Investigating the Effect of Financial and Political Support of the Government on the Profitability of Companies in the Industrial Town of the Southwestern Cities of Fars Province

Industrial estates in the southwestern counties of Fars Province are located in strategic areas that have good access to natural resources, main roads, and consumer markets. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of government financial and political support on the profitability of industrial estate companies in the southwestern counties of Fars Province.

The research method was descriptive-correlational. In this study, the Perceived Financial Support Questionnaire of the Standard Organization of the Evil (2019), the Masti Political Support Questionnaire (2017), and the Abbasi and Omrani Profitability Questionnaire (2022) were used. The research population consisted of 354 people, and 187 people were selected as the final sample using a random sampling method, and their reliability was also confirmed.

The results obtained from structural equations show that the significance level is smaller than 0.05, which indicates a significant relationship. Also, the t-statistic value obtained for all three relationships is greater than the critical value and positive. So, government financial and political support has a positive and significant effect on the profitability of industrial town companies in the southwestern counties of Fars Province. And government financial support has a positive and significant effect on the profitability of industrial town companies in the southwestern counties of Fars Province. Government political support has a positive and significant effect on the profitability of industrial town companies in the southwestern counties of Fars Province.

The results obtained from structural equations show that government financial and political support has an effect on the profitability of industrial town companies in the southwestern counties of Fars Province.