dc.contributor.author |
Ranadewa, KATO |
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dc.contributor.author |
Sandanayake, YG |
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dc.contributor.author |
Siriwardena, M |
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dc.contributor.editor |
Sandanayake, YG |
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dc.contributor.editor |
Gunatilake, S |
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dc.contributor.editor |
Waidyasekara, KGAS |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2023-01-13T05:54:45Z |
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dc.date.available |
2023-01-13T05:54:45Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2018-06 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
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en_US |
dc.identifier.uri |
http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/20171 |
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dc.description.abstract |
The significant benefits that Small & Medium Enterprise (SME)s provide to the national economy, including
their contributions to the economic development, industrial output, employment creation, and tax revenue
marked as the reasons for examining the various aspects of SMEs around the world. The construction
industry is usually described as being one of the riskiest business arenas and hence, SMEs needs to improve
their capacities by analysing the possible opportunities as well as the threats in the market to sustain in the
construction industry. Hence, this paper explored the SWOT analysis for SME contractors in Sri Lanka. A
literature review followed by five case studies were carried out to collect data. The collected data were
analysed and presented in a SWOT matrix to identify the advantage of positive facts over negative facts for
construction SMEs. As per the research findings, the explored external and internal factors can be
categorised under five main themes as financial, technical, managerial, legal and political and other.
Findings of the case studies identified 21 internal factors as the strengths of construction SMEs and 48
internal factors as weaknesses of construction SMEs. Yet, the study further revealed 22 factors under
opportunities for construction SMEs and identified 46 external factors as threats to their organisation. This
study further proves that a detailed understanding of the processes and extensive explorations of all possible
causes, reasons using the SWOT analysis will help overcoming the number of challenges faced by
construction SMEs. In addition, it was evident that inexpensive or zero cost solutions could be implemented
by identifying the strengths and opportunities of their organisations. This will mark for further researches
to study the possible strategies for construction SMEs using SWOT analysis matrix. |
en_US |
dc.language.iso |
en |
en_US |
dc.publisher |
Ceylon Institute of Builders |
en_US |
dc.relation.uri |
https://ciobwcs.com/downloads/WCS2018-Proceedings.pdf |
en_US |
dc.subject |
Construction SMEs |
en_US |
dc.subject |
Sri Lanka |
en_US |
dc.subject |
SWOT analysis |
en_US |
dc.title |
A swot analysis for sri lankan construction smes |
en_US |
dc.type |
Conference-Full-text |
en_US |
dc.identifier.faculty |
Architecture |
en_US |
dc.identifier.department |
Department of Building Economics |
en_US |
dc.identifier.year |
2018 |
en_US |
dc.identifier.conference |
7th World Construction Symposium 2018 |
en_US |
dc.identifier.place |
Colombo |
en_US |
dc.identifier.pgnos |
pp. 1-12 |
en_US |
dc.identifier.proceeding |
Built Asset Sustainability: Rethinking Design, Construction and Operations |
en_US |