Position of Sri Lankan Products in the Global Market: A Comparison of Brand Values

2017 ◽

Vol 20 (3) ◽

pp. 293-306

Author(s):

Aruni Wickramaratne ◽

Akira Kiminami ◽

Hironori Yagi

Keyword(s):

Sri Lanka ◽

Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽

Global Market ◽

Manufacturing Firms ◽

Primary Data ◽

Sri Lankan ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Empirical Survey ◽

External Relationships ◽

Structured Questionnaire

The purpose of this study is to examine the relation of external relationships and entrepreneurial infrastructure on the entrepreneurial orientation (EO) of tea manufacturing firms. An empirical survey was conducted with tea manufacturing firms located in a low grown area in Sri Lanka. Primary data were collected by administering a structured questionnaire at 109 tea factories. The findings indicated the importance of external relationships; specifically, relationships with supply chain partners and relationships with government facilitating institutions enhance the EO of tea manufacturing firms. However, relationships with other tea factories and educational and research institutions are not significant influences on firms’ EO in the context of the Sri Lankan tea industry. When considering the dimensions of EO, risk taking is influenced by external relationships and not innovativeness and proactiveness. Further, the entrepreneurial infrastructure provided by related institutions except other tea factories have positive links with EO. Such contributions are important to managers and policy makers to enhance the EO of tea manufacturing firms when facing competitiveness in the global market.

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Study of Employee Innovative Behavior in Sri Lankan Software Companies

Human Factors in Global Software Engineering - Advances in Systems Analysis, Software Engineering, and High Performance Computing ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-9448-2.ch008 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 188-218 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Shanmuganathan Vasanthapriyan

Keyword(s):

Driving Forces ◽

Initial Step ◽

Global Market ◽

Research Topic ◽

Current Status ◽

Sri Lankan ◽

Quantitative Methodology ◽

Innovative Behavior ◽

Software Companies ◽

New Ideas

Along with the advancement of the technology, software companies have to face a huge competition in the global market. To face this competition, innovations can be used as a strategic weapon. As employees are the main driving forces of innovation, their behavior can be a crucial factor in boosting innovation. Innovative behavior is referred as the introduction and application of new ideas, products, processes, and procedures to a person's work role or an organization. This behavior directly affects innovation performance of an organization. The main aim of this study is to identify the factors that affect employee innovative behavior and their effect in Sri Lankan software companies using a quantitative methodology. Apart from that, this study provides a conclusive summary of the current status of innovative behavior of employees. The initial step mapping study was done to find the past literature related to the research topic. From that study, 17 papers were identified as primary studies.

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Sri Lanka’s Tea Economy: Issues and Strategies

Journal of Politics and Law ◽

10.5539/jpl.v13n1p1 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Mohamed Ismail Mujahid Hilal

Keyword(s):

Sri Lanka ◽

Price Competition ◽

Value Added ◽

International Market ◽

Economic Benefits ◽

Global Market ◽

Primary Data ◽

Sri Lankan ◽

Tea Industry ◽

The Government

While the competitiveness of the Sri Lanka’s tea is declining in the global market, it is very important for Sri Lankan tea to evidently identify the reasons for declining competitiveness and how Sri Lanka can face this challenge fulfilling the demand of global market. The Sri Lankan tea industry has lost its market leadership position in the global market. With declining production, increasing cost of production, low farm productivity and price competition in the international market, Sri Lankan tea industry has lost its competitive advantage. Secondary data and primary data have been used for this study. 53 interviews have been conducted for this study in Sri Lanka and in India. Despite the fact that Sri Lanka is one of the major producers of tea, the local tea industry does not earn enough to be viable. Global consumers are paying more than ten times the price received by the Sri Lankan producers. The value addition is taking place in the consuming countries and the economic benefits of higher price for value added tea products go to the consuming countries. In this context the viability of the Sri Lankan tea industry makes it imperative to adopt production of value-added tea products, promoting local brands in the global market and marketing the products in the international market. The government should also provide further supports to this tea industry to be uplifted in the country.

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In vitro production of sesquiterpenes by electro-elicitation in Gyrinops walla Gaetner calli and cell suspension cultures

The EuroBiotech Journal ◽

10.2478/ebtj-2021-0011 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 70-78

Author(s):

D. Sachithri P. Munasinghe ◽

Seneviratnege Somaratne ◽

Shyama R. Weerakoon ◽

Chandani Ranasinghe

Keyword(s):

Cell Suspension ◽

Cell Suspension Cultures ◽

Global Market ◽

Cell Suspensions ◽

Sri Lankan ◽

Sustainable Utilization ◽

In Vitro Production ◽

Ancient Times ◽

Vitro Production

Abstract Aloeswood or Agarwood has long been perfumery commodity traded between Mediterranean Region and Southeast Asia since ancient times. Oil or chips are obtained by destructive harvesting of several Thymeleaceous genera includes Aquilaria and Gonystylus and are expensive and highly demanded ingredients in the global market. The recent recovery of Gyrinops walla as a potential producer of market-quality agarwood in mature damaged woods and branches, the intense illicit felling and exportation G. walla leading to the verge of extinction from Sri Lankan flora. The sustainable utilization of G. walla undoubtedly enhances the foreign exchange of the country and the non-destructive utilization G. walla through biotechnology is the only option available for sustainable exploitation and conservation of the vulnerable G. walla species. An electro-elicitation apparatuses were designed and built to stimulate calli and cell suspensions. The elicited and calli and cell suspensions were harvested at different time periods to extract sesquiterpenes. Current intensities of 10 mA and 50 mA, and 0.1 mA were the optimum values for the induction of sesquiterpenes; γ-selinene, β-caryophyllene, α-cadinol and α-guaiene, production in both calli and cell suspension after 8 weeks and 6 hours, respectively. The findings of the study led to conclude the possibility of induction of production of sesquiterpenes through electro-elicitation of G. walla calli and cell suspension in an in vitro system for sustainable utilization and conservation endeavours.

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