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Analysis of the Household Demand for Dairy Products in Sri Lanka: An Almost Ideal Estimation with a Censored Regression
(2014)Being the leading segment in the livestock sector in Sri Lanka, the dairy sector still is incapable of meeting at least half of the domestic requirement. Moreover, the annual per capita consumption of milk remains lower ... -
IB Adoption in Sri Lanka: Analysis of Demographic Variables of Banking Customers
(2014)Contemporary concepts of information and communication technology and implementation strategies to banking services have become a significant matter to all banks in Sri Lanka. The advancement in technology has played an ... -
Environmental Disclosure Practices of Manufacturing Industry -Evidence from Listed Companies in Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) in Sri Lanka
(2014)This study examines the level of Environmental Disclosures by the companies listed in Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) in Sri Lanka and their association with some specific attributes of the companies. For this purposes, a ... -
Fashion Syntax: Concept of Contextual Dependence
(2014)Fashion is a mode of language where man's has the ability to transcend his expression. Like language in this sense, dress functions as a kind if syntax, according to a set of more or less constant rules depending on whether ... -
Impact of Music on Education of Primary Students in Colombo District
(2014)Education is the process of transferring skills, knowledge and habits of people from one generation to the next. Education is obtained through the methods of learning and teaching, and by life experiences. As Oxford ... -
A Customer Relationship Management System for the MICE industry in Sri Lanka - "MICESL"
(2014)A significant segment of the Tourism industry is MICE Tourism, which refers to Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions. MICE Tourism entices revenue to the host country. However, the Sri Lankan MICE industry is ... -
Animal Figures found from Mosaic designs at Karagampitiya Subodharamaya
(2014)The main objective of this research paper is to explicate about animal figures found in Sri Lankan mosaic designs with special reference to mosaics at Karagampitiya Subodharamaya. The methodology of this research paper ... -
Risk Analysis of Governance in Community Development Projects
(2014)Governance in a community development project could be referred as a process of decision making in order to achieve expectations, and management goals. The good governance ensures transparency in decision making and ... -
Online Shopping Behaviour of Young Adults in Higher Education Sector: How Brand Matters
(2014)The purpose of this study is to find out the online shopping behaviour of Sri Lankan young adults with special emphasis on brand loyalty. Building and maintaining brand loyalty is a vital part of establishing sustainable ... -
The Role of Education on Agricultural Productivity in Sri Lanka
(2014)Rural area is a geographic area located outside cities and towns. In order to have a long term sustainability in rural sector, education plays a major role by empowering farmers with right direction, right thinking patterns, ... -
Indo-Sri Lanka Bilateral Relations: Analytical review on Political & Cultural Relations Since 2005
(2014)In ancient history, India and Sri Lanka maintained close relationship with each other's due to closed geographical proximity. Meanwhile religious and political ideology brought important factors to determine bilateral ... -
Is Stress a Bad Factor in Employee Work Performance (EWP) in Sri Lankan Public Sector?
(2014)Stress experienced by employees has been identified by plenty of scholars as a horrible phenomenon that should be eliminated so that the employee work performance (EWP) could be enhanced. In other words, stress has mostly ... -
The Effectiveness of the Implementation of the National Plan for a Trilingual Sri Lanka: In Relation to the Role of English in School Level
(2014)The 10 Year National Plan for a Trilingual Sri Lanka (2012-2022) could be identified as a high potential development project introduced recently which upon being successfully implemented and executed could result in many ... -
The Study on Factors Affecting the Decline of Freight Movement: The Case of Sri Lanka Railways (SLR)
(2014)The freight movement by the Sri Lanka Railways has had a dramatic decline over the last three decades. The freight market share of the Sri Lanka Railways(SLR) has come down to 0.7% in the recent past, which was 32% in 1979 ... -
The Role of Education as a Source of Human Capital on Rural Poverty: A Review of Literature
(2014)Rural area is a geographic area located outside cities and towns. In order to have long term sustainability in rural sector, education as a source of human capital formation plays a major role by empowering the rural people ... -
Disciplinary Enculturation in Critical Thinking: Do we adopt a Strategic Approach?
(2014)As critical thinking is a key of higher education, academics in various disciplines in Western universities strive to cultivate disciplinary based critical thinking by introducing subject specific knowledge and allowing ... -
Investigation on Functions and Product Structure of Islamic Banking vs. Conventional Banking in Sri Lanka: a Case Study
(2014)Islamic banks (IBs) were originated to satisfy the financial needs of Muslim community by rejecting interest and following Profit-Loss sharing paradigm while conforming to Shariah principles. IB is increasingly gaining ... -
Strategy for Winning Medals at Elite Competitions in Athletics for Sri Lanka
(2014)This paper is a critical evaluation concerning numerous aspects of elite level athletics in Sri Lanka. It is focused on identifying a strategy for the development of athletics by adapting the existing systems that have led ...