Identifying factors affecting financing and its effect on the performance of production and distribution companies in the cooperative sector

The issue of financing and attracting capital is among the important and influential factors in the decision-making process in organizations and companies. The present research was carried out with the aim of investigating the optimal methods for financing the production-distribution cooperative companies of Kashmer city. The statistical population of the current research includes all types of production cooperative companies active in Kashmer city, which number 148 companies. The statistical sample of the research was selected using the Kokoran formula of 85 companies. This research was carried out using the survey method (field research) of distributing questionnaires with standard components and with the help of managers of cooperative companies, experts and experts in the field of cooperatives of the General Department of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare of Kashmer city. To perform the final analysis in the descriptive and inferential statistics section, exploratory factor analysis methods and structural equations were used with the help of Spss 24 and smartpls.3 software. The results of the research showed that the economic status of the members is in the first place, the participation and cooperation of the banks in the second place, Macro political and economic factors in the third place, supporting policies in the fourth place and people's participation in the fifth place are the effective factors on the financing of production-distribution cooperative companies in Kashmar city. Also, the results showed that the financing methods of production-distribution companies of the cooperative sector affect their performance. So that the variable of the economic status of the cooperative members has the most influence and the variable of people's participation has the least influence on the performance of the production cooperative companies active in Kashmer city.