According to Table 2, "decreased government
tenure on economic services and commercial sectors^'
as well as the "possibility of continuous communication
with international institutions such as the World Bank
supporting environmental initiatives" with a score of
0.07, are of most significant opportunities. Moreover,
"lack of land use planning projects in the country^' and
"increased unemployment and bankruptcy of small
businesses followed by social problems" with a weight of
0.06 are accounted for the most important external threats.
The internal and external factors in Tables 1 were
given a score ranging from 1 to 5. In the fourth column
of the tables, the result of multiplying the weight of each
factor by the corresponding rating is presented. As the IFE
matrix reveals, the total weight of the factors is equal to
2.89, which is higher than the base value of 2.5. Overall,
the strength points are greater than the weaknesses.
The total weight of 2.93 in the EFE matrix indicates
the dominance of opportunities over threats. As shown in