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AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT FAILURES IN SRI LANKA

Perera, A. J.; Amaratunge, S. P. P. (Department of Business Economics, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, 2012)

Software development projects are considered as a unique entity in terms of project management due to the inherent attributes they encapsulate, thus making them distinct and susceptible to failure. Therefore, the importance ...
CAUSALITY TESTING AND WAGNER’S LAW: THE CASE OF SRI LANKA

Sriyalatha, M. A. K. (Department of Business Economics, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, 2012)

This paper presents an empirical investigation into the validity of Wagner‟s Law for Sri Lanka over the period 1959-2010. The research methodology employed includes testing for unit root, with the Augmented Dickey-Fuller ...
TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND SUPPLY CHAIN ORIENTATION: AN EMPIRICAL DESCRIPTIVE STUDY IN MANUFACTURING RELATED BUSINESS SECTOR IN SRI LANKA

Warnakulasooriya, B.N.F. (Department of Business Economics, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, 2012)

The challenge of cultivating or developing supply chain oriented culture is often primarily an organizational one and depends on top management leadership. Strategic leader‟s vision plays a critical role in shaping ...
THE ANALYSIS OF DISPOSITION EFFECTAND PRICE REVERSAL TAKING UNOBSERVABLE FACTORS INTO CONSIDERATION: WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE SRI LANKAN STOCK MARKET

Madduma Bandara, Y. M. H. P. (Department of Business Economics, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, 2012)

Disposition Effect, which has been popularized and well documented as one of the various explanations for the persistence of momentum in the returns of the stocks over various time horizons was first documented by Shefrin ...
ACHIEVEMENTS IN HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION IN SRI LANKA

Chandrakumara, D.P.S. (Department of Business Economics, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, 2012)

Education, being one main way of human capital formation, plays a crucial role in socio-economic development. For a balanced regional development, similar to other resources, formation of human capital in all regions ...
Human Resource Management Practices as Predictors of Organisational Innovations: An Analysis of Manufacturing SMEs in Japan

Gamage, A.S. (Department of Business Economics, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, 2013)

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are prevalent across the Japanese economy, accounting for the lion‘s share of its GDP. Their importance is indicated not only by the large share of GDP, but also by the number of ...
Policy Failure on Poverty Reduction in Bangladesh: Seeking an Alternative through RNFE

Kabir, M.L. (Department of Business Economics, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, 2013)

Poverty remains an overarching problem for policy makers in Bangladesh since its independence in 1971. Though the country has experimented different socialist as well as open market policies to alleviate poverty, still ...
Enhancing Capacity to Govern through Big Data

Singh, A. (Department of Business Economics, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, 2013)

Most South Asian countries tend to treat Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) as a onetime adoption. Their institutions which govern the advancement of technology are relatively slower as compared to their ...
Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth in South Asian Region

Saparamadu, A. A. D. T. (Department of Business Economics, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, 2013)

This study attempts to investigate the determinants of foreign direct investment and the influence of inward foreign direct investment over economic growth in South Asian region. Having identified the gap of analysis ...
Measuring Time-varying Market and Currency Risks with Stochastic Dominance: Evidence from Country Level Stock Returns

Jayasinghe, P. (Department of Business Economics, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, 2013)

In this paper, time-varying market and currency risks among a selected set of developed and emerging economies are compared in terms of stochastic dominance. For this purpose, time-varying exchange rate exposure and ...
Is Political Environment a Breeding Ground for Public Sector Corruption? Evidence from a Cross-Country Analysis

Kumara, A.S. (University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, 2014)

This study employs the instrumental variable two-stage least squares regression approach for the data for 121 countries to explore the impact of a country’s political environment on its level of corruption. The study ...
Investigating the Existing Level of Tourists’ Destination Satisfaction; a Case of Tourists’ Travel Experience in Sri Lanka

Lakmali, A.A.I.; Warnakulasooriya, N.B.F. (University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, 2014)

Tourists’ designation satisfaction on destination attributes plays an important role in marketing tourism products and services. Therefore, determinants of tourists’ destination satisfaction are an ongoing debate in academic ...
Managing the Tourism-Led Development Strategy in Post-War Sri Lanka

Smith, C.; Bandara, J.S.; Liyanaarachchi, S.; Fernando, S. (University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, 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 ...
Determinants of Interest Rates: The Case of Sri Lanka

Peiris, H.R.I.; Jayasinghe, P. (University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, 2014)

Many studies have looked in to the determinants of interest rate in developed countries. The objective of this paper is to examine the determinants of interest rates in Sri Lanka. The model employed in this study is based ...
Evolution of the Methodology of Technical and Allocative Efficiency Studies in Economics: A Review of Literature

Rathnayake, R.M.A.K.; Amarathunge, S.P.P. (University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, 2014)

Efficiency measurements have been a great concern of researchers with an aim to study the efficiency levels of almost all economic activities. Empirical estimation and identifying the determinants of efficiency are the ...
Farmers’ Adoption of New Agricultural Technology Programme in Hambantota District in Sri Lanka: An Analysis of Constraining Factors

Silva, K.N.N.; Broekel, T. (University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, 2016)

This paper examines the major factors constraining the adoption of a newly introduced paddy improvement technology programme by farmers in the Hambantota district, as seen from the perspective of Agricultural extension ...
Incentives for Adoption of Environmental Management Practices among Textile and Apparel Manufactures in Sri Lanka

Hemachandra, D.W.K. (University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, 2016)

Fifty eight percent of export earnings and fifty two percent of industrial employments are generated by the textile and apparel industry in Sri Lanka. Despite their economic importance the sector too contributes to ...
What Determines Recreational Television Behaviour of People? A Study With Reference to the Gampaha District

Wijenayake, K.V.A.H.P.; Samaraweera, G.R.S.R.C (University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, 2016)

Although the television industry carries great importance in micro and macroeconomic aspects and supports a great demand as a recreational or leisure source among people, it seems that the television industry is lagging ...
Factors Contributing to Students’ Academic Performance: A Case of University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka

Sriyalatha, M.A.K. (University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, 2016)

This study examined the factors affecting academic performance based on a study conducted at the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Sri Jayewardenepura. The sample consisted of 200 undergraduate ...
Education Service Delivery Economics of the Sri Lankan State University System: Cost Competitiveness, Concerns and Strategic Opportunities

Gunaruwan, T.L.; Samarasekara, T.; Gamage, A.P.E. (University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, 2016)

Given the national objective of developing Sri Lanka into a knowledge hub in the South-Asian region, the Sri Lankan State University system would be expected to play a pivotal role in developing the country’s human resource. ...

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