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...

a diversification of the country’s export structure through the concerted development of its export-oriented manufacturing capacity could offer a viable alternative, as also stipulated in the country’s second socioeconomic and cultural development plan, by increasing the resilience of its economy against external shocks, supporting employment creation and technological innovation, and adding do...

Export and the readiness to export constitute the first step of international marketing, which are affected by both internal and external factors of firms. One of the most important internal  factors is the presence of skilled personnel. The purpose of this study was to define the relationship between staff qualification and encouragment with the readiness level of Iranian pharmacuetical firms ...

Once a firm enters foreign market, its productivity should increase thanks to the exposure new knowledge and experience abroad. We test this hypothesis of ‘learning-by-exporting’ by scrutinising export while controlling for self-selection effect. To measure learning, previous studies rely on before- after exporting, or participation, so do not consider evolving exporting firms. In contrast, we ...

The main purpose of this study was to determine the factors affecting the export of flowers in Iran. After data collection using by the index of Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA), the condition of business of flowers in Iran was compared with a number of countries exporting the product. According to the results of study, the small elasticity of the exportation price in the function of export...