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Issues and Challengers of Small Business Entrepreneurship

Surangi, H.A.K.N.S. (University of Kelaniya, 2007)

From the inception of industrialization of the Sri Lankan economy, commencing from 1920s Small business sector was recognized as an important area to be developed. This emphasis continued in the ensuring year up to 1977. ...

'Response of Tsunami Victims to Post Disaster Reconstruction Efforts: A Study of Crucial Factors Affecting the Behavior of Tsunami victims'

Mohan, D.U. (University of Kelaniya, 2007)

The Tsunami resulted from an earthquake in Sumatra Island on 26th. of December 2004 was the history's most unforgettable hit that ever had that washed away around 31000 people in the costal belt of Sri Lanka within few ...

The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) on the Brand Loyalty:•A Case Study on Insurance Sector of Sri Lanka

Dissanayake, D.M.R.; Jayawickramarathne, S.G.W.K. (University of Kelaniya, 2007)

The insurance sector, involving in risk collection, is highly competitive due to the fact that aggressive marketing and sales promotions. The customer service and loyalty programs have become a must to retain the customers ...

Relationship between Academic Performance and Student Selection Criteria

Dilani, D.G.A. (University of Kelaniya, 2007)

Sri Lanka is known as the country with very low enrolment ratio in tertiary education. Due to the limited resources and free education system those who arc eligible for entering in to universities arc prioriti/ed based ...

From Divide to Chasm: Can the ICT Bridge the Development Divide in Asia?

Wickramasinghe, C.N. (University of Kelaniya, 2007)

Farly part of the new millennium Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is identified as a tool that makes human life easier, but now ICT extended its role as a tool of poverty reduction and economic development ...

The Impact of the Gender of the Customer oii Evaluation of Service Quality in Banking Industry of Sri Lanka

Wijesundara, C.B.; Fernando, P.M.P. (University of Kelaniya, 2007)

Service quality continues to be a significant issue in the banking industry. Because money and other financial services are generally undifferentiated produc{s, banks are continually striving for increased service quality ...

January Effect in the .Japanese Stock Market

Pathirawasam, C. (University of Kelaniya, 2007)

Extensive research finds that returns in January are substantially higher than returns in other months and this pattern of stock returns is known as the "January Effect". The January Effect has been studied in developed ...

The Impact of Packaging on Customer Buying Decisions: with Special Reference to the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) Sector in Sri Lanka

Mendis, A.; Wanninayake, W.M.C.B. (University of Kelaniya, 2007)

Packaging is one of the most important factors in the face of purchasing made at the point of sale, where it becomes an essential part of the selling process. The package standing out on the shelf affects the consumer's ...

A Prototype Diagnostic Expert System for Common Respiratory Diseases Using Dempster Shafer Theory

Liyanage, S.R.; Walgam, K.S.; Cioonasekara, C.D.A. (University of Kelaniya, 2007)

Medical diagnostic investigations arc inherently very compkx. The doctm is faced \\ith a patient who has his own personal experiences, knowledge from books. and beliefs. The doctor notes tl1l' patient" s signs and ...

Management Functions and Core Competencies for Value Gain: Sri Iankan Gem and Jewelry Industry

Ekanayake, S.; Abeysinghe, D. (University of Kelaniya, 2007)

The focus of the research study is value gain. The purpose ofthe research is therdorc: to identify capable core competencies and a capable management function that would continue to generate economic value over tJme and ...

Analytical Proof of Fermat's Last Theorem for n = 3

Piyadasa, R.A.D. (University of Kelaniya, 2007)

1. Introduction It is well known that the proof of fermat's Last Theorem, in generaL is extremely difficult. It is surprising that the proof of theorem for n = 3, the smallest corresponding number, given by Leonard ...

Physical Interpretation of Anomalous Absorption of Partial Waves by Nuclear Optical Potentials

Piyadasa, R.A.D.; Karunatileke, N.G.A.; Munasinghe, J.M. (University of Kelaniya, 2007)

A formula for semi-classical elastic S-matrix element has been derived by Brink and Takigawa for a potential having three turning points with a potential barrier (see [1] ) . If S, 1 denotes the S-matrix element corresponding ...

Mean Value Theorem and Fermat's Last Theorem for n=3

Piyadasa, R.A.D. (University of Kelaniya, 2007)

Fermat's last theorem can be stated as that the equation zn =yn +xn,(x,y)=1 (A) has no non-trivial integral solutions for (x, y, z) except for n=2, and therefore we have carefully examined all primitive Pythagorean ...

Quality Assurance Framework for b2c E-Commerce Web Sites

Wickramarachchi, R.; Uduwela, W.C. (University of Kelaniya, 2007)

A Web site is one of the main information sources in digitally enabled world, and activities of different Web sites vary from each other depending on the purpose of the site. £-commerce is one of the core domains among ...

The Sehwarzschild Space-Time in the Background of the Flat Robertson-Walker Space-Time

Senevirathne, K.W.P.B.; de Silva, L.N.K. (University of Kelaniya, 2007)

The Schwarzschild space-time is well known in describing the gravitational field of an object in an otherwise empty universe. The Schwarzschild space-time was derived by Karl Schwarzschild ( 1916) considering the merger ...

The Resultant Red-Shift of a Source in the Case of the Merger of the Schwarzschild Space-Time with the Flat Robertson-Walker Space-Time

Senevirathne, K.W.P.B.; de Silva, L.N.K. (University of Kelaniya, 2007)

The red-shift of a source in the space can be described by considering the Schwarzschild space-time (I) (gravitational red-shift) or the Robertson-Walker space-time (2) (cosmological red-shift). When obtaining expressions ...

Electrodeposition of Nanocrystalline Cuprous Oxide Thin Films for Solar Energy Applications

Jayathilaka, K.M.D.C.; Siripala, W.; Jayanetti, J.K.D.S. (University of Kelaniya, 2007)

Non-toxic semiconducting cuprous oxide thin films are used in the development of photovoltaic and PEC solar cells because of the favourable band gap, low cost and abundancy of cuprous oxide. Electodeposition technique ...

MBROLA Formatted Diphone Database for Sinhala Language

Kumara, K.H.; Dias, N.G.J.; Wickramasinghe, R.l.P. (University of Kelaniya, 2007)

Diphone synthesis is one of the most popular methods used for creating a synthetic voice from recordings or samples of a particular person. Diphones are speech units that begin in the middle of the stable state of a phone ...

Cosmological Models with Both Acceleration and Deceleration

Katugampala, K.D.W.J.; de Silva, L.N.K. (University of Kelaniya, 2007)

Since Perlmutter and others (1997) & ( 1998) 12 observed that the universe expand with an acceleration, many models involving dark energy have been proposed to explain this phenomenon. In this paper \ve present a family ...

The Effects Introduced by the Gravitational Redshift into the Redshift-Apparent Magnitude Relationship in Cosmology

Jayakody, J.A.N.K.; de Silva, L.N.K. (University of Kelaniya, 2007)

The redshift-apparent magnitude relationship 111 for nearby objects is concerned with the cosmological redshift. In the derivations of this relationship the gravitational redshift is not considered yet in depth. But for ...

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