competitiveness is considered as a key criterion for assessing the success of countries, industries and companies. world economic forum defines competitiveness as the set of institutions, policies and factors that determine the level of productivity. moreover, competitiveness can be defined as acquisition more market share, greater profitability and long-term stability and growth of these indic...

today export considered as important indicators in the global development companies and countries, and given the export orientation and competitive advantage is important to increase export performance. in the present paper, the aim of this study is considering the potential impact of market orientation and competitive advantage of exporters on export performance. population considered for this...

the results of examination of annual financial statements by independent experts (auditors) are presented in reports. we have tried to examine and evaluate the activities of two important professions of accountancy and auditing in iran, in preparing and validating annual financial statements, and relate these evaluations to group behavior of share – holders and analyses of stock – brokers. for ...

In this paper, for solving the moral hazard problem of super nodes in VOIP network and achieving better communication quality, we establish a reward mechanism based on classical efficiency-wage models. In the reward mechanism, the function of reward is to encourage super nodes to contribute their bandwidth and cover their effort costs, whereas the function of fine is to prevent opportunistic su...

The Problem of deciding on the part of a consumer or a novice individual investor when to invest in the stock market and how to select what company’s share to buy in order to be able to get a good portfolio growth in the highly volatile stock market demands the development of expert systems for the novice investors. Many earlier studies have demonstrated how expert systems enhance the performan...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The efficiency and function of the pharmaceutical sector, as a vital portion of the health system, have a significant effect on intermediate and final indices of health. In this research, the structure of the pharmaceutical market in Iran was examined through the calculation of concentration indices in 2011. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, the needed data was g...

This paper proposes how to utilize a search engine in order to predict market shares. We propose to compare rates of concerns of those who search for Web pages among several companies which supply products, given a specific products domain. We measure concerns of those who search for Web pages through search engine suggests. Then, we analyze whether rates of concerns of those who search for Web...

In this paper, the strategic planning of a supply chain under a static chain-to-chain competition on the plane is addressed. It is assumed that each retailer has a coverage area called the radius of influence. The demand of each demand zone is divided equally between the retailers which can cover that market. However, the demand of distant customers who are not in the retailers’ radius of influ...