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The SWOT framework helps to pull the most important information into a format that can then be used in strategic management to determine the strategic issue the firm needs to address and resolve by consolidating a summary of the other analyses into one framework. Porters Five Forces analysis examines the situation faced by the competitors in an industry. Strategic groups analysis narrows the focus by centering on subsets of these competitors whose strategies are similar. SWOT analysis takes an even narrower focus by centering on an individual firm. Specifically, SWOT analysis is a tool that considers a firms strengths and weaknesses along with the opportunities and threats that exist in the firms environment If you refer back to Reading: 5.2 SWOT Framework, you can review a SWOT analysis on Subway. For this discussion, select a firm (it can be from the readings, a previous discussion, or a new firm) and perform a SWOT analysis. Be sure to thoroughly address the firm's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats as if the person reading your post had never heard of the firm.