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Determinants of Intrapreneurial Behaviour of Employees: A Review of Recent Literature
(10th ICME at University of Ruhuna, 2021) Dilroshan, C.; Herath, H.M.T.S.; Madurapperuma, W.
Intrapreneurial behaviour (IB) of employees is essential to tackle challenges 1and stimulate growth and well-being of organizations. Research on IB remain isolated and scarce preventing scholars from developing a more detailed understanding of the same. Thus, a better understanding of what drives IB and more recent analysis on the same are needed. A review of recent literature into determinants of IB is a timely requirement. The main purpose of this review is to understand the current state of determinants of employee IB in organizations. Journal articles published in English language from January 2010 to February 2021 in reputed on-line data bases of Ebsco, Emerald and in search engines of Google scholar, and Google research gate were set as conditions for selecting articles for this review. By conducting online searches using two search terms, 42 sample articles published online from 27 international journals were selected and reviewed under descriptive, thematic, methodological, and terminological review and analyzed for mediating and moderating factors. 59 intrapreneurial determinants were identified and categorized under three main factors. The analysis of findings reveals that determinants of IB are an emerging field of study. Large diversity was identified in the terminology used to indicate intrapreneurial behaviour. Perspectives, theories, and phenomenon used in the articles were also analyzed for their in-depth meanings and a synthesized view is presented highlighting the importance of reciprocal relationships. Finally, this review describes theoretical and practical implications and suggests areas for future research.
Entrepreneurial Orientation and Innovation: New Conceptual Framework for Resilience of Small and Medium Enterprises
(Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2023) Dilroshan, T. L. C.; Herath, H. M. T. S.; Madurapperuma, W.
SMEs make a significant contribution to the economy of any country. However, they are not able to maintain their resilience due to adverse conditions in the environment. Although several theoretical approaches have been utilized to understand how to achieve organizational resilience, they have not been able to provide adequate and comprehensive explanations. Empirical evidence answering this problem is also rare. Thus, the main purpose of this paper is to propose a new conceptual framework to look at the puzzle from the lenses of resource-based view theory and dynamic capabilities theory. It is proposed to look at how entrepreneurial orientation as a strategic resource enhances organizational resilience in SMEs directly and indirectly through innovation which is identified as a dynamic capability. Theoretical background justifies the identification of concepts for the framework. Ten propositions are formulated based on the empirical evidence of past studies. As implications, this study will provide a starting point to develop a more applicable model to enhance resilience of SMEs. The execution of this framework will add new theoretical and empirical knowledge and offer practical implications for SME managers, practitioners, and society. Lack of empirical evidence is pointed out as a main reason for limitations.
Financial Sector Development and Economic Growth in Sri Lanka
(Department of Accountancy, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2020) Perera, K.A.R.; Madurapperuma, W.
The relationship between financial sector development and economic growth has been a major subject which have been discussed over years. Better financial development reduces transaction, information, and monitoring cost of financial businesses. A well performed financial market can facilitate higher savings and investment. This research investigates the relationship between financial sector development and economic growth in Sri Lanka. The general agreement is that a better performing financial sector enables an economy to allocate resources efficiently and increase the gross domestic production. Past researchers have found different types of relationships between these variables. This study offers a better understanding about the relationship between financial sector development and economic growth in Sri Lanka. The purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between financial development and economic growth in Sri Lanka using data from 1995 to 2020. GDP growth rate has been used in this research to capture Economic Growth while Domestic Credit provided by the Financial Sector (DCFS), Total Debt Services (TDS), Gross Domestic Savings (GDS), ‘Broad Money’ (BM), Trade Balance (NX). This study investigates the financial sector development and economic growth by employing the data from 1995 to 2020. Unit roots, cointegration and error correction model will be used to analyze the data. The finding of this study will provide useful insight to the economic regulatory bodies in evaluating impact of financial sector development toward economic growth in Sri Lanka. Further, the results will be of interest to economists, Researchers for the economic field, Economic policy makers and investors.
Social networks of entrepreneurs and small business growth
(University of Reading, 2011) Madurapperuma, W.
Small businesses are regarded by policy makers and academics alike as being significant sources of wealth creation, employment generation and innovation. Yet, few small businesses grow. One possible way of explaining why so many businesses do not succeed is through the notion of 'barriers'. Social networks can mitigate those barriers. Previous studies on networks typically identify and predict what kinds of networks affect firm success, rather than attempt to explain how or why this is the case. This thesis' aim is to elaborate on the understanding of the impact of networks on small business growth. To achieve this aim, a qualitative study was conducted on 107 ethnic, small business owners in Sri Lanka and 86 South-Asian ethnic, small business owners in the United Kingdom using semi-structured interviews. The purpose of the study was three-fold: firstly, its purpose was to examine how and why small business networks develop, from the perspectives of ethnic, small business entrepreneurs, secondly, to explore whether and to what extent the effect of the institutional context on social networks differed between the UK and Sri Lanka, and thirdly to explore what the implications of these differences had for business performance. Data was analysed using non-parametric statistical techniques. First, the study examined how and why small business networks developed. The results supported the conflicting pattern from the literature and were able to reconcile it. The analysis confirmed that access to different resources required different types of relations in terms of density and ties strength. Next, the research found ethnic entrepreneurs in the UK and SL show institutional differences in trust and social network characteristics. Finally, the findings suggested that the relationship between networks and small business growth is mixed. While structural characteristics of advisor and business network are more robust in explaining sales performance in the UK, relational characteristics of advisor and business networks are more forceful in explaining sales performance in Sri Lanka. These findings imply that successful entrepreneurs are those who can develop the right kind of relationship with others. The result of this research indicates the value of studying small businesses owned by a particular ethnic group and the importance of gaining a greater understanding of ethnic entrepreneurship. - See more at: http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.553031#sthash.E083PJru.dpuf