Commerce and Management
Permanent URI for this communityhttp://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/140
Browse
155 results
Search Results
Item Internal environmental factors and the level of adoption of HRIS(DAAAM International Symposium on Intelligent Manufacturing And Automation, 2019, 2019) De Alwis, C.; Andrlic, Berislav; Sostar, MarkoCurrent study attempts to examine the relationship between internal environmental factors and the level of adoption HRIS. An integrated conceptual framework was integrated ideas and elements from the diffusion of innovation ...Item E-learning in India and Sri Lanka : A Cross-Cultural Study(Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, 2019, 2019) Kurian, Simmy; Ramanathan, Hareesh N.E-learning is a planned effort towards providing interactive and experiential learning having flexibility in terms of time, place, pace, participation and accessibility. Globalization has set the stage for a social ...Item Impact of Sex Roles on Brand Gender Contamination of Purchase of Decision-Making: Case in Sri Lanka(Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, 2019, 2019) De Alwis, A.C.; Ramanathan, H.N.Current study attempts to examine the relationship between internal environmental factors and the level of adoption HRIS. An integrated conceptual framework was integrated ideas and elements from the diffusion of innovation ...Item Impact of students' perceived quality of distance education on student satisfaction with special reference to undergraduate students of bachelor of management studies degree programme, the open university of Sri Lanka(Journal of Business Studies, 2016, 2016) Abeykoon, M. W. M.; De Alwis, A. C.Distance education becomes more accepted as a legitimate form of education and as colleges and universities attempt to meet the growing demand for courses and programmes for distance learners, one major concern that attracts ...Item Post Succession Performance of Medium Size Family Owned Business in Sri Lanka(Kelaniya Journal of Management, 2014, 2014) De Alwis, C.Post succession performance of family owned businesses has become ineffective. Literature specifies that inter-generational succession is the prime cause for succession failures. In this setting, current family owned ...Item Do Investors in Green Bond Market Pay a Risk Premium? Global Evidence(2018) Nanayakkara, Madurika; Colombage, Sisira• We examine the pricing difference of Green Bonds (GB) and conventional bonds (CBs) in capital markets worldwide. Credit spread is used to observe if investors would like to pay a premium over par for GBs or CBs. This study uses panel data regression with hybrid model to analyse daily observations over the period from 2016 to 2017. We employ Option-Adjusted spread (OAS) to measure the credit spreads of bonds while controlling for bond specific, macroeconomic and global factors which influence the spread. With the hybrid model used in the panel data analysis, we were able to capture the fixed effects of variables in a random effect model. We find that GBs are traded at a premium of 63 basis points as against a comparable corporate bond issue. We find that the green label provides issuer an incentive to raise funds through issuing GBs while providing investors an opportunity to diversify their investments returns. Our findings provide several implications to the major players driving green bonds market in order to scale up the market to finance the required level of worldwide green investment needs. We stress an urgent need to support the growth of green bond market to achieve sustainable development through mitigating climate change challenges.Item BENCHMARKING OF HALAL FOOD PRODUCTS USING SIMILARITY MEASURES - A CONCEPTUAL RETRIEVAL MODEL(Journal of Information Systems and Digital Technologies, 2019) Tamrin, M.I.M.; Turaev, S.; Azemin, M.Z.C.; Razi, M.J.M.; Maifiah, M.H.M.Muslims are concerned with the Halal status of food products sold in the supermarkets. Many products that are imported from overseas are not certified by JAKIM. In this paper, we proposed a conceptual model for benchmarking food products against certified Halal products. Our motivation is to provide similarity measurement between certified and non-certified food products based on their ingredients. This model comprises three main phases: ingredient acquisition, ingredient transformation and similarity measures calculation. In the first phase, web crawlers are employed to retrieve product information from JAKIM online database and supermarket web pages. In the second phase, an index structure will be constructed to allow faster ingredient retrieval which will be used for similarity calculation. In the last phase, Euclidian distance, cosine similarity measure and Jaccard correlation coefficient will be used to measure the similarities between two products. Our proposed model is to complement but not to replace the existing JAKIM procedure to verify food products by empowering Muslim consumers with informed decision making.Item Influencing Factors of Social Commerce Behavior in Saudi Arabia(IEEE Digital Library, 2019) Razi, M.J.M.; Sarabdeen, M.; Tamrin, M.I.M.; Kijas, A.C.M.Social commerce is getting popular all over the world including in the middle eastern countries. The main objective of this work is to identify the factors that influence the purchasing intention and the behavior among the Y generation and millennials in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. For this purpose, a hypothetical conceptual model was developed based on proven theories and well-established literature. To test this model, data were collected from 178 university students using an online questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS 25. The validity and the reliability of the questionnaire items were determined through factors analysis and Cronbach Alpha. All hypotheses were supported in linear regression analysis, however, the stepwise multiple regression analysis which shows the simultaneous effects of the independent variables, resulted in that out of 11 hypotheses 3 were not supported. Based on the findings a discussion was developed at the end of the paper.Item Market Orientation and Service Innovation on Organizational Performance.(Australian centre for Entrepreneurship(ACE) Research exchange Conference, 2015) Gajanayake, R.; Semasinghe, D.M.In recent years, market oriented corporate culture has been considered a key element of organizational performance. Further in-order to accelerate the firm’s performance, innovation plays a substantial role. According to de Brentani (2001), the extent to which products or services yield benefits to firms in terms of business performance is significantly affects by the innovativeness of the products delivered. This paper attempts to develop a conceptual model integrating market orientation, service innovation and how they affect the business performance. In addition, the researchers make an attempt to identify whether entrepreneur’s personal characteristics moderate the above relationship. Several hypotheses are developed pertaining to the identified variables. The study is based on the hotel industry in Sri Lanka.Item Impact of strategic orientation competitive strategies on venture growth in Sri Lankan SMES.(Australian centre for Entrepreneurship(ACE) Research exchange Conference, 2017) Wijetunge, D.; Semasinghe, D.M.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 concepts and tools are adopted by the well-established organizations and less attention has been paid by the SME sector. When it is discussed about the growth and survival of the SME sector, it is important to practice and adopt these concepts. With that view this study attempts to examine the impact of Strategic Orientation (SO) on venture performance. On the other hand small businesses also should be competitive enough to face the competition in order to survive in the market. Accordingly this study aims to examine the impact of competitive strategies on venture performance. Strategic management literature points out that the culture is an important factor in implementing strategies and to be strategically oriented. Accordingly organizational culture has been identified as a moderating variable. In order to achieve these objectives, a conceptual frame work has been proposed by this study through a rigorous literature review.considering the persistence of such decisions over time, particularly in the extractive industries. Drawing on imprinting theory, this paper provides a theoretical link between the initial natural resource characteristics surrounding a firm’s birth and its choice of vertical integration. The main argument is that initial natural resource conditions have an imprinting effect on the vertical integration decisions made by firms in the extractive industries. An imprinting process through which imprinting happens is explained. This mechanism acts as the carrier of initial influences as how firms lock-in a decision for their supply chain management. We discuss the above mechanism and several propositions concerning the kind of influence different initial natural resource characteristics have on firm decisions. Our main contribution is presenting a natural imprinting view that can explain the enduring effect of natural environment characteristics on firms’ ownership structures in the extractive industries.