHP) was applied to achieve pairwise comparisons among SWOT factors in order to prioritize them. Key opinion leaders (KOLs) in the influenza vaccine field were inter...

Nowadays, Due to the accelerated environment changes and organizational decisions have become complex, the need for using strategic programs to face this kind of problems is more tangible. In this paper, at first, the most influential internal and external elements were detected with the help of the techniques of strategy formulation. Then having used the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities an...

E-government has become an important phenomenon which attracted every country toward itself. However e-government is facing challenges which have significant effects on its performance. In order to overcome these challenges good strategies are inevitable for the e-government implementation. In this paper we analyzed Saudi Arabia's e-government using strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and...

Logistics outsourcing has been applied in practices by enterprises for decades, but its efficiency is always restricted because logistics service providers (LSPs) often only have a single function such as delivery or warehousing. In the last few years, LSPs have upgraded their capabilities to support some other logistics services including valueadded services, materials management, information-...

The paper proposes a methodology for determining management strategies in construction enterprises. For this purpose, the SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) analysis as an instrument for formulating management strategies is recommended. The best practices for this reason are also analysed. The algorithm helps to select the most preferable strategies based on the AHP, expert...

Due to its wide applicability and ease of use, the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) has been studied extensively for the last 20 years. Recently, it is observed that the focus has been confined to the applications of the integrated AHPs rather than the stand-alone AHP. The five tools that commonly combined with the AHP include mathematical programming, quality function deployment (QFD), meta-he...

A well-known technique in strategic planning is to gather and organize information regarding the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats facing the immediate and near future of an organization. This technique is usually called SWOT. Based on this information the organization must develop alternative plans and select the most convenient to its interests. It is assumed that previously to...

The study combined a qualitative analysis model and quantitative to rank strategies in agricultural production Ninh Thuan province, Vietnam. A strength, weakness, opportunity, threat (SWOT) is used evaluate the characteristics of internal external factors through TOWS matrix. research Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) compare influence criteria on production. AHP method quantified weights matr...