Original Article
Ebrahim Farbod; Alireza Hamidieh; Hootan Amininia
Volume 4, Issue 2 , September 2023, Pages 100-116
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Purpose: This research aims to investigate the effect of supply chain dynamics and flexibility in the face of disruptions on financial performance with the mediating role of supply chain resilience.Methodology: The present study is descriptive-correlational regarding purpose and data collection. The ...
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Purpose: This research aims to investigate the effect of supply chain dynamics and flexibility in the face of disruptions on financial performance with the mediating role of supply chain resilience.Methodology: The present study is descriptive-correlational regarding purpose and data collection. The statistical sample of the present study is 217 business managers of pharmaceutical companies according to the formula for determining the sample size of Cochran, observing the success ratio in this research and considering the error coefficient of 0.05. All extracted data are analyzed using SPSS23 and SmartPls statistical software in the inferential statistics section. Analysis of variance-based structural equations has been used to analyze the data.Findings: The study results show that the dynamics and flexibility of the supply chain in the face of disruptions affect financial performance with the mediating role of supply chain resilience. Supply chain flexibility is also affected by the direction of supply chain disruption. However, the financial performance effects on supply chain disruption orientation can be controlled through supply chain flexibility.Originality/Value: The study results can help design a strategic resilience plan for pharmaceutical companies. Accordingly, it proposes to supply chain managers that when faced with disruptions, the dynamics and flexibility of the supply chain should be increased to improve network resilience.
Original Article
Majid Feyz Arefi; Maryam Hafezian
Volume 4, Issue 2 , September 2023, Pages 117-136
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Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate Islamic banking risk management based on IFSB guidelines in one of the state-owned banks in North Khorasan province.Methodology: The study is a descriptive survey, and the statistical population included branch employees, employees, and managers of different management ...
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Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate Islamic banking risk management based on IFSB guidelines in one of the state-owned banks in North Khorasan province.Methodology: The study is a descriptive survey, and the statistical population included branch employees, employees, and managers of different management departments of the bank. Sampling was random; the data collection tool was a questionnaire filled by 35 participants. The questionnaire used in this study is a translation of the questionnaire presented by Rosman and Abdul Rahman [30] based on the principles of the IFSB guide in 2015, the validity of which was confirmed by experts. Some editing points were applied, and its reliability was confirmed by 25 experts, with alpha Cronbach at 0.76. Descriptive statistics and Kolmogorov-Smirnov, binomial, and Friedman tests were used to analyze the data.Findings: The results showed that 9 out of 42 components of risk management are not in good condition, including two components of investment risk management, four of market risk management, one of liquidity risk management, and two of business risk management shift.Originality/Value: The study showed weaknesses and opportunities for improvement in market risk management, investment risk management, business transfer risk management, and liquidity risk management, respectively.
Original Article
Sayyed Mohammad Reza Davoodi; Mehdi Papahn Shoushtari; Rasoul Bahalou Houreh; Hamid Reza Rezaei
Volume 4, Issue 2 , September 2023, Pages 137-157
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Purpose: In supply chain management, decision-making for supplier selection is a key issue that has become a strategic goal for organizations in recent years. The problem of supplier selection due to the multiplicity and variety of qualitative and quantitative indicators is a multi-attribute decision-making ...
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Purpose: In supply chain management, decision-making for supplier selection is a key issue that has become a strategic goal for organizations in recent years. The problem of supplier selection due to the multiplicity and variety of qualitative and quantitative indicators is a multi-attribute decision-making problem. The present study aims to explain and prioritize the indices of supplier assessment with a meta-synthesis approach.Methodology: In this article, the most effective evaluation indicators of suppliers are examined. The research started by reviewing 467 titles of articles and then evaluating them. Two hundred eighty-two articles were selected using the meta-synthesis approach. By analyzing them, supplier evaluation indicators were classified into 5 dimensions, 19 sub-dimensions, and 112 components, and their effect coefficient was determined using the Shannon entropy method.Findings: The results showed that price, quality, on-time delivery, revenue, organizational structure, human resource management, energy management, environmental management, customer orientation, and green management indices are the most effective indicators in evaluating suppliers.Originality/Value: Supplier selection and evaluation are imperative in creating an effective supply chain. The production process has changed from producing most products to outsourcing major accessories. Suppliers have a key role to play in creating a product. The manufacturer must be careful when choosing a supplier. Therefore, identification, evaluation, and selection of suppliers are imperative. The results showed that companies can gain a significant competitive advantage by identifying and evaluating the indicators of supply chain suppliers.
Original Article
Mostafa Heidari Haratemeh
Volume 4, Issue 2 , September 2023, Pages 158-170
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Purpose: Business communities significantly promote free trade and trade security, so joining the business community is essential for long-term development. Therefore, the research aimed to form an international trade community based on network theory and resource dependence.Methodology: Twenty countries ...
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Purpose: Business communities significantly promote free trade and trade security, so joining the business community is essential for long-term development. Therefore, the research aimed to form an international trade community based on network theory and resource dependence.Methodology: Twenty countries were selected as a sample from the countries that engage in international trade based on the data available from the Comtrade database of the United Nations from 2005 to 2019.Findings: The results showed: 1) the trading partner factor has a positive effect on the formation of international trading communities, that when a country cooperates with a large number of trading partners or has a dominant position in the international trade network, the probability of the country forms the same community with other countries is higher, 2) when a country considers itself dependent on the resources of other countries, the possibility of forming a similar community with other countries increases accordingly and 3) network position plays positive role in regulating the relationship between resource dependence and the international trade community.Originality/Value: Countries that can boost resource trade based on the economic freedom and diversity of the importing country can reduce their dependence on other countries.
Original Article
Ghasem Farajpour Khanaposhti
Volume 4, Issue 2 , September 2023, Pages 171-183
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Purpose: In today's business environment, marketing and brand management are critical. Studies show that business owners' high and attractive skill is known by their ability to create and manage a brand. For this reason, brands are one of the most important visible assets of the organization. One of ...
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Purpose: In today's business environment, marketing and brand management are critical. Studies show that business owners' high and attractive skill is known by their ability to create and manage a brand. For this reason, brands are one of the most important visible assets of the organization. One of the prominent examples of marketing is location marketing. In this type of marketing, the goal is to create a brand identity in a specific geographic location. Key success factors must be identified for successful location marketing and branding. There are several key factors for location marketing and branding success. This research aims to identify and evaluate the impact of each of these key success factors.Methodology: The research experts selected five key success factors. The statistical population of this research was considered the reputable marketing and branding consulting companies of the country, and finally, 35 questionnaires were examined. This research used the fuzzy hierarchical analysis method to rank the five key success factors.Findings: The results showed that "strategic vision and analysis" and "planning groups" impact location marketing and branding success most among the five factors.Originality/Value: The present research addresses location marketing, branding, and the key success factors in marketing.
Original Article
Setareh Mousavi
Volume 4, Issue 2 , September 2023, Pages 184-197
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Purpose: Leaders use the indicators of spirituality in the organization or group to provide internal motivation for the external motivation of their employees. Spiritual and value-based leaders deepen the duties and activities of followers in the organization or group by relating them to their deep inner ...
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Purpose: Leaders use the indicators of spirituality in the organization or group to provide internal motivation for the external motivation of their employees. Spiritual and value-based leaders deepen the duties and activities of followers in the organization or group by relating them to their deep inner values. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the dimensions of spiritual leadership and the job motivation of Shahrekord education staff.Methodology: The statistical population comprised 335 education staff members in Shahrekord city in 1398-99, selected as a sample using the classification method due to the sample size. The research utilized two standard questionnaires: Herbert's job motivation questionnaire and a modified version of Fry's spiritual leadership questionnaire [17].Findings: A significant correlation exists between the seven aspects of spiritual leadership (vision, selfless love, faith in work, meaningfulness in work, organizational membership) and the job motivation of educational staff. However, there is no correlation between the other two aspects of spiritual leadership—organizational commitment and performance feedback—and employee motivation. Increased application of meaningful leadership components within the educational organization's environment, alongside decisions, procedures, policies, and missions formulated and implemented in alignment with spiritual leadership dimensions, leads to higher levels of job motivation among employees within this educational institution.Originality/Value: Managers, experts, and researchers can use the results of this research.
Original Article
Hadis Piri; Aziz Maraseli
Volume 4, Issue 2 , September 2023, Pages 198-207
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Purpose: The main objective of this paper is to investigate the relationship between poverty and corruption in Middle Eastern countries over the years 1390-1398 using the Granger - Granger causality test, granger and Yamamoto in the panel data.Methodology: The population studied includes countries in ...
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Purpose: The main objective of this paper is to investigate the relationship between poverty and corruption in Middle Eastern countries over the years 1390-1398 using the Granger - Granger causality test, granger and Yamamoto in the panel data.Methodology: The population studied includes countries in the Middle East. Data panels on these countries have been collected from reliable international sources, including the World Bank, and tested using Eviews software. The variables used in this study include comparative poverty, corruption, gross domestic production variables, labour force, inflation rate, unemployment rate, and wage growth rate.Findings: The study results show that the relationship between poverty and corruption in Middle Eastern countries is a one-way causality relationship from poverty to corruption in the Middle Eastern countries, meaning that by increasing poverty, corruption increases. This unilateral causality relationship is confirmed unilateral in both causality approaches.Originality/Value: The study showed that by providing proper training, the government could prevent corruption and increase public awareness by creating educational bases at the level of countries and providing easy access to them for the general public. Then, the government, considering the problems of all classes of people, motivates them to go less towards corruption as much as possible. Also, providing gratuitous assistance to society's weak classes will prevent these problems as much as possible.
