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A Survey Opportunities and Challenges of Foreign Investment in Iran (A Case Study of East Azarbaijan Province)

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With economic globalization and international trade, political risk assessment on behalf of foreign investors has become more important. Investors are trying to be more confident to invest in other countries embark. Thus the policy and the economic and political acceptability of particular importance is. Social stability , political stability, political structure , government , state power , and how decision-making, organizational discipline and ... Are important in attracting foreign investment . The most important point that should be paid attention to raise funds for a thorough understanding of the opportunities and challenges of the target country have. Therefore the main objective of the present study opportunities and challenges for foreign investment in Iran (case study of East Azarbaijan province). Accordingly , while a comprehensive review of literature on issues related to data collected by questionnaire , reliability has been 816 % . The population of this study, all managers , experts in East Azerbaijan province is investing companies . Sample according to the method of estimation is the sample volume was 205 . According to the conceptual model and the statistical tests used, which is calculated by the software and run 16 SPSS . The results of this study are positive and significant relationship between the independent variables and the dependent variable attract foreign investment and economic, political , and there are rules and regulations . Friedman test results also showed that political factors have the greatest impact on attracting foreign investment.
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