1st ICARE Student's Conference - 2015
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Item The empirical relationship between board size and firm performance of listed companies in Sri Lanka(Department of Accountancy, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Weerakkodi, W.A.S.L.A many studies investigate to the link between board size and firm performance in listed companies in Sri Lanka. The evidence on this area is very thin in Sri Lanka being a developing countries. The structure and size of the board and its impact on the performance of the firm is one of the most discussed issues of corporate governance. Board size, gender, duality, education, board age and Independent were the board structure variables, and ROA and ROE were the measurement device of firm Performance. Good corporate governance practices are regarded as important in reducing risk for investors, attracting investment capital and improving the performance of companies. Sri Lanka does not have large number of studies on corporate governance issues. Therefore, these kinds of studies on corporate governance issues will help to improve the corporate governance practice in Sri Lanka. Therefore, this study will provide a new perspective in studying the relationship between board size and firm performance. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between board size and firm performance in Sri Lanka for the extent of compliance of the CBP recommendations by the companies. Further, to investigate the relationship between the CEO duality and firm performance, to investigate the relationship between proportion of non-executive directors and firm performance.Item The relationship between inventory management practices and organizational performance of manufacturing companies in Sri Lanka(Department of Accountancy, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Iroshani, M.B.M.In current context manufacturing firms use various techniques to manage their inventories. Past literature reveals the practices adopted by the companies have a significant impact on organizational performances. Most of manufacturing companies which use proper inventory management practices have shown great performance. Inventory management practices are differ from one company to another because of the size of the industry, economic stability ofthe place, infrastructural facilities available, transportation network and many more which are called constraints. The purpose of this study is to identify weather there is any significant relationship between inventory management and the organizational performance of manufacturing companies in Sri Lanka. The study will be conducted by analyzing to which extend the companies are applying EQO, JIT, ERP practices to manage their inventory. The sample consists with twenty five (25) listed manufacturing companies in Sri Lanka from the period 2009-2014. Data will collect through both primary and secondary sources. To examine the applications of inventory management practices, structured and semi structured questionnaires will be used and to examine the organizational performance audited annual reports will be analyzed. The relationship between inventory management variables and organizational performance variables (Return on Assets-ROA & Return on Sales-ROS) will be tested by using descriptive statistics. Magnitude of the relationship will be measured by using correlation. The importance of the study is to provide a proper understanding to the management of manufacturing companies about how they should manage their inventory for an excellent organizational performance.