Does the IUCN Red-Listing ‘Criteria B’ do justice for smaller aquatic plants? A case study from Sri Lankan Aponogetons

Risk taking is fundamental to entrepreneurial activities and a central theme of the entrepreneurship literature. However, research on the risk taking propensity of entrepreneurs has met with virtually no empirical evidence on how socio-cultural factors influence on taking entrepreneurial risk in the context of South Asia where entrepreneurs consistently face challenges of high uncertainty due to socio-cultural and politico-economic complexity and instability. Purpose of this paper is to address this paradox by examining entrepreneurial risk through the lenses of socio-cultural, politico-economic and decision making. Given the self-evident that nature of complexity, irrationality and uncertainty in this context, a sophisticated exploration of entrepreneurial social reality of risk taking and management requires the fundamental philosophy of subjectivism and therefore this study adopts qualitative inductive case study methods in a sample of Sri Lankan entrepreneurs. The study found that entrepreneurs do indeed use their social and cultural understanding to a great extent in their decision making.

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Analyzing and Improving the Service Quality of Travel Agencies: A Case Study of Sri Lankan Travel Agencies

International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR) ◽

10.21275/art20178675 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 6 (12) ◽

pp. 384-390

Keyword(s):

Service Quality ◽

Sri Lankan ◽

Travel Agencies

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Direct evidence for the enhanced acquisition of phosphorus in the rhizosphere of aquatic plants: A case study on Vallisneria natans

The Science of The Total Environment ◽

10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.10.304 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 616-617 ◽

pp. 386-396 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Xigang Xing ◽

Shiming Ding ◽

Ling Liu ◽

Musong Chen ◽

Wenming Yan ◽

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Keyword(s):

Aquatic Plants ◽

Direct Evidence ◽

Vallisneria Natans

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Servitisation of an Industry and National Competitive Advantage in International Business: The Case of Taiwan Textile Manufacturing and Sri Lankan Apparel Manufacturing Industries

Asia-Pacific Journal of Management Research and Innovation ◽

10.1177/2319510x18776025 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 13 (3-4) ◽

pp. 89-97

Author(s):

Maheepala S. D. S. R. ◽

Warnakulasooriya B. N. F. ◽

Y. K. Weerakoon Banda

Keyword(s):

Competitive Advantage ◽

International Business ◽

Manufacturing Industry ◽

Sri Lankan ◽

Apparel Manufacturing ◽

Textile Manufacturing ◽

Study Approach ◽

Business To Business ◽

National Competitive Advantage

Servitisation studies in extant literature contribute to the resource-based view and relational view where industrial organisation view was largely ignored due to the focus on individual manufacturing units. In international business industry, competitiveness is required to enhance the performance of individual organisations. Following post-positivism epistemology, a multi-case study approach has been employed in this study. The unit of analysis is the network consisting of manufacture, supplier and the customer. Two such units of apparel manufacturing industry in Sri Lanka and two units from textile manufacturing industry in Taiwan were selected. This study establishes the link between servitised industry and national competitive advantage. The collaboration with suppliers, indirect competitors and other partners were identified as critical factors to differentiate a business-to-business (B2B) manufacturing industry in an international business.

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RE-engineered factory acceptance testing under the new normal

Built Environment Project and Asset Management ◽

10.1108/bepam-03-2021-0055 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Sanduni Peiris ◽

Nayanthara De Silva

Keyword(s):

Construction Industry ◽

Geographical Area ◽

Test Reliability ◽

Acceptance Testing ◽

Sri Lankan ◽

Content Type ◽

Future Studies ◽

Physical Touch ◽

Two Stages

Purpose Factory acceptance testing (FAT) in the construction industry has been severely hampered due to restrictions in cross-border travel resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Consequently, virtual FAT (vFAT) became a popular substitute for physical FAT. However, the credibility of vFAT is being questioned because it was adopted without much scrutiny. Hence, this study is aimed at investigating vFATs and re-engineering the FAT process to suit an effective vFAT environment.Design/methodology/approach A comprehensive literature search on FAT procedures was followed by two stages of expert interviews with eight leading subject experts and a case study. The findings were analysed using code-based content analysis on NVivo software.Findings Strengths of vFATs include “reduction in cost and time consumed”, “flexibility for more participants” and “faster orders”. Most emphasized weaknesses include “lack of reliability” and “lack of technology transfer”. vFAT has mostly increased test reliability by “improving accessibility” and has decreased reliability by “restricting physical touch and feel observation of the equipment”. A four-step vFAT process was developed with a noteworthy additional step called “Pre-FAT Meeting”.Research limitations/implications The scope of this study is limited to the Sri Lankan construction industry. Expansion of the geographical area of focus is recommended for future studies.Originality/value The findings of this study unveil a vFAT process, which is timely and beneficial for construction practitioners to optimize and enhance the effectiveness of vFATs which are currently conducted in a disarranged manner.

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The impacts of terrorism on risk perception and travel behaviour of the Dutch market: Sri Lanka as a case study

International Journal of Tourism Cities ◽

10.1108/ijtc-06-2020-0118 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Rami K. Isaac ◽

Annika Van den Bedem

Keyword(s):

Risk Perception ◽

Sri Lanka ◽

Travel Behaviour ◽

Research Process ◽

Sri Lankan ◽

Web Based ◽

Content Type ◽

Managerial Implications ◽

The Impact

Purpose This study aims to examine the impact of terrorism on risk perception and travel behaviour of the Dutch market towards Sri Lanka. Design/methodology/approach The research process involved an online self-administered method created with one of the leading research and web-based survey tools called Qualtrics. The questionnaire was filled in by 328 respondents. Findings Findings indicate that Sri Lankan is perceived to be a relatively safe destination. However, the likeliness of visiting the country is unlikely. The respondents with past travel experience (PTE) perceive Sri Lanka to be safer than those without PTE and are more likely to revisit. Male respondents have a higher safety perception of Sri Lanka than women. Most of the respondents see Sri Lanka as an attractive destination and would consider travelling there with children. Research limitations/implications The majority of the respondents are female and aged between 18 to 29 years old. The majority of the respondents’ children were already 19 or older and not accompanying their parents on holiday. This study has managerial implications for Sri Lanka’s tourism board that could work on developing a marketing strategy that focusses on promoting Sri Lanka as a safe destination in combination with all the other unique selling points. Originality/value To the best of author’s knowledge, no analysis has been so far published with a focus on the impact of terrorism on risk perception and attitudes of the Dutch tourist towards Sri Lanka. The aim of this paper is to close the existing gap in the literature and to provide valuable knowledge on the influence of terrorism on risk perception and attitudes of the Dutch tourists’ travel behaviour towards Sri Lanka as a destination.

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