SWOT analysis is a simple but powerful tool for$01$:$08$:$19$McGrawHillIF$1$@$2$WSHORPMultiple Choiceidentifying the market segments in which a company is strongly positioned and weakly positioned.sizing up a company's resources and capabilities, strengths and deficiencies, its market opportunities, and the external threats to its future wellbeingevaluating whether a company is in the most appropriate strategic group.gauging whether a company has a cost$-$competitive value chain.determining a company's competitive strength vis$-$a$-$vis close rivals.