The purpose of this study is to analyze the role of Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) analysis and the Theory of Constraint (TOC) approach in the planning and execution of Information Technology (IT) projects. Organizations consider a number of trade-offs during the entire lifecycle of an IT project due to the conflicts between limited resource availability and the timely de...

Virtual reality (VR) systems (Neumann et al., 2017), which are currently receiving considerable attention from athletes, create a twoor three-dimensional environment in the form of emulated pictures and/or video-recordings where in addition to being mentally present, the athlete even often feels like he/she is there physically as well. As she/he interacts with and/or reacts to this environment,...

In this paper, SWOT analysis and fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (FAHP) have been employed to structure determine the importance of all identified alternatives for developing strategic management in a local district heating plant Serbia. Weaknesses are as drivers technological slowdown plant. The outcome prioritization highlights solving challenges regarding weaknesses by relying on variety op...

Assessing the sustainability of agri-food chains is challenging for several reasons. It should account impacts on environmental, social, and economic wellbeing simultaneously, considering both individual links in chain as a whole. The primary aim this study to assess conditions meeting criteria legume-based Slovenia. Therefore, quantitative assessment methodology was developed, using multi-stak...

The advance of the information technology and e-business strategies made it possible for the (para)pharmaceutical industry in Greece to be organised in clusters in order to deal with the invasion of big international production companies. The paper presents a case study of the Greek (para)pharmaceutical industry and explores the reasons that led the links of this supply chain to align goals and...

This study uses SWOT analysis to explore perceptions of differential administrative placement of the Information Systems academic discipline within four universities across two countries, Australia and Korea. The analysis provides a useful basis for decision makers to exploit opportunities and minimize external threats. The study also offers useful insights for Information Systems academics con...

The purpose of this paper is to map SWOT analysis to the problem familiar and knowledge familiar dimensions and meet the challenge of knowing little about the problem and lacking of related knowledge by integrating the peripheral vision. In the SWOT analysis from knowledge point of view, organizations can narrow the internal and external gap in order to retain competitive advantage and diminish...

  This paper analyzes the results of implementing Value Engineering (VE) into SWOT methodology undertaken in Yazd province of Iran. This is the first time that these techniques have been undertaken for fisheries sector in Iran. The study mainly aims at applying Value Engineering and SWOT techniques to achieve the best out of decision-making, and also of management issues as a whole, through the...

  This paper analyzes the results of implementing Value Engineering (VE) into SWOT methodology undertaken in Yazd province of Iran. This is the first time that these techniques have been undertaken for fisheries sector in Iran. The study mainly aims at applying Value Engineering and SWOT techniques to achieve the best out of decision-making, and also of management issues as a whole, through the...