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    Factors Influencing on Purchase Intention of Men's cosmetic Products: with special Reference to the Men's Fairness cream Products
    (Sabaragamuwa University of Si Lanka, 2016) Weerasiri, R.A.S.; Hennanayake, H.M.G.Y.J.
    Changing life style of Sri Lankan youth has led to a strong demand for faimess creams in Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan market is gradually creating an opportunity for the cosmetics market. The trend analysis of leading companies,revealed that there is a significant need for the behavioural study to penetrate men's consumer market in Sri Lanka. In the global context, researchers have done a number of studies regarding the men's grooming products. In Sri Lankan context, a limited number of researches have been carried out to fmd out the purchasing factors of men's fairness crezlm products' The study would be beneficial to business organizations to drive the sales and to shift the brand. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the factors effect on the Purchasing Intention on Men's Fairness cream in Sri Lanka.Data was collected through a sample of 250 male respondents from Colombo area. SPSS 16 software packages has used for data analysis purpose. The conceptual model and hypotheses were tested using inferential statistics such as Co-relations and Coefficient techniques whepas charts, mode, median; percentages were used under descriptive statistics' Findings revealed that Brand, Product Qualityand Place of Distribution have a strong positive relationship with the purchasing intention of fairness cream products and the Price and Promotion show a moderate positive relationship. Product Quality, Price, Promotion, Brand and the Place of Distribution can be identified as the most influencing factors towards the purchase intention for men's fairness Cream in Sri Lankan market. Discover the world's research
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    The Role of the Internet in Australian Small Firms Exporting to Sri Lanka: An Innovative Export Model
    (2011) Amarasena, A.
    The purpose of this exploratory research paper is to offer an understanding on the role of the Internet in the context of small firms exporting from an advanced to emerging market. The countries chosen in this context are Australia and Sri Lanka. The research study involves face to face interviews with the owner/managers of Australian exporting firms. It reveals that the exporters? knowledge on the customer base in Sri Lanka and their advantage of being connected to various networks both in Australia and Sri Lanka make their exporting business high performing. The owner/managers who gained a number of years of international business experience from working as managers of firms in the export market would add further advantage to exporting firms. The paper suggests that the capability of owner/managers to identify the right blend of Internet technology while managing human factors in the export process is critical to their export success.
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    An Integrative Sales Growth Model for Small Manufacturing Enterprises in Sri Lanka: Path Analysis Approach
    (2011) Nishantha, B.
    enterprises are increasingly playing an important role in Sri Lanka. However, little is known about the determinants of small enterprise growth in this context. The purpose of this study is to gain an understanding of the factors in different dimensions influencing small enterprise growth in Sri Lanka. Based on an analysis of data from 97 owner-managers of small manufacturing enterprises located in Colombo district, the researcher developed an integrative sales growth model that suggests how human capital, social capital, access to external resources and internal capabilities & business structure directly and/ or indirectly influence the sales growth of small enterprises. Results of path analysis suggested that three human capital variables namely: training with work experience in same field, technical and professional education and education with experience in government sector indirectly affect small enterprises sales growth through other intermediate variables. Three social capital variables namely: organizational network with network maintenance and resources sharing with SEs and supportive network with financial institutes have significant direct positive effect on sales growth. The direct and indirect effects of access to external resources variables on sales growth are not so strong. Only one variable in internal capabilities & business structure dimension, namely innovation and imitation has positive direct effects on sales growth.
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    Determinants of Cross-Company Differences in Capital Structures in Sri Lankan Hotel Industry: An Opinion Survey
    (2011) Fernando, C.S.P.; Rajini, P.A.D.; Reha, R.
    The capital structure is the composition of a company?s sources of funds, which is determined by the proportion of the debt-equity mix. Determination of capital structure of a firm is very important because it affects cost of capital. Firm?s capital structure is one of the most widely researched topics in corporate finance world. However, in the Sri Lankan context, only a few researches have been carried out on capital structure in service industry and hardly any in the hotel industry. Therefore, a need has been identified to find out the factors that determine capital structure of hotel industry. Hence, this research examines the effect of different company specific variables including liquidity, information asymmetry, agency cost, dividends, profitability, business risk, growth rate and bankruptcy costs on the capital structure of the Sri Lankan hotels. In achieving the aim of this research, an empirical investigation was conducted using survey questionnaires. In order to identify the overall explanatory power of variables, a multiple regression analysis was carried out and a simple linear regression was conducted to ascertain individual contributions of the determinants in explaining cross firm capital structure differences. The results revealed that the business risk variable is the only determinant that has a significant influence on proportion of debt in the capital structure.
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    THE IMPACT OF INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL ON THE FIRM PERFORMANCE AND INVESTOR RESPONSE: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF SELECTED SECTORS IN COLOMBO STOCK EXCHANGE
    (2010) Kehelwalatenna, S.; Gunaratne, P.S.M.
    Intellectual capital (IC) is recognized as a strategic asset which gives competitive advantages by driving organizations for superior performance in the modern day knowledge-based economies. The purpose of this study is to investigate, empirically, the relation between IC, and firm performance and the response of investors. In this respect, the study has been conducted using data drawn for 2002 to 2006 from listed financial services and manufacturing sector firms in Sri Lanka. The Pulic?s Value Added Intellectual Coefficient (VAIC) has been employed to measure the IC together with the measurements of value creation efficiencies of capital employed, human capital, and structural capital of selected firms. The researchers use the Pearson?s correlation analysis and construct regression models to investigate the said relationships. Results of the main analysis show that IC is positively associated with firm performance, and investor response. In addition, it is found that the level of importance placed by investors on three components of value creation efficiencies (physical capital, human capital, and structural capital) has not been uniform. Moreover, the results of the extended analyses further confirm some of the above associations with few exceptions. The study is novel and original in its approach to determine the value addition in the VAIC model. In this regard, current study brings the assumptions of the stewardship theory in alternative to both economic value addition and value addition according to the stakeholder theory. Moreover, the results may extend in understanding the role of IC in creating corporate value and building sustainable advantages for companies in developing countries as the findings in developed economies and emerging economies cannot be generalized to developing nations, since country-specific factors and technological advancements influence significantly in determining the level of IC.
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    Impact of Working Capital Management Practices on Firm Value
    (2011) Bandara, R.M.S.; Weerakoon, B.Y.K.
    This research study investigated the impact of Working Capital Management Practices (WCMP) on firm value in Sri Lankan companies. Data were gathered from a sample of 74 companies listed in the Colombo Stock Exchange covering seven business sectors for period of 2005 to 2009. Firms? Aggressive Working Capital Management Practice (AWCMP), Moderative Working Capital Management Practice (MWCMP) and Conservative Working Capital Management Practice (CWCMP) were used as independent variables. Firm value measured in terms of Market Value Added (MVA) and Economic value Added (EVA) was employed as dependent variable in the study. The panel regression analysis was employed. The results indicate that there is a statistically significant negative relationship between CWCMP and MVA and it further explains the firms that follow MWCMP yield higher MVA than the firms with CWCMP. Similarly, it indicates that there is a significant negative relationship between AWCMP and EVA, providing further evidence that the firms with AWCMP generate lower EVA than that of the firms with MWCM. Accordingly, the results conclude that the firms following MWCMP improved both MVA and EVA of the firms in Sri Lanka.
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    Financial Practices and Performance of Small and Medium - sized Enterprises in Sri Lanka
    (2011) Karunananda, A.; Jayamaha, A.
    The objective of this research is to find out the financial practices among Small & Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Sri Lanka. Further, it finds out the impact of financial practices upon business performance amongst SMEs in Sri Lanka. The SME sector has become a crucial segment and a major section of private sector in developing countries. Therefore, for the developing countries, it is important to accelerate the growth of SMEs in order to gain sustainable development. However, poor record keeping, inefficient use of accounting information to support their financial decision-making and the low quality and reliability of financial data are part of the main problems in financial management concerns of SMEs. Therefore, through this research an attempt is made to ascertain the comprehensiveness of financial practices adopted by SMEs in Sri Lanka and evaluate whether financial practices have an impact on performance of these organizations. The data and information required for the study are obtained through a questionnaire survey conducted. The primary concern is with the various financial practices within cooperating SMEs. Here, financial systems and their review, financial audit, historical and future-oriented financial reporting practices and historical financial statement analysis practices are all considered. Secondly, the study is able to establish some associations exist between the comprehensiveness of financial practices adopted by SMEs in the study sample and measures of SME performance and the relationship were evaluated by using correlation coefficients. The findings suggest a significant difference in comprehensiveness of financial practices between small enterprises and medium-sized enterprises in study sample, with these practices being more extensive in medium-sized concern. Further, the findings establish that the comprehensiveness of financial practices may have some potential as an explanatory factor for business performances in SMEs. Overall, findings seem that SMEs who are complying with financial practices are performing well than the SMEs, who are not complying with financial practices.