Bahman  Gholami, Abdolah  Khademi Moghadam, 
    Investigating the Effects of Strategic Management on Financial Performance of
Companies Listed on Tehran Stock Exchange,
    International Business Management,
    Volume 10,Issue 27,
    2016,
    Pages 6233-6237,
    ISSN 1993-5250,
    ibm.2016.6233.6237,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2016.6233.6237)
    Abstract: Strategic planning is of utmost importance for the strategic management of companies. Therefore,
the purpose of this study was to examine the effect of strategic planning on the financial performance of
companies listed on Tehran Stock Exchange. The findings revealed that a lot of domestic and foreign companies
included in the study sample had their own strategic management processes. Such processes were annual and
reflected on significant organizational activities. The present study was one of the few investigations examining
strategic planning process in a sample of companies in a developing economy wherein existing changes in
corporate performance over time were determined in a way that they involved the use of strategic tools in a
dynamic and competitive environment. The results of this study contributed to understanding the nature and
strategic planning experiences in companies listed on Tehran Stock Exchange as well as the correlational
potentials between corporate efforts and performance.
    Keywords: Strategic management;strategic issues;strategic tools;financial performance