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Original Article
The effect of crude oil futures price on risk premium volatilities in the futures market

Mirhossein Mousavi; Mohammad Mazraati

Volume 1, Issue 1 , November 2017, Pages 3-8

Abstract
  This paper explores the impact of crude oil futures prices on risk premium volatilities in the NYMEX futures market. For this purpose, the ARCH and GARCH methods are used to model risk premium volatilities and explore how crude oil futures prices influence the risk premium volatilities in futures contract ...  Read More

Original Article
Relationship between Financial Leverage and Firm Growth in the Oil and Gas Industry: Evidence from OPEC

Seyed Mohammad Javadi; Abbas Alimoradi; Mohammad Reza Ashtiani

Volume 1, Issue 1 , November 2017, Pages 9-21

https://doi.org/10.22050/pbr.2017.58117

Abstract
  Recent theories of firm dynamics emphasize on the role of financial variables as determinants of firm growth. Most of the technical literature shows that there is a positive relationship between financial leverage and firm growth. The purpose of this paper is to examine whether such relationship exists ...  Read More

Original Article
Technological Change and its Relationship with Total Factor Productivity in Iran's Petroleum Refineries

Nader Dashti; Mahdi Rostami; Reza Rashidi

Volume 1, Issue 1 , November 2017, Pages 22-28

https://doi.org/10.22050/pbr.2017.57912

Abstract
  Nowadays, using appropriate technologies in order to increase productivity of production factors can be resulted in optimal factors employment and production enhancement in factories. Technological change is considered as one of the main sources of productivity growth. The purpose of this paper is to ...  Read More

Original Article
Effects of International Barriers and Limitations on Natural Gas Production in Iran

Ghasem Bolu; Touraj Jahan-Ara

Volume 1, Issue 1 , November 2017, Pages 29-39

https://doi.org/10.22050/pbr.2017.58053

Abstract
  The enforced international limitations and sanctions against Iran have affected all stages of natural gas extraction from gas reservoirs. In this study, the effects of various situations on natural gas extraction from the Iranian operating oil reservoirs have been examined. Thus, this study aimed to ...  Read More

Original Article
The Impact of ERP Implementation on Financial Processes: A Case Study

Ali Mohammad Ghanbari; leila Soleimani

Volume 1, Issue 1 , November 2017, Pages 40-48

https://doi.org/10.22050/pbr.2017.58051

Abstract
  In this research we try to investigate impact of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation on the effectiveness of financial processes in PETROPARS Ltd as a case study in petroleum industry. In this regard, three indicators of Ahituv and Neumann model containing time, content, and format have ...  Read More

Original Article
Identification and Prioritization of the Organizational Capital Attributes in the Petroleum Industry in Iran using Grey Systems Theory

Azadeh Dabbaghi

Volume 1, Issue 1 , November 2017, Pages 49-57

Abstract
  The organizational capital is one of the important components of the intellectual capital. the organizational capital is an infrastructure in term of organizational successes so that it plays a vital role in achieving the goals of organization. Managing and directing “Organizational Capital” ...  Read More