E xecutive compensation is a topic that has received attention both in the media and the academic literature. This article discusses issues relevant to the construction and interpretation of compensation …gures typically reported in both sources. First, it is not clear what precisely should be included within a measure of the chief executive o¢ cer’s (CEO’s) income tied to his …rm. Second, the ...

Weak fairness guarantees that continuously enabled actions are executed infinitely often. Strong fairness, on the other hand, guarantees that actions that are enabled infinitely often (but not necessarily continuously) are executed infinitely often. In this paper, we present a distributed algorithm for scheduling actions for execution. Assuming weak fairness for the execution of this algorithm,...

Iran-China relations are deeply rooted in history and have been enhanced recently with bilateral cooperation in the areas of energy, arms sales, trade, political cooperation and cultural ties. The objective of this paper is to analyze the role of international outsourcing in form of trading intermediate products on bilateral trade relations between Iran and China. As an empirical work, we h...

The present study used different categories of organized sector manufacturing industries pooled data for the periods of 1981-82 and 2007-08 in Haryana state (India). The present undertaking seeks to analyze the inter-temporal and inter-industry comparison of total factor productivity (TFP) measured by Malmquist productivity index - an application of DEA which calculates the indices of TFP and i...

Forecasting of temperature and precipitation can be efficiently used in decision making and optimal use of water resources. Studies in Iran have indicated a significant increase in annual temperature. This issue should be further researched in the Ahvaz region because it is the population hub in the southwest of Iran and the pole of irrigation networks and traditional agricultural land ...

T ourism is one of the most invaluable industries in the world, attracting millions of foreign tourists every year. In terms of historical and cultural attractions, Iran is among top 10 countries, however, it has a small share of foreign tourist's arrival. Iran's tourism boom depends on providing the suitable conditions for the arrival of tourists, included service elements (i.e. hot...

the purpose of research was analysis of innovation management in processing and complementary industriesof livestock products. the method of research was correlative descriptive. the statistical population of this study was all managers in processing and complementary industriesof livestock products of khouzestan province (n=486). the sampling method was stratified random sampling. the sample s...

environmental pollution with heavy metals is a global struggle. phytoremediation is an effectiveand low-cost technology for refinement of polluted soils. this research was conducted in zanjan province(located in north west iran) where metallurgical industries are developed quickly. in this study, based on theheavy metals contamination of soil in the studied area six sampling sites were selected...

the purpose of this research was identifying factors affecting the development of processing and complementary industries of date palm in khouzestan province. the method of research was causal comparative. the population of this research was managers in processing and complementary industries of date palm products of khouzestan province (n=100). the return rate was 94% (n=94). by census method...

We study the distortions to industrial organization caused by entry regulation. We take advantage of heterogeneity across industries in their natural barriers and growth opportunities to examine whether some industries are differentially affected in countries with high levels of entry regulation. First, we consider the effect of entry regulation on the (static) structure of industry. We find th...