Trade, industrialization and the firm in Iran : the impact of government policy on business / Javad Amid & Amjad Hadjikhani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Amid, Mohammad Javad, 1949-

Contributor:

Hadjikhani, Amjad.

Series:

Culture and society in Western and Central Asia ; 2.

Culture and society in western and central Asia ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial policy--Iran.

Industrial policy.

Iran--Economic policy.

Iran.

Economic policy.

Physical Description:

222 pages : illustrations, ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2005.

Contents:

1.2 The Purpose and Pattern of the Book 3

Part I Trade and Industrialization in Post-Revolutionary Iran

2 Government, Trade and Industries 9

2.1 Market Failures and State Interventions in Foreign Trade 9

2.2 Trade Policies and Industrialization 13

2.3 Non-Trade Policies and Industrialization 16

2.4 Summary and Implications for an Oil-Exporting Country 18

3 Trade and Industrialization between 1960 and 1979 23

3.1 Trade and Industrial Policies 23

3.2 Trade and Industrial Performance 26

4 Iranian Trade Policies and Consequences after the Revolution 31

4.1 Foreign Trade: Controversies and Legislation 32

4.2 The Post-Revolutionary Trade System 35

4.3 Foreign Trade Trends after the Revolution 48

5 Industrialization in Post-Revolutionary Iran 63

5.1 Industrial Sector in Post-Revolutionary Iran: A Review of Evidence 64

5.2 Dominance of Government in the Industrial Sector 69

5.3 Industries, Trade and Foreign Exchange Policies 75

5.4 Iranian National Technological Capabilities 81

Part II Weakness/Strength of the Industrial Relationships Between Iranian and Foreign Firms and Impact of the Trade Policy

6 Industrial Relationships and Political Constraints 97

6.1 Where Are We Going? 97

6.2 Empirical Investigation 98

6.3 Different Analytical Views for Firms' Industrial Activities 100

6.4 Industrial Network Theory 102

7 Industrial Relationships between Iranian and Foreign Firms 115

7.1 Technological Exchange Relationship with Foreign Suppliers 116

7.2 Adaptations 124

7.3 Social Interaction with the Foreign Firms 135

7.4 A Short History of the Iranian Firms' Relationships 145

8 Impact of the Foreign Trade Policy on the Iranian and Foreign Firms' Industrial Relationships 151

8.1 Impact of the Iranian Political Organizations 152

8.2 Impact of Other Business Firms in the Environment 166

8.3 The Comparative Impact of Political and Business Units 171

8.4 Challenging Political Uncertainty 175

8.5 Comments on the Results 177

9.1 Government, Trade and Industrialization 181

9.2 Trade and Industrialization in Iran after the Revolution 183

9.3 National Technological Capabilities and Economic Reforms 187

9.4 Values in the Iranian Firms' Business Relationships 189

9.5 Failure of the Business Market 192

9.6 Restricted Market Investment 194

9.7 Political Capability 196

9.8 Concluding Remarks: Government, Market and Development 199.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-217) and index.

ISBN:

1850436819

OCLC:

56651998