An entropy-based SWOT evaluation process of critical success factors for international market entry: A case study of a medium-sized consulting company

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 821-834

  Tang, Llewellyn C M ^a   Atkinson, Ben ^a   Zou, Raymond Rui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consulting company; Critical success factors; Entropy; International project; SWOT analysis

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS GROWTH; CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES; CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; ECONOMIC RECESSION; ENTROPY-BASED; EVALUATION PROCESS; IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION; INDIVIDUAL FACTORS; INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS; INTERNATIONAL MARKETS; INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS; MULTI OBJECTIVE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE METHOD; SWOT ANALYSIS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ENTROPY;

INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

BUSINESS CYCLE; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84867649845     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446193.2012.697180     Document Type: Article

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