in this study, the situation of iran, u.s and turkey's pistachio export is investigated. to this purpose, revealed comparative advantage (rca) index is calculated based on agricultural and total economy export, separately, then forecasted by using auto- regressive integrated moving average (arima) approached, for 2008-2013. the results show that considering both commodity baskets, turkey and ir...

Energy security and energy trade are the cornerstones of global economic social development. The structural robustness international oil network (iOTN) plays an important role in economy. We integrate machine learning optimization algorithm, game theory, utility theory for decision-making model that contains benefit endowment cost economies trades. have reconstructed degree, clustering coeffici...

Data Type – Each value is some data object – Operations are implemented separately in a generic module – Same module shared by all the values belonging to each type Object-Oriented Approach DoubleRing := proc(val::float) local Me; Me := module() export v, a, s, m, d, gt, zero, one, coerce, absolute, sine, sqroot; v := val; # Data value of object # Implementations for +, -, *, /, >, etc a := (b)...

The importance of drug as a valuable export product in the global economy becomes more clear every day. Understanding the problems of exports and factors affecting it, can be an important step to keep Iran’s position in the world markets and further export development of this product.In this study, Iranian pharmaceutical exports’ supply and demand functions were calculated using co-integration ...

The nature of foreign markets, as well the issues Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) face in terms competitiveness, necessitates this study. paper aims to analyze challenges ofexport-oriented Indian SMEs for International Competitiveness. explores cause-and-effect relations between them using decision-making trial evaluation laboratory technique (DEMATEL), study will assist gaining internation...

This paper provides empirical evidence on the location of export-oriented manufacturing firms in Africa (South Africa), and on how the patterns of location has changed over the past decade after the country embarked on trade liberalization. It is found that (a) the proximity to a port is an important consideration in most exportoriented manufacturing firms’ location, with more than 70 per cent ...

SUMMARY This paper explores growth and competitive advantage in CEE software firms; it looks at the role of strategic partnerships and industry (spillover) effects. The empirical analysis is based on survey data from 224 software firms from six CEE countries (Bulgaria, Czech R, Estonia, Serbia, Slovenia, Romania). The results of the descriptive analysis are interpreted from the perspective of t...

Is the emphasis placed in trade and industry policy-making developing countries on share of domestic value-added (‘value-added ratio’) exports consistent with objective achieving economic development through an export-oriented strategy? This paper examines rationale behind this policy emphasis, first by revisiting conventional case for using ratio as a guide, then undertaking input-output (I-O)...