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Item Are Gender and Immigration a Double Disadvantage? Exploring the Experiences of Sri Lankan Female Immigrant Entrepreneurs in London, United Kingdom(Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies, 2022) Surangi, H.A.K.N.S.Ethnic minority female entrepreneurs play a vital role in developed countries, yet they rarely receive recognition. The research explores the experiences of Sri Lankan female immigrant entrepreneurs and their challenges in London, the United Kingdom. The research followed the path of a narrative approach of qualitative methodology, which is an efficient method to explore people's experiences through a sociologically based theory on “othering” and “belonging.” Seven participants were purposively approached and asked to narrate their stories and share their experiences. The research findings suggest that female immigrant entrepreneurs face many hardships in their businesses. Institutional and consumer racism and a lack of networking are the external barriers they had to face. The internal challenges include the liability of newness and the host country's cultural values. Sri Lankan female entrepreneurs’ identities are labeled as an “othered” social group in the UK business community context, treated as outsiders, and made to face structural exclusion. However, gender is not the real villain; ethnicity is the actual undercover devil at business. This research offers a unique insight into female and immigrant entrepreneurship, thereby casting light on an aspect of Sri Lankan female entrepreneurs living in the United Kingdom, which is currently under research.Item Entrepreneurial Intentions among University Students: Testing a Model of Entrepreneurial Intention(Research Symposium 2009 - Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2009) Surangi, H.A.K.N.S.New business creation is a volitional behavior that is intentional in nature. There is a growing body of literature arguing that intentions play a very relevant role in the decision to start a new firm. Since education can influence young people’s attitudes and aspirations toward entrepreneurship, there is a need to understand how to develop and nurture potential entrepreneurs during their university years. Researchers have suggested that intention models offer a significant opportunity toward better understanding and prediction of entrepreneurial activities. Therefore, this study uses an intention model, the theory of planned behavior (TPB), to study the entrepreneurial intentions of 120 B. Com. undergraduate students the university of Kelaniya. Thus, the study was conducted to address the current gap in entrepreneurship research by answering the following research questions: (1) what is the level of entrepreneurial intention among university students. (2) What are the predictors of entrepreneurial intention among university students? Moreover, it has tried to test the applicability of the entrepreneurial intention model. A survey questionnaire was employed to collect data and both descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were applied through SPSS 14 version to analyze the data. The study concludes that entrepreneurial intention can be predicted significantly by personal attractiveness and perceived feasibility. Social norms were found to be non-significant. In terms of theoretical contribution, this study suggests that the theory of planned behavior is very useful, and it provides a sound theoretical framework toward understanding the antecedents of entrepreneurial intentions.Item Entry barriers to entrepreneurship in Sri Lankan society(University of Kelaniya, 2008) Surangi, H.A.K.N.S.; Wijetunge, W.A.D.S.Item Is there any Digital Gender Divide? Exploring challenges faced by Female Technopreneurs in Sri Lanka(Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2022) Sahira, S.; Surangi, H.A.K.N.S.The tech industry will continue to bring change in habits and behaviours and will create significant wealth. However, female entrepreneurs remain severely underrepresented in the world of technology. The absence of female entrepreneurs in the tech sector will lead to a digital world being designed for the 21st century without female leadership, leading to a significant blow to closing the gender gap. This research investigates the problems and challenges facing high-technology female entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka. The qualitative research method, particularly a narrative design, was adopted to collect and analyze data through the lens of feminist theory. Three female technopreneurs were purposively approached and interviewed. The findings show that women considered the most critical challenges, such as lack of technologically innovative business ideas, lack of digital resources, lack of business network, and fear of online safety. In addition, socio-cultural thinking discourages women from setting foot in the tech sector. Extending digital knowledge and access and providing connected devices to lower-income females will be impactful. Regulations should be placed to have companies introduce a minimum quota for women hired. Findings should lead to a generation of benchmark data in addressing gender gaps. The study ensures SDG 05: achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls.Item Issues and Challengers of Small Business Entrepreneurship(University of Kelaniya, 2007) Surangi, H.A.K.N.S.From the inception of industrialization of the Sri Lankan economy, commencing from 1920s Small business sector was recognized as an important area to be developed. This emphasis continued in the ensuring year up to 1977. Even under the free trade economic policies this area has been recognized to be developed since 1977. Small and medium business sector represents 86 percent contribution to the employment and its contribution to total production was 18 percent in 2003. It represents 17 percent value addition to GDP (Central bank report, 2003). But its progress is not up to the expectation. In this setting researchers have identified number of factors that have contributed to the failure of this sector. Some of them are financial, marketing and networking problems, lack of desire to innovation and no proper business plans with regard to each economic regimes so far passed. In this context, this study aims at identifying whether these traditional factors are still important and or new factors have currently emerged to hinder the development of Small business sector. For this purpose this study has selected stratified random sample of fifty small business entrepreneurs in Galle district covering manufacturing, service, trading, professional services and others. To analyze collected data both qualitative and quantitative methods were used particularly based on simple statistical methods such as charts, tables, percentages. Accordingly, the study concludes that the traditional factor that is networking problem is not identified by the respondents as a main contributing factor to the failure of small business sector while other traditional factors such as finance difficulties, lack of business plan and lack of desire to do innovation are still playing an important role in the determination of the success of small business sector.Item Model to Measure EMR Success in Public Sector Hospitals in Sri Lanka: A Literature Review(Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2021) Sarathchandra, K.; Razi, M.J.M.; Surangi, H.A.K.N.S.Electronic Medical Record (EMR) is an electronic document with patient’s clinical data which provides the capacity to improve clinical outcomes (improved quality of services, reduce medical errors, support diagnosis, predict disease patterns), organizational outcomes (financial and operational efficiency, better management of health services) and societal outcomes (improved population health, reduce cost of health). The EMR implementations have been growing in developed and developing countries in last two decades however, the success of these systems is debated. The adaptation of the new technologies in the public health sector has proven slow or failed due to complexity involved in technology, process, and people factors hence the intended objectives are not often achieved. The empirical research evidence in Sri Lanka is limited to prove the success therefore, the objective of this research is to measure the success level and identify the success factors of the main EMR system implemented in public sector hospitals in Sri Lanka: Hospital Health Information Management System (HHIMS). This paper intends to present literature survey findings in selecting an appropriate conceptual model to measure the EMR success. The adapted DeLone and McLean model is selected as the most suitable model due to the nature and the context of this research. The proposed model includes two new success factors: Change champion and Change Management Process and excludes user satisfaction mediating factor. This research findings contributes to the theory of information systems evaluation.Item Rationalization of Privatizing State Sector Commercial Banks: A comparative study of the public sector and the private sector commercial banks(University of Kelaniya, 2008) Surangi, H.A.K.N.S.; Perera, R.A.A.S.There is a perception that the public sector commercial banks operate at a lesser degree of efficiency with earning a lower level of profit compared to the private sector commercial banks. Taking the above scenario into account, this study tries to make a comparative appraisal of the functionality of the private sector and the public sector banks. The prime objective of this study is to examine whether it is mandatory for the public sector banks to be privatized in order to increase their functionality. Also, this study attempts to find out the possibility of increasing productivity of the public sector banks by restructuring. In order to achieve the objectives of the study, 4 banks including two public sector banks and two private sector banks were selected randomly. For the purpose of data analysis, statistical data for the period of 5 years have been derived from the annual reports of 4 banks such as Peoples' Bank, Bank of Ceylon, Hatton National Bank and Commercial Bank. The study concludes that the privately owned banks are operating at a higher rate of functionality than the public sector banks. This indicates that private ownership is the most suitable form for the commercial banking sector to operate more efficiently.Item A Systematic Literature Review on Female Entrepreneurship: Citation and Thematic Analysis(, International Conference on Business and Information (ICBI – 2019), [Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management], Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2019) Surangi, H.A.K.N.S.Research investigating female entrepreneurs has developed considerably over the past two decades. But a significant part of this research area lacks systematization and categorization. Therefore, there is a need to understand the current knowledge in this field. In this setting, this paper carries out a systematic review of the literature on female entrepreneurship. A total of 192 papers focusing on female entrepreneurship, published between 2000 and 2019, were analyzed. The purpose of this paper is to give a clear picture of the sub-areas in female entrepreneurship research by concentrating on two aspects. Firstly, it reviews recent research papers by using citation analysis to identify and categorize the main areas of specialization currently interesting the attention of the academic community. Secondly, a thematic analysis is performed to explore the specific themes being researched. Regardless of a large number of publications and their diversity, the present study finds six different themes. A number of research gaps were identified within each of these areas of specialization, in order to persuade new avenues and angles in the female entrepreneurship field of research that may be productive in filling these gaps.Item The Role of Social Entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka(Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya., 2023) Nimeshi, G.K.S.; Surangi, H.A.K.N.S.In recent years, there has been a growing body of literature on social entrepreneurship, yet researchers in developing countries have not adequately explored this field. This qualitative study delves into the role of social entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka, examining how they operate and the factors influencing their choices. Grounded in social reality and aligned with social constructionist philosophy, the research engaged ten selected social entrepreneurs through interviews and applied thematic analysis to interpret the data. The findings reveal valuable insights into the strategies employed by social entrepreneurs in starting and managing their enterprises. Individual and social factors such as family background, experience, social networks, and religion significantly influence the decision to become a social entrepreneur. The study's developed model bridges subjective experiences of social entrepreneurs with existing literature, contributing to a deeper understanding of how social entrepreneurship is practiced and constructed.