The main objective of every company is to maximize the assets or firm value. Maximizing
firm value is essential for a company because it means increasing the wealth of …

This study explores Porter's diamond of national competitiveness, by critically examining
both the analytical virtues, the extensions, and the criticisms it has received over time. The …

The purpose of this study is to identify the factors that affect advertising effectiveness and to
investigate the effects of these factors on advertising success. Using a sample of 252 …

The virtual water concept has a considerable potential to help improve the productivity of
limited fresh water resources especially in the agriculture sector. Iran is the biggest producer …

Cold plasma is an emerging non-thermal processing technology that could fulfill the food
industry's need for decontamination purposes without compromising the quality if optimized …

This study intends to evaluate the impacts of implementing online marketing strategies on
Iranian ecotourism industry. The study had eight hypotheses which were designed based on …

This study intends to combine the fuzzy c-means clustering and genetic algorithms to cluster
the customers of steel industry. The customers were divided into two clusters by using the …

Purpose This study aims to identify the main factors affecting export competitiveness and its
barriers, focusing on the minerals industry so that a scale is achieved for measuring export …

Purpose The purpose this study is to investigate national innovation systems (NIS) using
Porter's Diamond model (PDM) by examining the five founding member nations of the …

Tourism industry is growing at phenomenal rates and in most cases this growth is
associated with irreversible damages to the environment and tourist attractions. It is crucial …