1 Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. 2 Industrial Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Shahid Bahonar University, Kerman, Iran. 3 Institute of Advanced Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. 4 Department of Industrial Engineering, Islamic Azad University of Kerma...

Manufacturing industries are facing increasing competitive challenges in maintaining their existing markets and improving their capability to respond efficiently to rapidly changing customer needs. New architectures are required for the next generation of manufacturing systems to meet these challenges. Such architectures have to satisfy new requirements for increased integrability, configurabil...

This paper investigates the effect of economic sanctions on employment. We exploit imposition a series unexpected and unprecedented international Iran in 2012 estimate short-run effects change import exposure manufacturing employment at industry level. Our estimates indicate that led to an overall decline growth rate by 16.4 percentage points. However, we uncover significant asymmetric across i...

although entry of new firms is influenced by regional differences‚ the impact of location dimensions on entry has been received less attention in the literature of iran's economy and hence this study tries to examine net entry of new industrial firms with the use of ten demographics characteristics in the regions of country during 2005 to 2013. in this study‚ econometric panel data methods...

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Purpose: This case study aims to explain the CSR practices in Mobarakeh Steel Company and examine its transformation process from practicing corporate social responsibility to creating shared value. Design/methodology/approach: Through document reviews, observations, and discussions with managers and employees at Mobarakeh Steel Company (MSC), the required data for the current study was obtaine...

Despite increasing recalls, contamination events, and shortages, drug companies continue to rely on outdated manufacturing plants and processes. Drug manufacturing’s inefficiency and lack of innovation stand in stark contrast to drug discovery, which is the focus of a calibrated innovation policy that combines patents and FDA regulation. Pharmaceutical manufacturing lags far behind the innovati...