The determinants of firm performance: evidence from manufacturing firms in Malaysia / Darwina Abdul Kadir

This study is to determine the firms performance of manufacturing firm in malaysia using the selected variables in 30 companies of manufacturing firms in malaysia that was selected from Bursa Malaysia. The yearly basis data covered from the year 2008 to 2015 which consist of 240 observation. This study used the panel data approach to see the result of firm performance. The measurement of this variables based on the ratio coefficient towards the dependent variables. Other than that , this study also identify the relationship between the independent variables and dependent variables. This study using dependent variables from return on asset (ROA) while the independent variables consist of size of firm, leverage and working capital. The finding for this study it shows that size of firm has positive relationship with firm performance and also the variables of working capital found positive relationship with firm performance, but only the leverage show that negative relationship with firm performance.