This article presents a case study of a marketing audit of the Lee County Library System, a rural public library system located in southwest Georgia. Marketing audits are an underutilized but needed tool for public libraries. In this audit, the library system’s mission, goals, environments, community and employee demographics, and a SWOT analysis were evaluated, resulting in several recommendat...

Good performance within a company is the result of correct interaction of business management with its internal and external environment. The recognition of internal strengths and weaknesses, as well as external opportunities and threats, takes place on the basis of a SWOT-analysis. However, despite their importance, many companies often only have vague ideas of their competitive strengths and ...

Electronic government (e-gov) may present a considerable number of opportunities but can also pose some threats. For the opportunities to be exploited and threats avoided, this study presents a SWOT analysis of the services provided by e-gov sites from the states of São Paulo, Paraná, Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina, Brazil. This analysis enabled the development of a SWOT mat...

این پژوهش با الهام گرفتن از نتایج یک طرح مطالعاتی کاربردی، رویکرد سلسله­‌مراتبی جهت پیگیری فرایند توسعه تأمین‌کنندگان و حمایت تصمیمات موجود در هر مراحل آن ارائه‌ می‌کند. ابتدا، زمینه‌های تأمین نیازمند سپس واجد شرایط هریک زمینه‌ها به کمک تصمیم‌گیری چندشاخصه بهترین-بدترین مشخص می‌گردند. معیارهای شناسایی نیز مرور مطالعات پیشین بهره‌گیری نظرات خبرگان حوزه‌ی خرید استخراج‌شده‌اند. درنهایت، مدل ریاضی ...

The paper deeply analyzes the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of development of the five rural banks in Heilongjiang province by the SWOT analysis. Economic advantages and its own advantages lay the foundation for development of rural banks.The weaker earning ability, the larger operating risk and the absence of effective regulation become the fetters.The support policies,curre...

The Semantic Web of Things (SWoT) blends the Semantic Web and the Internet of Things visions. Due to architectural and performance issues, it is currently impractical to use available reasoners for processing semantic-based information in pervasive computing scenarios. This paper presents a prototypical mobile matchmaker for the SWoT, supporting Semantic Web technologies and implementing both s...

In some Queensland universities, Information Systems academics have moved out of Business Faculties. This study uses a pilot SWOT analysis to examine the ramifications of Information Systems academics being located within or outside of the Business Faculty. The analysis provides a useful basis for decision makers in the School studied, to exploit opportunities and minimise external threats. For...

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