Selection of construction enterprises management strategy based on the SWOT and multi-criteria analysis

Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1063-1082

  Zavadskas, E K ^a   Turskis, Z ^a   Tamosaitiene, J ^a  

^a VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

AHP; Enterprise; Expert judgment; Management; MCDM; Permutation method; Strategy; SWOT

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; INDUSTRY; MANAGEMENT;

EXPERT JUDGMENT; MCDM; PERMUTATION METHOD; STRATEGY; SWOT;

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 84862094975     PISSN: 16449665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1644-9665(12)60096-x     Document Type: Article

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