Assessing the SMEs' competitive strategies on the impact of environmental factors: A quantitative SWOT analysis application

WSEAS Transactions on Information Science and Applications

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1701-1710

  Hai, Hui Lin ^a  

^a SHIH CHIEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Environmental Management System (EMS); Opportunity and Threat (SWOT); Small and Medium Enterprises (SME); Strength; Weakness

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MANAGEMENT; ONLINE SEARCHING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (EMS); OPPORTUNITY AND THREAT (SWOT); SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SME); STRENGTH; WEAKNESS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 59249104585     PISSN: 17900832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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