Dampier Associates is a holding company that specializes in buying out small- to medium-sized textile companies. The company is currently considering purchasing three companies in the Carolinas: Alton Textiles, Bonham Mills, and Core Textiles. The main criteria the company uses to determine which companies it will purchase are current profitability and growth potential. Dampier moderately prefers growth potential over profitability in making a purchase decision. Dampier’s pairwise comparisons for the three target textile companies it is considering are as follows:

Profitability Company A B C A 1 1/3 7 B 3 1 9 C 1/7 1/9 1 Growth Potential Company A B C A 1 1/2 1/5 B 2 1 1/3 C 5 3 1 Develop an overall ranking of the three companies for Dampier Associates by using AHP.

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