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EFFECTS OF FINANCING ON THE FIRM PERFORMANCE OF MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN SAGAING CITY Ma Khin Myat Kyu MAF-1 The main objective of this study is to analyze the effects of financing on firm performance of manufacturing firms in Sagaing City. The population comprised 64 manufacturing firms in Sagaing City. Stratified random sampling method is used to collect the data. Data was analyzed by using descriptive statistics such as frequencies, percentages, means and standard deviations. Multiple regression analysis was carried out to test the effects of financing on firm performance of manufacturing firms in Sagaing City.This study used two sources of data: primary and secondary data. For primary data of manufacturing businesses information, owners or managers of manufacturing firms in Sagaing were answered with structured questionnaires by using five-point likert scale. Secondary data were collected from text books, previous research papers, journals and reference books.organic sources of financing have positive effect on firm performance of manufacturing firms in Sagaing City. External sources of financing have negative effect on firm performance of manufacturing firms in Sagaing City. Most of the respondents do not use long-term loan because the system of banking processes are complicated for them. Moreover, collateral requirement is considered of prime important while access to bank loan is seen as very problematic. The study recommends that Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) should use long-term loan financing, trade credit financing and short-term loan financing for them to realize higher level of firm performance. This study may have been constrained by small target population and one respondent per firm. Future researchers should study more respondents and more variables. 2019-12-01 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12678/0000007740 https://meral.edu.mm/records/7740