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    Factors Influencing Green IT Adoption in Sri Lanka
    (Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Kawshala, B.A.H.
    In recent decades, environmental sustainability had become a hot topic being discussed by academicians and practitioners. The increase of environmental problems such as pollution, global warming, scarcity of foods, depletion of natural resources and solid waste had drawn attention from governments sector, communities as well as business organizations. Hence, going green is the latest approach that emphasized. Green Information Technology (IT) is part of the effort by business organizations to be green. This study aims to investigate factors influencing green IT adoption by Audit & IT firms in Sri Lanka. As well as an understanding of the determinant factors is essential for practitioners to best implement green practices. In attaining the study objectives, using random sampling method a quantitative approach was used by distributing survey questionnaire to randomly 100 sampled Audit & IT firms in Sri Lanka. The findings from this study serve as guideline for top management to understand factors that motivate organizations to invest in green IT. This study is also useful for researchers to further investigate on other drivers, values and antecedents of green IT.
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    Influence of Behavioral Biases on Investment Decision Making with Moderating Role of Financial Literacy and Risk Attitude: A Study Based on Colombo Stock Exchange
    (Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2021) Ranaweera, S.S.; Kawshala, B.A.H.
    This paper aims to analyze the influence of overconfidence bias and herding bias on investment decision making and the moderating role of financial literacy and risk attitudes on overconfidence bias and herding bias on investment decision making in the Colombo Stock Market. Data was collected from a structured questionnaire survey carried out among 110 individual investors in the Colombo Stock Market. Multiple regression method was used to analyze the influence of overconfidence bias and herding bias on investment decisions with financial literacy and risk attitude as moderating variables. Accordingly, results indicated overconfidence bias has a significant influence on investment decisions. Results do not indicate that herding bias significantly influence investment decisions. Financial literacy and risk attitude do not significantly moderate the relationship between overconfidence and herding bias in investment decisions. The findings of this paper would help to understand the influence of behavioral bias on investment decisions of individual investors in Colombo Stock Market. The research described in this paper study the moderating role of financial literacy and risk attitude on overconfidence bias and herding bias in making investment decisions adding new perspective to Colombo Stock Exchange investor behavior.