Today Concepts such as competitiveness has become very important, in a way that the knowledge to understand the new economic developments is undeniable. In Iran, according to fourth and fifth economic development program and country visions twenty years has been paid particular attention to the concept and ways to enhance competitiveness of the country. In this study, has been done the comparative assessment of the current situation of competitiveness among the country's regions of visions twenty of global competitiveness report 2011 World Economic Forum. This study shows the current status of Iran in the field of competitiveness among regional countries is not very suitable to achieve rank first area and it involves growing effort and continuous follow up. Of such obstacles in the path can be mentioned is deficiency in different markets, especially labor markets and financial markets along with small components of market knowledge and low use of new processes that reduce production costs and increase product quality.
Shahabadi, A., & Sadeghi, H. (2013). Assessing the Challenges and Opportunities in Competitiveness of Iran Compared to Regional Countries in order to Achieve the Goals of Twenty-Year Outlook. Science and Technology Policy Letters, 03(1), 63-84.
MLA
Abolfazl Shahabadi; Hamed Sadeghi. "Assessing the Challenges and Opportunities in Competitiveness of Iran Compared to Regional Countries in order to Achieve the Goals of Twenty-Year Outlook". Science and Technology Policy Letters, 03, 1, 2013, 63-84.
HARVARD
Shahabadi, A., Sadeghi, H. (2013). 'Assessing the Challenges and Opportunities in Competitiveness of Iran Compared to Regional Countries in order to Achieve the Goals of Twenty-Year Outlook', Science and Technology Policy Letters, 03(1), pp. 63-84.
VANCOUVER
Shahabadi, A., Sadeghi, H. Assessing the Challenges and Opportunities in Competitiveness of Iran Compared to Regional Countries in order to Achieve the Goals of Twenty-Year Outlook. Science and Technology Policy Letters, 2013; 03(1): 63-84.