Strategy development by using SWOT - AHP
Strategy development by using SWOT - AHP
Author(s): Dijana OreškiSubject(s): Information Architecture, Electronic information storage and retrieval
Published by: UIKTEN - Association for Information Communication Technology Education and Science
Keywords: SWOT; AHP; strategy formulation
Summary/Abstract: This paper employs combination of SWOT analysis and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) in strategic planning for tourism of small mid-european city Varazdin, which is located in the north west of Croatia. SWOT analysis identifies internal and external factors which are prioritized by expert in tourism domain by means of AHP. The prioritized SWOT factors are used in strategies formulation using TOWS matrix. Results indicate that proactive communication strategy and isolation strategy with effective marketing promotional strategy were the best strategies that could have been implemented.
Journal: TEM Journal
- Issue Year: 1/2012
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 283-291
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English