http://drr.vau.ac.lk/handle/123456789/1713 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:06:29 GMT 2026-04-21T22:06:29Z http://drr.vau.ac.lk/handle/123456789/1885 Changes in Trade Liberalization Policies and Its Impact on the Performance of Paddy Production in Sri Lanka Thayaparan, A. The economy of Sri Lanka opened up gradually since 1977 through liberalized and due to this policy changes economic structure in various aspects have been change significantly. Objective of this study is to assess the effect of open economic policy changes on the performance of paddy production in Sri Lanka. To evaluate this effect, secondary data were collected from annual reports of Central Bank from 1960- 2008. For this purpose, data related with paddy production, sown area of land and use of fertilizer were used on a specific time period interval before and after trade liberalization. A time series data since 1960 to 2008 contain a structural break and therefore the total time period is divided into two sub periods such as from 1960 to 1976 and 1977 to 2008 which represents the periods of before and after policy changes respectively. The data were analyzed using a linear regression model, Cobb — Douglas production function and two independent sample t tests. Further to test the structural changes of the country, the “Chow test" was applied. Results of the chow test for both regression models show that two sub sets of models are different and it proves that a clear change of performance in paddy sector has undergone before and after trade liberalization of the country. The coefficients of area of sown land and fertilizer have 1.868, 3.262 respectively indicates that, since 1977 usage of fertilizer more positively contributes to higher production than area of sown land. Further, results of the two independent sample t tests reveal that there is a statistically significant difference in mean values of the above variables in the two time periods. Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://drr.vau.ac.lk/handle/123456789/1885 2011-11-01T00:00:00Z http://drr.vau.ac.lk/handle/123456789/1884 Bond Market Development in Bangladesh: A Factor Analytical Approach Nirnalathasan, B.; Ather, S.M. The present study was attempted to rank bond market development’s factors with respect to their importance in the context of Bangladesh through ‘Principal Components Varimax Rotated Method. The study was complied with help of primary and secondary data. In this case, the researchers selected ninety companies from a list of different economically important sectors conveniently, and endeavored to conduct interview of fifty five financial executives of fifty five selected companies. The opinions of fifty five respondents were captured on five point- Likert scale such as most insignificant (l) to most significant (5). The co-efficient values were all above 0.7, thus meeting Cronbach's (1951) and, Nunnally and Bernstein’s (1994) recommendation of >0.7 as the acceptable reliability level. While academics assisted in assessing face validity, the financial executives verified content validity. The results show that six factors extracted from the analysis explain 86.16% of1he total variance. These factors such as risk and return’, liquidity and government policy, issue management, investment policy’, ‘macro-economic and regulatory’, , and ‘market and issue related factor’ have been ranked as first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth respectively with respect to their importance. This study would benefit academicians, researchers, policy makers, and practitioners of Bangladesh and other similar countries. Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://drr.vau.ac.lk/handle/123456789/1884 2011-11-01T00:00:00Z http://drr.vau.ac.lk/handle/123456789/1883 Entrepreneurs’ style and Organizational Performance of Small Scale Entrepreneurs in Vavuniya District: A Comparative study between Men and Women Entrepreneurs Pushpanathan, A. Research in Asia shows that females and males exhibit significantly different priority in production and consumption. Female contribute larger proportions of their personal income toward household expenditures than males and thus are able to retain less profit for reinvestment. This ‘study explores a comparative study of women and men entrepreneurs’ styles and organizational performance of small-scale entrepreneurs in Vavuniya District. The main objective of this study is to compare the relationship between genders’ style and organizational performance of small-scale entrepreneurs in Vavuniya District. This study utilized data from 200 small scale entrepreneur those who are registered under the Industrial Development Board, Vavuniya. The Exploratory Factor Analysis (Principle component with Varimax rotation) of independent variable- entrepreneurs‘ style, and moderating variables — decision-making and employee morale were measured by using the SPSS package. Then the regression results of independent and dependent variables were measured by structural equation model using the AMOS (Analysis of Movement Structure). The results of this study indicated that the Chi-square (X1) value of genders (men=S.862, p=0.2l0 & women=2.739, p= 0.602) is insignificant level. Further the models are evaluated with a variety of fit indices such as CMIN/DF, GFI, CFI, NFI, and RMSEA. The results indicate that the data fit the model marginally well in the mediating effects of decision-making, employee turnover, and employee morale between Entrepreneurs‘ styles (participative style) and firm performance in this study (Women CMIN/DF = 0.685, GFI = 0.974, CFI=l.000, NFI=0.935, and RMSEA=0.000 and men CMIN/DF = 1.465, GFI = 0.987, CFI = 0.983, NFI = 0.952, and RMSEA = 0.051). Squared Multiple Correlation value of performance in male is .52 and Female .65. The results indicated that the women Participative leadership style has more effective than the men entrepreneurs’ Participative leadership style in small scale entrepreneurship. Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://drr.vau.ac.lk/handle/123456789/1883 2011-11-01T00:00:00Z http://drr.vau.ac.lk/handle/123456789/1882 Impact of Networking and Linkages on Organizational Performance: A Comparative Study between the Local and International Non-governmental Organizations in Vavuniya District Nanthagopan, Y. The Local and International Non-Governmental organizations in Sri Lanka have made a significant contribution to the social impact in the past and continue to play an important role to improve the living standards of the vulnerable community. It is important for them to prove their ability to work at the community levels and to be innovative in responding to community needs. Networking and Linkages focus on very good communications and partnerships with others to serve people with mutual interest. Networking is defined as the organization is working with other organizations without any formal contracts. A linkage is defined as organization is working with other organizations with the formal contract. This can be partnerships or mergers. Linkages help the organization keep up with advances in pertinent fields, and give access to wide-ranging sources of up-to-date information within each area of the organization's work. It is important part of management to strengthen its organization to develop and manage its communications to networking with other organizations or having joint projects with others in assisting vulnerable community. Hence, the present study is initiated to identify the "Impact of Networking and Linkages on Organizational Performance" with samples of 42 employees from fourteen local NGOs and 30 employees from ten international NGOs in Vavuniya District. Stratified Random Sampling technique and primary data collections methods were used to conduct the study. Exploratory Factor Analysis Technique has been used to reduce the variables and Regression analysis has been used to compare the variables. The results show that, Networking is accounted for coefficient of determination (R2) with organizational performance of Local and International NGOs at 0.380 and 0.219 respectively. Linkages are accounted for coefficient of determination (R2) with organizational performance of Local and International NGOs at 0.394 and 0.376 respectively Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://drr.vau.ac.lk/handle/123456789/1882 2011-11-01T00:00:00Z