Investigating the Effects of Economic Sanctions on the Performance of Internal Factors in Small and Medium Industries in Lorestan Province during 2001  2012

Sanctions are coercive contrivances that are applied by a country or a group of countries against another one which transgresses the international laws or contravenes the accepted ethical standards. The aim of sanction is to force the offender to cease its actions or at least to force the country to negotiate for ending its unaccepted actions. This study has been carried out to assess the effects of economic sanctions on the function of internal factors of small and medium size industries of Lorestan Province during 2001-2012. The study was performed in terms of five hypotheses. In order to collect data, the researchers used a questionnaire, the validity and reliability of which were confirmed by related tests. The questionnaire was distributed among the statistical population (managers of the small and medium industries of Lorestan Province), and 127 acceptable questionnaires were received. The data were analyzed by spss software and by using regression method. The results assert the existence of both positive and negative effects of economic sanctions on internal factors. While the sanctions have negatively influenced the performance of production, marketing and finance, they have improved the function of other internal factors such as management and research and development in the sample industries.