List of articles (by subject) Development of small and medium enterprises and adapting their goals to sustainable development in the country
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Open Access Article
1 - Investigating and Ranking the Effective Factors on Green Supply Chain Management in Petrochemical Industry with DEMATEL Approach (Study of Lorestan Petrochemicals)
Farshid FarokhizadehPurpose: Green supply chain management is based on both integrating the supply chain management and environment management, controls the environmental effects of products in their life cycle via sharing the information and coordination. The main objective of this study MorePurpose: Green supply chain management is based on both integrating the supply chain management and environment management, controls the environmental effects of products in their life cycle via sharing the information and coordination. The main objective of this study is to evaluate and rank the "Green Supply Chain Management" in the petrochemical industry, as well as identification of sub-indicators of these major dimensions as research sub-goals. Methodology: In order to achieve the goals and answer the research questions, this research has been done in two steps. In the first step, with the study of scientific literature and the opinions of environmental experts, green supply chain management, and petrochemical industry, the indicators affecting green supply chain management were identified based on the main dimensions extracted and the basis for the preparation of the first questionnaire. After collecting and analyzing the data and determining the mean of society and the importance of dimensions and indicators, four demensions among 5 and 11 indicators of 22 indices were selected. In the second step, the DEMATEL method was used to analyze the causal and causal factors and rank the effective dimensions and indicators. Results: The results indicate that the dimensions of society, organizational participation, the indicators of the formation of the working group, senior management support, community expectation from the company and environmental education and training have respectively the most importance and the most weight this industry. Manuscript profile -
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2 - Influence of competition intensity on the performance components of the organization in the metal industry
Javad Naseri Mostafa MobalighiThe purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of competition intensity on the performance components of the organization (investment and financial dimension, customer, internal process and learning) in the metal industry. The research method is descriptive-sur MoreThe purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of competition intensity on the performance components of the organization (investment and financial dimension, customer, internal process and learning) in the metal industry. The research method is descriptive-survey and is applied in terms of purpose. From 230 senior managers in the field of metal industry in East Azerbaijan province, using Cochran's formula, a sample of 144 people was randomly taken from this community. The research tool was a questionnaire and in order to check the validity and reliability of the questionnaire, in content validity by asking experts and in assessing the validity of the structure, factor analysis of research variables was used. Cronback alpha for all questionnaire questions was 0.902, which confirms the high reliability of the questionnaire. Kolmogorovw-Smirnov test was used to distribute the data and the results showed that all factors in the sample followed the normal distribution. To analyze the hypotheses, regression test was used and SPSS software was used to analyze and process the research data. According to the research findings, the intensity of competition affects the financial dimension, customer dimension, internal processes dimension and the organization's learning processes dimension. The results of regression tables showed that the intensity of competition has the greatest impact on the customer dimension of the organization. Manuscript profile -
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3 - Presenting a Combined Model of SWOT Matrix and Confirmatory Factor Analysis in Determin.ing and Prioritizing Industry Strategies
mohsen pourqasem atiyeh safardoust Seyed reza SalamiConsidering the importance and necessity of strategic planning to respond to a competitive environment, the purpose of this research is to formulate and prioritize the strategies of a large manufacturing company in the field of household appliances. To answer the resear MoreConsidering the importance and necessity of strategic planning to respond to a competitive environment, the purpose of this research is to formulate and prioritize the strategies of a large manufacturing company in the field of household appliances. To answer the research questions and identify internal and external factors and company strategies, all managers and senior experts related to the field in the company, approximately 70 people, were selected as the research community. To compile the SWOT matrix, some senior managers of the company were selected through purposeful sampling. In the next step, 65 questionnaires were distributed through random sampling, and finally, 57 questionnaires were collected and analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis in Smart PLS software. The findings of the research indicate that the company is in an acceptable position in terms of its strengths, but at the same time, the environmental threats are significant. Therefore, the proposed strategy for the company is a competitive strategy, which includes four sub-strategies: designing and developing new products with a focus on strategic and exclusive products, leveraging the experience and technical knowledge of experts to establish companies that produce high-end foreign spare parts with the aim of internalization, defining product quality improvement projects in line with customer needs, and increasing financial investment in the research and development department for product development. Manuscript profile