Volume 7 - 25th Anniversary Special Edition - March 2021

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    Impact of Dynamic Capabilities on Global Mind-set: The Case of ICT Start-ups in Sri Lanka
    (Department of Marketing Management, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2021) Jayasuriya, C. H.; Perera, G. A. T. R.
    The purpose of this study is to explore how firm-level dynamic capabilities influence the level of firms’ global mindset in information and communication technology (ICT) startups in Sri Lanka. Based on the literature on dynamic capabilities and global mindset, the impact of dynamic capabilities on global mindset is tested empirically on a sample of 295 Sri Lankan ICT start-up firms using structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis technique to find whether if there is any difference of the impact from sensing dynamic capabilities, seizing capabilities and reconfiguration capabilities on the global mindset. The results show a positive significant impact of the sensing, seizing and reconfiguration capabilities on the global mindset in ICT startups in Sri Lanka. However, among three different but theoretically interrelated capabilities, seizing and reconfiguration dynamic capabilities have shown the strongest impact on the global mindset. This study contributes to the emerging literature of global mindset in the international business and to strategic management literature by understanding the global mindset through the lenses of dynamic capabilities as organizational level contingencies.
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    Innovation and its Impact on Consumer Brand Equity: With Evidence from Modern Trade Industry in Colombo, Sri Lanka
    (Department of Marketing Management, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2021) Liyanage, O. N. N.; Wanninayake, W. M. C. B.
    Innovations enable organizations to introduce novel products and services to its customers. However, within the Modern Trade Industry in Sri Lanka, firms deploy innovations, yet if that is influencing firms establish greater relationships with its customer’s, remains unclear. Similarly, firms focus greatly upon consumer-based brand equity within the modern trade industry but there are no sufficient empirical studies to confirm the contribution of innovation for enhancing consumer based brand equity in modern trade environment. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the innovation on consumer based brand equity in modern trade sector in Sri Lanka. Literature suggests that concept of innovation is formed using innovative outcomes and innovative planning. Hence authors used these two dimensions that form innovation as independent variables to determine the consumer-based brand equity. The research was designed as quantitative research based on positivist paradigm and data were collected through a survey. Accordingly, 280 self-administered questionnaires, were obtained from respondents who are modern trade consumers in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The collected data were analyzed by using both descriptive and inferential statistics tools. PLS-SEM was employed as the main measurement model for testing hypothesis by using Smart-PLS 3 as the main analytical software. The findings revealed that innovation as an outcome and innovative planning, both can significantly influence upon consumer-based brand equity. Hence, authors suggest management of modern trade retailers to develop innovative technology driven retail platform to provide pleasant shopping experience to the customers with the purpose of improving consumer-based brand equity. Authors suggests future researches to investigate the impact of leadership on the implementation of innovations within the modern trade retailers in Sri Lankan context.