s teel industries play a key role in the national economy and welfare of the society in many steel manufacturer countries. it is found that manufacturing and consuming of steel products would be a key indicator to measure and evaluate economic and industrial performance of a country. nowadays, countries with the large natural oil and gas resources (e.g. iran) attempt to select an alternative ec...

This paper investigates the relationships between firm, industry and market-related variables, strategy, strategy implementation and performance for Philippines exporters. The model follows Cavusgil and Zou (1994) with the addition of strategy implementation as a mediating variable between strategy and performance. We conclude that strategy implementation influences performance, both directly, ...

In this research, the authors extend a contingency perspective of international marketing in an exporting context by considering how internal and external forces of the firm explain adaptation of the marketing mix in export markets. The impact of marketing strategy adaptation and past performance satisfaction on current period satisfaction with performance is also considered. A survey of over 5...

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 ...

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 f...

Cornell University The literature on export marketing research has concentrated on issues surrounding the acquisition of research information, providing few insights into how acquired information is actually evaluated and used by decision makers. The present study focuses on research design characteristics and tests a number of hypotheses regarding their impact on the evaluation and use of expo...

in this study, which is in the course of help to the development of the export and the export marketing in the realm of the food industries, ten factors including the firms size, the export experience, the export stimuli, the export problems, the competitive advantages, the export commitment, the adaptation product strategy, the adaptation pricing strategy, direct export channel and overseas ad...

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 ...

this study aims to explore potential mutually beneficial malaysia-middle east partnership through seeking for factors affecting firm’s performance. a survey was conducted to analyze malaysian firms that have ventured into nations surrounding the persian gulf. both large-sized firms and smes are pursuing business opportunities in the region. the data was collected using highly structured survey ...