Designing a Meta Frame Work The Competitiveness of Free Industrial -Trade Zones at the international levels Employing the Meta-Synthesis Approach

Competition can be described as an extrinsic and environmental factor while competitiveness is an intrinsic feature. Free Industrial -Trade Zones are among the economic policies which the states’ macro-level decision and policy makes are involved in to enhance the national economy competitiveness, regional development, privation obviation, absorption of domestic and international investments, creation of job opportunities, obtaining of advanced technologies and development of exports. This research intends to identify the competitiveness success factors in free industrial -trade zones at the international levels.To do so,74 research papers were reviewed using meta-synthesis approach. Before the texts’ codings, the documents were filtered employing CASP (Critical Appraisal Selection Process) methodology and 1097 codes were identified through the MAXQDA software. Among the identified Factors, employing skilled and specialist managers (39 references), economic stability and formation of a knowledge-based economy (34 references), political stability and constructive foreign policy (33 references), institutional contexts (30 references), implementation of approaches based on technology,competence and structure(27 references),intelligent cooperation effective relationship with international markets (24 references), alignment of national economy with global economy(23 references),implementation of co-competitive strategies and determination of competitive priorities based on competitive advantages(21references), performance management(19 references) were the most important codes identified. The present research is innovative in regard to identification of competitiveness success factors of the free industrial- trade zones at the international levels employing the qualitative method of meta-synthesis and MAXQDA software in the area of the competitiveness of free industrial- trade zones.