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Attractiveness of venture idea amongst expert entrepreneurs: a conjoint analysis

Semasinghe, D.M. (Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, 2010)

Venture ideas are at the heart of entrepreneurship (Davidsson, 2004). However, we are yet to learn what factors drive entrepreneurs’ perceptions of the attractiveness of venture ideas, and what the relative importance ...
Attractiveness of Venture Idea amongst Expert Entrepreneurs: A Conjoint Analysis (Interactive Paper)

Semasinghe, D.M. (2010)

Venture ideas are at the heart of entrepreneurship (Davidsson, 2004). However, we are yet to learn what factors drive entrepreneurs’ perceptions of the attractiveness of venture ideas, and what the relative importance ...
Attractiveness of venture ideas: a conjoint study

Semasinghe, D.M.; Davidsson, P.; Steffens, P.R. (Swinburne University of Technology, University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, 2010)

Every venture starts with a venture idea; product/service, method of production, customer, market, or method of promotion etc. This study focused its attention on what factors drive entrepreneurs’ perceptions of the ...
Building a Theoretical Model of Entrepreneurial Venture Growth: An Alternative Perspective

Dissanayake, D.M.N.S.W.; Semasinghe, D.M. (Sydney, Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research, 2014)

Despite the low theoretical developments in the Entrepreneurial Venture Growth literature, entrepreneurial ventures require growth to provide economic development, to create wealth and employment. However, some entrepreneurial ...
Challenges Facing by Women in Accessing Credit from Microfinance Institutions in Sri Lanka

Yogendrarajah, R.; Semasinghe, D.M. (2013)

Women are key instrument in the society and their role is very important in the world because they act dual role both in the family as well as society. The microfinance has an important role in empowering women in ...
Contribution of Micro Credit Programme in Empowering Women: A Special Reference to Kilinochchi District in Sri Lanka

Yogendrarajah, R.; Semasinghe, D.M. (2014)

The prime objective of this study was to assess the impact of micro credit in empowering poor women before and after joining with micro credit programmes. The study was conducted at Kilinochchi District in Sri Lanka as ...
Does the Innate Culture make all Failures to Entrepreneurs? An Existing Context Specific Problem

Dissanayake, D.M.N.S.W.; Semasinghe, D.M. (International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 2014)

Complementing Ireland et al., (2003) inference of „regardless of the size of the entrepreneurial venture, strategic entrepreneurial aspects (advantage seeking and opportunity seeking behaviors) are important‟, we set out ...
The effects of working capital management on profitability, liquidity, solvency and organic growth with special reference to SMEs: A review.

Semasinghe, D.M.; Mahasena, Senanayake; Dayaratna Banda, O.G. (International Journal of Accounting & Business Finance, 2017)

A well designed and implemented working capital management is expected to contribute positively to the creation of a firm's value and ultimately to its organic growth extent. The purpose of this paper is to review the ...
Empowering Women Entrepreneurs Through Micro Finance in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka: Challenges and Scenarios

Yogendrarajah, R.; Semasinghe, D.M. (Centre of Excellence for Scientific & Research Journalism, 2014)

Micro finance serves as a vital role for women entrepreneurship development in the developing countries as well as in Sri Lanka. As a result of 30 years conflict situation, women lost their male relatives in struggle, ...
Enterprise Education and Venture Initiative in Developing Entrepreneurial Potentials

Musa, B.M.; Semasinghe, D.M. (2014)

The development of entrepreneurial potentials is important to sustaining a competitive advantage among people coexisting in innovative environment. Quality entrepreneurship education and training seem to be a mechanism in ...
Entrepreneurial Orientation and Growth: The Moderating Role of National Culture.

Semasinghe, D.M.; Dissanayake, D.M. (J Entrepren Organiz Manag, 2016)

Complementing to the inferences of previous research, this paper seeks to investigate the moderating impact on the relationship of Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) and venture growth. This study conducted as a cross ...
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND UNEMPLOYMENT: A LITERATURE REVIEW.

Semasinghe, D.M.; Musa, B.M. (International Conference on Business & Information, 2013)

A great deal of ambiguity exists in the literature over the relationship between entrepreneurship and unemployment. The simple theory of income choice, which has been the basis for numerous studies focusing on decision ...
The Gravity of Entrepreneurs’ Network Ties on the growth of the Business in Sri Lanka

Semasinghe, D.M.; Kumarapeli, K. (European Journal of Business and Management, 2017)

Using the business performances of the firm we investigated how network ties (NT) interfere to obtain business growth in Sri Lankan context. As NT consist of two constructs which are social NT and business NT, this ...
Human Capital and Venture Performance: The Role of Entrepreneur’s Culture and Business Environment in Nigeria

Musa, M.B.; Semasinghe, D.M. (JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS RESEARCH, 2014)

Human capital is getting a wider attention with increasing globalization and competitiveness among enterprises and nation states. Both developed and developing countries put emphases on a more human capital development ...
Impact of Demographic Factors on Women Empowerment through Micro Credit – A Special Reference to Jaffna District

Yogendrarajah, R.; Semasinghe, D.M. (2013)

Rural women play a significant role in the domestic and socio economic life of the society. Therefore nations‟ development is not possible without developing this segment of the society. Women face numerous challenges ...
The Impact of Entrepreneurial Orientation on the growth of SMEs in Sri Lanka

Semasinghe, D.M.; Kumarpeli, K.I. (International Conference on Business, Marketing & Information System Management, 2015)

Using growth of Small and Medium-size Enterprises (SME‟s) we investigated the relationship between the Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) and growth of SME‟s in Sri Lanka. As EO has three dimensions, the study also aims to ...
Impact of strategic orientation competitive strategies on venture growth in Sri Lankan SMES.

Wijetunge, D.; Semasinghe, D.M. (Australian centre for Entrepreneurship(ACE) Research exchange Conference, 2017)

SME sector in Sri Lanka plays a vital role in the economy. However, it confronts with so many barriers and ultimately it leads to failure of majority of new ventures. Previous studies have shown that strategic management ...
"THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN NOVELTY, PRIOR KNOWLEDGE AND RESOURCE INVESTMENTS IN NEW VENTURE EMERGENCE (SUMMARY)

Huyghe, Annelore.; Davidsson, Per.; Semasinghe, D.M. (Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, 2015)

Despite Shane & Venkataraman’s (2000) call for studies on the interdependence of entrepreneurs and “opportunities”, empirical research going beyond the individual to explore the non-actor part of the “entrepreneurship ...
Is culture a restraining or a driving force for entrepreneurship in Sri Lanka?

Dissanayake, D.M.N.S.W.; Semasinghe, D.M. (African Journal of History and Culture, 2014)
Leadership Succession Problem: an Examination of Small Family Businesses

Musa, B.M.; Semasinghe, D.M. (European Journal of Business and Management, 2014)

The greatest challenge facing the Small Family Businesses (SFBs) is the problem of succession (continuity) in today’s dynamic world. This phenomenon is caused by lack of proper planning by the business founders for ...

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