raisin is one of the most important agricultural products in iran. iran after the turkey and america countries is the third largest exporter of raisin in world. using the indices of export advantage, import advantage, concentration ratios and the herfindahl-hirschman, have been analyzed to check the state trade and market structure of export and import of raisin product in the world during 2001...

todays, decision makers in the organization need toconstantly monitor changes in the environment and organization andmake necessary changes. therefore knowledge about the environmentand organization is necessary in decision making. knowledgemanagement is a key factor for competitive business environment andorganizations are investing heavily in creating centralized knowledgerepositories to impr...

The rising pressure of competition forces the industry to more flexible production. The ability of effective lot-size one and small batch production is becoming an important requisite for success on the todays competitive markets. However, classical manufacturing plants are not suited for the new requirements of todays markets. Decentralized systems helped to save money for cabling of the autom...

successful organizations in the 21st century, have understood the importance of human resources as an important resource to achieve sustainable competitive advantage and stability in international markets. accordingly, the present article, after knowing the individual capabilities of human resources, followed by analysis of human resources and their individual capabilities's role to create...

BACKGROUND Hospitals facing financial uncertainty have sought to reduce nurse staffing as a way to increase profitability. However, nurse staffing has been found to be important in terms of quality of patient care and nursing-related outcomes. Nurse staffing can provide a competitive advantage to hospitals and as a result of better financial performance, particularly in more competitive markets...

A frequently asked question is, how informationally efficient are market prices? In answering this question, economists commonly model the price formation process as one of tâtonnement where agents revise their beliefs until a market-clearing price is established. The Walrasian market thus aggregates all relevant information about an asset and yields a strong-form efficient price. A second appr...