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    The Role of E-Learning in Promoting Social Capital through Changes in Entrepreneurial Behavior: A Case of SMEs.
    (8th International Conference on Business & Information ICBI – 2017, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017) Nabavichashmi, S.; Feiz, D.; Nabavichashmi, A.
    The entrepreneurial behavior is the most important source of economic investment in today`s era. This valuable capital is necessary to create an extensive level of relationship based on reliability which is the same social capital. One way to improve the social capital through the entrepreneurial behavior is the development of electronic learning. The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of e-learning to improve the social capital through changes in entrepreneurial behavior. This applied research in terms of the research methodology is descriptive –survey method. The data of this study were collected through the questionnaires. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by the managers and specialist of SMEs, and its reliability was confirmed by the Cranach's alpha which was 0.81. Out of the labor population of the SMEs, the sample is 385 through the random selection. The collected data by using the structural equation modelling techniques and based on analysis of the LISREL software was done. The results of this study indicate that the E-learning improves entrepreneurial behavior and this valuable capital increases the worth of reliability or trust-based relationships for the social capital. Also, the E-learning directly affects upon the SMEs.
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    A Study of Factors Affecting the Business Success of Tourism Related Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Sri Lanka (With Special Reference to Central Province).
    (8th International Conference on Business & Information ICBI – 2017, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017) Raazim, M. A. M.; Gunaratne, Y. M. C.; Nawarathna, A. M. D. B.
    The tourism related SMEs are facing various challenges to survive in the market and they should have the ability to adapt to the changes in the modern world including Sri Lanka. Therefore, the objectives of this study are to identify the profile of Tourism related SME business operators, to determine the relationship between the business success factors and the business success and to identify the most influential factor which significantly affects the business success of Tourism related SMEs. Primary data collected by the author from 75 Tourism related SME business operators selected using convenience sampling method in Central Province is the main source of data. Quantitative data analysis method was deployed. Eight hypotheses were developed and the findings reflect that, positive relationship between business success factors and the business success except government support which shows the negative relationship and the most significant factor for the business success was SME business characteristics.