Original Research
Export New Product Success: The Impact of Market and Technology Orientation

Sohrab Jaferian; Mehran Rezvani

Volume 1, Issue 5 , December 2014, Pages 322-337

Abstract
  The extant literature implies that export companies attempt to improve export new product performance in order to reach superior and sustainable business performance and thus remain competitive. However, the degree to which companies must focus either on market or technological issues as the factors ...  Read More

Original Research
Mapping the Science of Soft Operations Research Based on ISI Subject Areas

Mohammad Reza Mehregan; Mohammad Reza Akhavan Anvari; Kamyar Raissifar

Volume 1, Issue 5 , December 2014, Pages 338-352

Abstract
  The present study aimed at visualizing the Soft Operations Research (SOR) domain. For this purpose, the six-phase mapping process was used. In this process, the first phase deals with extracting the data. Analysis unit is selected in the second phase. In the third and fourth phases, frequency of articles ...  Read More

Original Research
The Value Relevance of Voluntary Disclosure: Evidence from Tunisia Stock Market

Inès Belgacem; Abdelwahed Omri

Volume 1, Issue 5 , December 2014, Pages 353-370

Abstract
  The present research examines empirically whether domestic investors in the Tunisia Stock Market (BVMT) perceive voluntary disclosure to be value-relevant. The study is motivated by the market-based value-relevance literature in the U.S. and by the developments of accounting and stock markets in Tunisia. ...  Read More

Original Research
Effects of Negotiations about the Formation of Construction Consortium on Consortium Successful Performance in Iran’s Construction Industry

Samira Kolbehdari; Mohamad Hossein Sobhiyah

Volume 1, Issue 5 , December 2014, Pages 371-388

Abstract
  Growth rate in the number of consortiums formed between Iranian contractors in the construction industry has increased during the recent decade. To enhance competitiveness and capacity, and to enter new markets, contractors in the construction industry develop different forms of consortiums. This case ...  Read More

Conceptual Paper
The Role of Islamic State in Determination of the Bank Deposit and Loan Interest Rates

Meisam Omrani; Fatemeh Heidari

Volume 1, Issue 5 , December 2014, Pages 389-401

Abstract
  One of the main issues in monetary and banking section is determining the deposit and loan interest rates. In today world, determining the deposit and loan interest rates and their notifications has a great significance for a financial system; it can also have many juridical, legal and economic effects. ...  Read More

Conceptual Paper
The Study of Dangers Related to the Ship’s Stability during Container Loading and Discharging in Ports and its Solutions

Behzad Roshani

Volume 1, Issue 5 , December 2014, Pages 402-415

Abstract
  One of the greatest technological changes and developments in international transportation is the foundation and prevalence of containers in this area. Nowadays, operators of transportation and trade use containers because of their high strength, the ability to store them on top of each other on the ...  Read More

Original Research
Verification of Legal Entities' Overpaid Claims in Value Added Tax System in Iran

Ahmad Vakili Arki; Mahmoud Motevaselian; Hamid Sadeghi Rad

Volume 1, Issue 5 , December 2014, Pages 416-423

Abstract
  This paper aims to investigate the relationship between the legal entities' overpaid claims and Value Added Tax Organization reports. The statistical population consists of those legal entities subject to the first and second phases of value added tax system operating in the city of Mashhad which have ...  Read More