Detecting privatization factors on promoting exports of steel companies
Article history: Received January 5, 2016 Received in revised format March 28, 2016 Accepted April 12, 2016 Available online April 14, 2016 Privatization is considered as the transfer of business from the government to the private sector. This process is often accomplished in an attempt to reduce the size of government, increase the productivity and export activities. There is no doubt that in an export oriented economy, government tries to promote expert based activities by making necessary changes on rules and regulations. This paper presents an empirical investigation to determine important factors on promoting export in Iran. The study designs a questionnaire in Likert scale and distributes it among some experts active in steel industry. Kaiser Meyer Olkin Measure of Sampling Adequacy is equal to 0.839 and Bartlett's Test of Sphericity yields an approximation Chi Square value of 2485.02 (Sig. 0.000, df 276) Using principle component analysis with Varimax rotation, the study has detected five important factors including human resources development, productivity management, marketing management, creating competitive environment and building necessary infrastructures, which influence the most on export activities. (c) 2016 Growing Science Ltd. All rights reserved.