This research aims to introduce a competitive strategy framework for Lattakia Seaport, statistics time series for Lattakia Seaport showed a decrease in ships and TEU numbers over the last five years, on the other hand, the forecast has shown a positi
ve trend despite the relatively low rate of increase, within the current developments, seaport competition in the East Mediterranean escalates, as ports seek to attract more customers and increase market share, a framework of Lattakia port competitive strategy was prepared based on SWOT analysis, the framework incurs a long, medium and short run plan, taking into account that the efficient and effective application of this plan leads to achieving the marketing, operational and financial targets of Lattakia port, recommendations include applying an offensive port strategy aiming to attract more customers and increase the port market share, introducing value added and modern logistic services using EDI and new information technology, moreover to enhance transit trade to the national and regional hinterland
This study aimed to determine the reality of scientific research in Syria compared to Arab Countries, and some developed countries, by comparing the proportion of expenditure on research and development of local output, the number of researchers and
technicians working in research and development, the number of research articles published in international journals, the number of Syrian researchers registered in the Google Scholar search engine, the number of citations to their researches, the number of researches published in Tishreen University, in addition to the number of researches registered and completed for postgraduate students at Tishreen University during the period 2008-2018, the number of Syrian researchers registered in the Researchgate research site, as well as the number of applications for patents for accreditation in the Arab Countries, the value of exports of high technology and the proportion of those exports of transformative exports; and determine the components of scientific research to be available to create added value to the Syrian Universities.
The researcher adopted the survey methodology and distributed the questionnaire to 289 members of the teaching staff at Tishreen University.
The most important result of the study was that, the participation of the Syrian Universities in attracting talent, participation in local, Arab and international conferences, seminars and workshops, providing research labs, modern computers, participation in search engines, research sites, databases and financing of external publications are effective Foundations for creating added value.
Then, some recommendations were presented that would contribute to the creation of added value, the most important of which are: increasing the percentage of expenditure on scientific research, employing researchers, encouraging researchers to publish in international journals, establishing cooperation relations with local, Arab and international research organizations and developing them.
