applying analytical network process in swot (case study in iran insurance company) swot analysis does not present an analytical technique for defining significance of recognized factors and assessment of different strategic alternatives. thus it has several problems in factors assessment. ahp technique solves some of the problems but it is not efficient when the factors have interdependency bec...

background: successful waste management programs are linked to internal factors, sw (strength and weakness points), and external factors, ot (opportunities and threats), and at the macro level are grounds for sustainable development. studies may be related to david’s study which presented a method to quantify strength, weakness, opportunity, threats (swot) analysis. methods: in this study, desi...

Nowadays, industrialization exposes the human and environment resources to serious dangers. The importance of these resources caused the HSE (health, safety and environment) to have a significant contribution in industries’ evaluation, especially in construction industry. While evaluating the project’s success from an HSE point of view, it is not enough to rely solely on the outputs without con...

the ever severe dynamic competitive environment has led to increasing complexity of strategic decision making in giant organizations. strategy formulation is one of basic processes in achieving long range goals. since, in ordinary methods considering all factors and their significance in accomplishing individual goals are almost impossible. here, a new approach based on clustering method is pro...

according to rapid changes in information age, iranian organizations should move faster toward optimization of e-business. in order to achieve this strategic goal, recent study develops a conceptual model for presenting the factors affecting e-business diffusion (internal integration and external diffusion) based on toe framework. the purpose of this model is examining the influence of technolo...