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Trends in working capital management and its impact on firms' performance : An analysis of Sri Lankan small and medium enterprises.

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. The purpose of this paper is to examine the trends in working capital management and its ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Theoretical structure of a tourism focused CGE model for measuring the economic impact of an economy

Fernando, Sriyantha. (München, Germany, 2017)

Measuring the contribution of tourism to a national economy has always been a frustrating exercise. Tourism does not have specific products. It represents the sum of expenditure by travellers for wide range of products. ...

Social Commerce and Consumer Decision Making: A Conceptual Model from Social Support Perspective.

Hettiarachchi, H.A.H.; Wickramasinghe, C. N.; Ranathunga, S. (Sixth International Conference on Advances in Economics, Social Science and Human Behaviour Study (ESSHBS), 2017)

The emergence of social commerce made a paradigm shift in the business-consumer relationship realm. In fact, more power has shifted from the seller to the buyer and predominately fueled to strengthen e-commerce acceptance. ...

SLCGE-Tourism: a computable general equilibrium model of the Sri Lankan economy for tourism policy analysis,

Fernando, Sriyantha.; Bandara, J.S.; Smith, C.; Pham, T. (Griffith Business School, Discussion Papers - Economics, 2015)

Following the end of nearly three decades of civil war in May 2009, Sri Lanka has witnessed an unprecedented post-war tourism boom beyond its expectation. Recognising the key role that the tourism industry can play ...

Managing Tourism-Led Development Strategy in Post-war Sri Lanka.

Smith, C.; Bandara, J. S.; Liyanaarachchi, Susantha.; Fernando, Sriyantha. (Sri Lanka Journal of Business Economics, 2014)

The Sri Lankan tourism industry has been booming since the end of war in 2009. Considering the key role that tourism can play in post-war economic development, the Sri Lankan government launched a Tourism Development ...

Political violence and volatility in international tourist arrivals: the case of Sri Lanka

Fernando, Sriyantha.; Bandara, J.S.; Liyanaarachchi, Susantha.; Jayathilaka, Ruwan.; Smith, C. (Tourism Analysis, 2013)

In recent years, a growing body of literature has emerged exploring the link between dramatic fluctuations in tourist arrivals to particular destinations and events such as political violence and financial shocks. Sri ...

Tourism in Sri Lanka. In M. C. Hall, & S. J. Page (Eds.),

Fernando, Sriyantha.; Bandara, J.S.; Smith, C. (The Routledge Handbook of Tourism in Asia, 2016)

Although Sri Lanka has a long history as a tourist destination, there have been ups and downs in the tourism industry in Sri Lanka in recent decades, particularly between 2003 and 2009 due to political violence andthe ...

Managing the Post-War Tourism Development in Sri Lanka

Fernando, Sriyantha. (International Journal of Business and Social Science, 2016)

Sri Lankan tourism has managed to recover quickly since the end of war in 2009. After recognising the role of post-war tourism, the Sri Lankan government has launched a Tourism Development Strategy (TDS) plan. Sri Lanka ...

Tourism in Sri Lanka and a computable general equilibrium (CGE) analysis of the effects of post-war tourism boom

Fernando, Sriyantha. (München, Germany, 2015)

The main objective of this study is two-fold. First, it aims to undertake a systematic and comprehensive analysis of the performance of the Sri Lankan tourism sector using historical data and policy documents and to ...

Demand, volatility and post-war tourism in Sri Lanka

Fernando, Sriyantha. (München, Germany, 2016)

Historically Sri Lanka has always been a tourist destination for centuries because of its strategic location and uniqueness. Although Sri Lankan tourism sector has been growing since 1967, International tourist arrivals ...

The Tourism-Led Development Strategy in Sri Lanka.

Fernando, Sriyantha. (Journal of Business and Technology, 2017)

Sri Lanka has an ability to become one of the best tourism countries (TCs) in Asia. However, it missed opportunities on a number of occasions due to inappropriate economic policies, continuous political violence and wars. ...

Imperatives of Entrepreneurial Venture Growth: the role of Cognition and learning of entrepreneurs

Jeewandarage, P.M. (2016)

Employee Retention and Job Satisfaction of Public Sector School Teachers in Sri Lanka

Fernando, W.R.P.K. (2015)

Job satisfaction is an agreed to favor condition of the workplace that affects both organizational and emotional feelings which employee attitude work friendly. The study objectives are identified the factors of job ...

Job stress of executive level employees: case of apparel sector in Sri Lanka

Jayarathna, S.M.D.Y.; Rathnayake, L.R. (2016)

An Empirical Investigation of the Impact of Employee Motivation and Productivity of Executive Employees with Special Reference to the Apparel Industry in Sri Lanka

Jayarathna, S.M.D.Y. (2014)

The area of motivation has been receiving a lot of attention both by behavioral scientists as well as by industrial psychologists. As well motivation affects individual behavior and it related to performance and productivity ...

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