This research examines the relationship of Export Promotion Programs (EPPs), sponsored by a Portuguese Regional Association for Development on Trade and Industry, with firms’ export performance. To investigate this, two models were applied using panel data analyses that relate performance to variables such as participation in EPPs, age size firms. Data 198 firms sampling period 2010 2018 was dr...

We consider a facility location problem, where the objective is to “disperse” a number of facilities, i.e., select a given number k of locations from a discrete set of n candidates, such that the average distance between selected locations is maximized. In particular, we present algorithmic results for the case where vertices are represented by points in d-dimensional space, and edge weights co...

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...

Objectives: The aim of this investigation was to assess the use of isometric strength testing as a determinant of sprint and change of direction performance in collegiate athletes. Design and Methods: Fourteen male collegiate athletes (mean ± SD; age = 21 ± 2.4 years; height =176 ± 9.0 cm; body mass = 72.8 ± 9.4 kg) participated in the study. Maximal strength was assessed via an isometric mid-t...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between strategic thinking and performance of employees who worked in libraries’ employees of ilam university. research method was descriptive –correlational in which especially structural equation modeling was used. all of libraries’ employees of ilam university (n=200) was made the population of study and via morgan’s table 127 sub...