INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS OF ECONOMIC ENTITIES: REGIONAL COMPARISONS

formation and evolution of regional organizations: the case study of the economic cooperation organization (eco)

abstract because of the many geopolitical, geo economical and geo strategically potentials and communicational capabilities of eco region, members can expand the convergence and the integration in base of this organization that have important impact on members development and expanding peace in international and regional level. based on quality analyzing of library findings and experts interv...

Competitiveness of regional products in the international food market

The paper deals with the quality issue in the market of regional products. It shows that the particular institutional mechanisms at the core of their quality definition and perception, can hamper regional products in successfully coping with the current competitive changes in the international food system. The standardization of food consumption patterns, the consolidation of food manufacture a...

Transit Facilitation for Regional Economic Integration and Competitiveness

Pursuing International Competitiveness in Iranian Wheat Policy

After the war with Iraq which ended in 1988, Iran implemented several agricultural support policies based on Five-Year National Development Plans. The main objective of these plans in the agriculture sector was to make the agricultural economy more market-oriented and to encourage sustainable agriculture. This paper investigates the extent to which Iran's government has been able to achieve thi...

Business and Competitiveness: Two mModels Compared and Microeconomic/Management Foundations of National or International Comparisons

Abstract Competition amongst national firms and as extension amongst international firms is determined via a complex interaction of forces. Porter (1985, 1990) has proposed a concrete way to measure competitiveness through its well-known model. Sanidas (2005, 2006) has introduced a more detailed management and organization-based model with microeconomic elements that present a new and more comp...