Abstract

This study seeks to study the effective factors on the development of gypsum and salt export in Jenah region of Hormozgan Province. The statisitcal universe of this research comprises all managers and exporters in the gypsum and salt industry in Hormozgan Province. The studied sample size was estimated 130 by using Cochran formula. To measure export development, Da Silva and Da Rocha 30-item questionnaire was used; this questionnaire has been designed for measuring the effective factors on the development of export from five aspects namely, financial factors, political factors, managerial factors, cultural factors and technological factors. Having examined descriptive statistics of the research variables, validity and reliability of the questionnaire and data normality, the effect of each variable on the development of gypsum and salt export was studied by using t student test and the variables and their indices were prioritized by Friedman ranking. The resutls revealed that through the lens of respondents and by 99% confidence, technological and managerial factors are the mere obstacles to the development of gypsum and salt export in Hormozgan Province. The most important technological obstacles are namely, warehousing and control of physical goods flow in the destination country, access to the wholesalers or retailers in the destination country, difficulty of employing qualified persons or companies for the export-related activities and the most important managerial obstacles are namely, lack of managerial schedule and lack of export management skills.

Keywords:

Effective factros on export, export development, gypsum, salt,

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