Evaluation of firm performance in developing country : evidence from Malaysian Country Commercial Bank / Nur Fatihatushima Hassim

The main purpose of this paper is to evaluate the relationship between firm performance towards the Malaysian commercial banking industry. Included are the profitability and net interest margin (NIM) over the period of 2007 until 2012. The approach or the empirical construct is guided by recent theories of banking performance that employ an industrial organization framework and one dependent variables to assure robustness and comparability in findings. The variables for this paper is basically the net interest margin as the dependent variable, and the liquidity, leverage and operating expenses are set as the independant variable. The scope is among the 9 domestics or local bank in Malaysia and 16 foreign bank in Malaysia. The findings of this paper based on the factors such as operating expenses , leverage and liquidity.