the paper examines industrial concentration in iranian food products and beverages industries using firm level data aggregated to the 4-digit isic industry level between 2002 and 2004. based on different concentration indices the average level of concentration has increased slightly for the period of study. the empirical results show that increase in the level of concentration is more likely in...

this article is arranged based on a research plan which its goals is evaluation of the possibility of applying flexible human resource structure in industrial organizations. in this research, applying conditions of just in time (j.i.t) and flexible manufacturing systems (f.m.s) have brought up as a pioneer flexible movements in industrial units and based on based two phenomenon, the nescessity ...

Instead of focusing on a single firm as the unit of analysis in corporate finance, we look to the relationships between firms in determining corporate financial decisions. Interlocking balance sheets through accounts receivable and payable reflect the incentive structure in complex production chains. We formulate a theoretical framework, and document the cross-country empirical evidence. Firms ...

abstract efficacy of encouraging and punishing policies of government in different markets is related to market power. study of market behavior is also important for efficient structuring of tools such as commodity exchanges and cooperatives. in this study, market power structure of pistachio domestic market in iran was investigated. sample was 343 pistachio producers and 252 pistachio traders ...