Ranking of Provinces of the Country Based on Business Space Indicators by Numerical Taxonomy

Subject Areas : business management

FAZEL QORBANI ¹ , Ahmad Sarlak ² , Gholamali Haji ³

1 - Department of Economics, Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran.
2 - Department of Economics, Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran.
3 - Department of Economics, Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran.

Received: 2020-08-03 Accepted : 2020-10-15 Published : 2020-12-21

Keywords: Ranking, Numerical Taxonomy, Business space, Provinces of the country,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study is to rank the provinces of the country based on business space indicators based on 22 components of business space in the period 1394-1384, which was evaluated using numerical taxonomy technique. The research method is descriptive the and is an applied research type. In this research, in order to rank the provinces of the country based on 22 indexes of business space during 1384-1394, usined numerical taxonomic techniques, and the method of collecting library information based on raw data from the research group of the Parliamentary Research Center Islamic Council of Iran has been used. Based on the average results of a seven-year period based on the 22 business environment indicators, the provinces of Guilan, Chaharmahal Bakhtiari, Ardebil and Central have ranked first to fourth, respectively, the best estimate of the business environment. West Azerbaijan, Bushehr, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmed and Ilam have been ranked 27 to 30, respectively. Named the most disadvantaged provinces in the country.