the underground economy has long been of interest to economists and has devoted extensive studies to itself in economic literature. through fuzzy logic approach in present research, we estimated the size of underground economy of iran over the period of 1978-2010. for this purpose and according to theoretical bases and previous studies, variables such as gdp per capita, ratio of direct taxes to...

the current study examines the impact of trade openness and business environment on foreign direct investment among 23 countries in southwest asia over the period 2004 to 2012. the research approach is econometric and the generalized regression of panel data was used to test the effect of the variables of interest. the results show that trade openness directly (coefficient of 0.002, p-value = 0...

This paper describes a dynamic computer-based business learning environment and the results from applying it in a real-world business organization. We argue for using learning tools, which not only provide realistic and complex models of reality, but are also are authentic, facilitate continuous problem solving and meaningful learning, and embed learning in social experience. We describe a cont...

today, every enterprise needs to have its own business model. a business model explains what exactly the costumers want, how they want it and how the company can satisfy them. this can actually leads to the industry's competitive advantages and help the enterprises to revive them. in the late decades the prevalence of e-commerce leads it to be known as a tool to organize the business and s...

Organizations adapt existing business processes in order to become competitive but a change in a process affects other processes as well. In order to support the required change suitable technologies must be provided so that business could run smoothly and efficiently. Since in a dynamic business environment requirements are changed frequently it is difficult to update underlying technologies t...

making an informed decision with regards to a suitable business location or site selection for organizations is becoming challenging for business decision makers globally; and even more challenging in business environment that are saddled with uncertainties. the continues raise of multiple criteria variation of site preferences has also necessitated the application of advanced decision making t...

Supplier performance evaluation plays a vital role in the creating an effective business survival especially pessimistic environment. More also, of supplier is important for enterprise to survive competitive local and global market. The study x-rays benefit data envelopment analysis evaluating decision-making units (DMUs). DEA mathematical programming tool applied measurement. A case scenario p...

Firms no longer compete as autonomous entities and prefer to join in a supply chain alliance to take advantage of highly competitive business situation. Supply chain coordination has a great impact on strategic partnering and success of a firm in competitive business environment. In this paper, we propose a system dynamics simulation model for strategic partner selection in supply chain. Our mo...

In today's business environment in which coordination and adaptation with constant changes are the only ways of survival, real-time monitoring of activities and making the decisions accordingly are necessary. Since performance measurement cannot be managed independent of business processes, Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) systems should monitor performance metrics based on business processes...