摘要:Nowadays, there is a growing attention on export activities and they are considered as a good
strategy for companies to grow from supportive domestic sales to foreign developing markets,
while offering greater flexibility, cost, and lowering different risks compared to other external
development methods. With the internationalization of the global economy, the focus has been on
improving export performance, which reflects the company's success in the economic field. An
important point about Iran's exports, which should not be overlooked, is the decline on the reliance
of the national economy on revenues from oil exports and the achievement of economic independence.
Therefore, support for the export industries, especially non-oil exports, is one of Iranian priorities
for increasing economic growth and creating foreign exchange earnings. In the meantime,
the economic performance of pharmaceutical companies is very important because the growth and
development of this sector and the export of these products bring significant foreign exchange
earnings. This paper focuses on the data gathered from the managers and exporters of the pharmaceutical
companies and using some statistical tests to determine the effective components on export
promotion. The study considers 18 factors and extracts five important factors including profitability
and economic growth, developmental quality, encouragement and financial performance. The
study also uses analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and DEMATEL techniques to rank these factors
and their sub-components. Quality is considered as the most important factor according to the
implementation of AHP and profitability and economic growth are determined to be the most influencing
factors according to DEMATEL.