The Effect of Internal Strategic Factors on the Financial Performance of Manufacturing Industries Listed Companies in Tehran Stock Exchange

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of internal strategic factors on financial performance of manufacturing industries listed Companies in Tehran Stock Exchange. The Gursoy & Swanger (2007) standard questionnaire was used to collect data. In this research were surveyed 114 company’s senior managers and all of the company’s population. The research population was the car industry listed companies in Tehran Stock Exchange. In order to analyze the relationship between research variables was used the Structural Equation Modeling technique by using LISREL software. The results of the goodness-of-fit indices such as RMSEA, GFI and AGFI represent the good fit of the model which is usable data. Accordingly to the research findings, the impact of information technology, research and development, marketing, human resources and accounting on the financial performance is positive and significant. So, research conclusions and recommendations are provided to strengthen the relationships between variables in the model.