Determinants of firm’s performance: a case study based on Petronas Dagangan Berhad / Lynna Khairunnisa Habib

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between all the independent variables which are exchange rate, capital structure, government subsidy and inflation on the firm’s performance that is Petronas Dagangan Berhad. The study has used Multiple Linear Regression Model in order to discover the relationship between all the independent variables and the firm’s performance. The annual percentages of each variables starting from 2005 until 2016. According to the result, both inflation and government subsidy have positive with significant relationship meanwhile exchange rate give negative and insignificant relationship towards firm’s performance. Thus, this proves that firm’s performance is affected by the economic condition and government policy too. On top of that, these shows that firm’s performance is affected by various factors.