Designing a Strategic Model for International Marketing of Iranian Handmade Carpets
الموضوعات :Mojtaba Faizollahi 1 , Mahmoud Ahmadi Sharif 2 , Mehran Keshtkar Haranki 3
1 - PhD in Business Management-Marketing, Shahr-e-Qods Branch, Islamic Azad University,
Tehran,Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Business Management, Shahr-e-Qods Branch, Islamic Azad
University,Tehran, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Strategic Knowledge Management, Faculty of Strategic
Management, Suprem National Defense University, Tehran, Iran
الکلمات المفتاحية: Handmade Carpet, Combined Approach, International Marketing, strategic model,
ملخص المقالة :
The purpose of this study is to design a strategic model for international marketing of Iranian handmade carpets - a combined approach. The present study, in terms of its basic applied purpose, in terms of nature, survey research and in terms of paradigm, combined-exploratory research, sampling in the qualitative part of the research was done purposefully and in the quantitative part was done by simple random sampling. In the qualitative stage with 12 experts, who were mainly academic experts in the field of international marketing and senior managers of companies exporting Iranian handmade carpets, the interviews continued until theoretical saturation was achieved, and the sample of the quantitative section consisted of 196 people selected according to the Cochran's formula and the research tool in the qualitative section has been identified using the exploratory method of strategic components of international marketing of Iranian handmade carpets and the factors affecting it and in a small part it was evaluated through descriptive-survey research. The sampling method in the qualitative part was purposeful and in the quantitative part was simple random. The research tool in the qualitative part of exploratory interview was semi-structured and in a small part, for the strategic evaluation of international marketing of Iranian handmade carpets, a researcher-made questionnaire was used, which was designed based on the themes obtained in the qualitative stage. In the qualitative part, the analysis of the interviews was performed using the content analysis method. The validity and reliability of the components were examined and Cronbach's alpha of all the above components was 0.7 and during it; the most important basic, organizing and comprehensive themes on the components of the factors affecting the international marketing strategy of Iranian handmade carpets were assessed. Quantitatively, through structural equation methods, the accuracy of the research model was confirmed and it turned out that the selection of concepts, dimensions and indicators had a high accuracy in the handmade carpet industry and it can provide a suitable framework for compiling a vision document for the handmade carpet industry.
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