Identifying and prioritizing industry-level competitiveness factors: evidence from pharmaceutical market

Shabaninejad, Hosein; Mehralian, Gholamhossein; Rashidian, Arash; Ahmad, Badariah; Rasekh, Hamid Reza

doi:10.1186/2008-2231-22-35

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“…Investors can determine the intrinsic value of enterprises and make rational investment through market information disclosure. Based on this function, the stock market is likely to achieve capital allocation function and other functions [5].…”

Section: Pricing Functionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…At present, this method is widely applied to rank the competitiveness and develop those key factors with important impact. Shabaninejad et al [5] selected 44 variables according to literature review as factors with impact on competitiveness of pharmaceutical industry and thus tried to prioritize the key factors by applying factor analysis. Guo Cui-Rong [6] ranked the competitiveness of 16 listed banks according to their corresponding score calculated by adopting factor analysis.…”

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confidence: 99%

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The Study of the Development of Chinese Stock Market Based on Factor Analysis

Guo

2015

Procedia Computer Science

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The article chooses nine indicators from scale, liquidity, financing function, investment function and effectiveness of stock market, using factor analysis to simplified them to three comprehensive indicators: capital allocation, investment and financing level and operation, then focuses on the different weight of each index based on its influence degree to build the index which can fully reflect the development of Chinese stock market. The results show that although the overall development of Chinese stock market in 2003-2012 was on the rise, there are still many problems, such as inefficient operation, the prevailing wind of speculation and the irrational investment behaviour.

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The Study of the Development of Chinese Stock Market Based on Factor Analysis

Guo

2015

Procedia Computer Science

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“…With more than 80 million people, Iran is a large country. The Ministry of Health plays a stewardship role in providing health services to the society through public and private sectors . Moreover, the Ministry of Health has recently experienced a great reform to increase the level of such services for individuals, particularly those with weak socioeconomic conditions.…”

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Diabetic Patients’ Views on Services Provided by Community Pharmacies

Mehralian

Sheikhi

Peiravian

2018

J Pharm Health Serv Res

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Objectives The purpose of this study is to evaluate the attitude of the patients with diabetes towards and satisfaction with services provided by the community pharmacists in Tehran. Although there is no national guideline for diabetic disease management in Iran, pharmacists, as accessible and trained healthcare professionals, provide patients with consultation regarding medications, diet and physical activity. With the increasing number of patients with diabetes in Iran, it is needed to evaluate the patients’ satisfaction with and attitude towards pharmacists’ services to better understanding how such services can be improved. Methods This study is a cross‐sectional and self‐administrated survey conducted among patients with diabetes in Tehran between April and September 2016. Once finished with extracting the possible factors related to the attitudes of the patients with diabetes from existing literature, a standardised questionnaire with 35 questions was designed and distributed randomly among patients with diabetes. Four hundred and four completed questionnaires were finally returned. Key findings Although pharmacists’ services such as giving advices on diabetes management, giving information to patients and educating them about diabetes self‐management were found not to be implemented at an appropriate level, the majority of patients agreed that they receive consultation services from pharmacists regarding diabetes and had good attitude towards such services. More than 70% of patients agreed that, after receiving consultation services, their knowledge of diabetes increased and they have been more successful at diabetes self‐management. Conclusions According to the results, patients with diabetes in this study have relatively positive views on pharmacists and their services.

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“…Drug accessibility is an indicator of the quality of health care services. Thus, drug inaccessibility will have widespread welfare and security consequences for countries (Shabaninejad, Mehralian, Rashidian, Baratimarnani & Rasekh, 2014). The drug is also remarkably important and valuable from the economic perspective.…”

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A Study of Comparative Advantage and Intra-Industry Trade in the Pharmaceutical Industry of Iran

Yusefzadeh¹,

Rezapour²,

Lotfi³

et al. 2015

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Background:Drug costs in Iran accounts for about 30% of the total health care expenditure. Moreover, pharmaceutical business lies among the world’s greatest businesses. The aim of this study was to analyze Iran’s comparative advantage and intra-industry trade in pharmaceuticals so that suitable policies can be developed and implemented in order to boost Iran’s trade in this field.Methods:To identify Iran’s comparative advantage in pharmaceuticals, trade specialization, export propensity, import penetration and Balassa and Vollrath indexes were calculated and the results were compared with other pharmaceutical exporting countries. The extent and growth of Iran’s intra-industry trade in pharmaceuticals were measured and evaluated using the Grubel-Lloyd and Menon-Dixon indexes. The required data was obtained from Iran’s Customs Administration, Iran’s pharmaceutical Statistics, World Bank and International Trade Center.Results:The results showed that among pharmaceutical exporting countries, Iran has a high level of comparative disadvantage in pharmaceutical products because it holds a small share in world’s total pharmaceutical exports. Also, the low extent of bilateral intra-industry trade between Iran and its trading partners in pharmaceuticals shows the trading model of Iran’s pharmaceutical industry is mostly inter-industry trade rather than intra-industry trade. In addition, the growth of Iran’s intra-industry trade in pharmaceuticals is due to its shares of imports from pharmaceutical exporting countries to Iran and exports from Iran to its neighboring countries.Conclusions:The results of the analysis can play a valuable role in helping pharmaceutical companies and policy makers to boost pharmaceutical trade.

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Identifying and prioritizing industry-level competitiveness factors: evidence from pharmaceutical market

Cited by 29 publications

References 39 publications

The Study of the Development of Chinese Stock Market Based on Factor Analysis

The Study of the Development of Chinese Stock Market Based on Factor Analysis

Diabetic Patients’ Views on Services Provided by Community Pharmacies

A Study of Comparative Advantage and Intra-Industry Trade in the Pharmaceutical Industry of Iran

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