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Item The impact of normative beliefs and self-consciousness on making greener choices through greener preference(INFORMS, 2019) Zhou, Yuanyuan; Wilson, Juliette; Karampela, MariaGreen consumption has been seen as a means of minimizing the adverse impact of human consumption on the environment (Tripathi, 2017). The promotion of greener choices has been a concern for researchers, scholars, marketing practitioners and policy-makers. One way of popularising this is through the design of effective behavioural interventions by presenting ‘motivationally salient’ alternatives. This requires an understanding of the intentional formulation processes behind the resulting green consumption. Extant frameworks use normative motivations to understand this process which are either from self-expectation (personal norms) or social expectation (social norms). Norms play a crucial role in an individual’s choice by shaping individual preferences (Bicchieri, et al, 2014), while the role of an overall greener preference has been neglected. Thus, this research synthesises both personal and social normative sources to examine their combined effect on greener choice through green preference. Especially, this research unpacks how private and public dimensions of self-consciousness affect the greener choice making when consumers encounter conflicted expectations/norms. Additionally, this research investigates how ‘choice architecture’ would further help consumers to make greener choice. This research adopts experimental research to examine two interventional routes to alter consumers’ behaviour towards greener choices: i) motivationally normative information as the content of choice options, and ii) choice architecture (i.e., default setting). This research, preliminary findings of which will be presented in the conference, aims to bridge the theoretical gap regarding how normative motives interplay with self-consciousness in driving green consumption. It will also have an important role in supporting marketing practitioners in designing effective interventions for promoting greener choices. The preliminary findings of this research will be presented in the conference. The aim is to bridge the theoretical gap regarding how normative motives interplay with the self-consciousness in driving green consumption. It will also have an important role in supporting marketing practitioners in the design of of effective interventions for promoting greener choices.Item Above all, garnish and presentation: An evaluation of Fanny Cradock's contribution to home cooking in Britain(Wiley, 2017-08-02) Geddes, KevinThe development of cooking on television, and the associated rise in ‘celebrity chefs’ is often seen as a modern phenomenon involving cooks like Jamie Oliver and Nigella Lawson in Britain. Fanny Cradock (1909–1994) is from time to time credited as a pioneer in television cooking and Britain's ‘first celebrity chef’. However little detail of her career has been documented, despite working as a journalist, radio and television presenter, food demonstrator, writer of fiction, children's books and cookbooks spanning from 1942 until 1986. Cradock was prominent on television between 1955 and 1975, with her final appearance in 1985. Cradock is as often remembered for her colourful character as for the colourful food she presented and her name remains synonymous with elaborate cooking in ball gowns, using copious amounts of food colouring and aspic, and for berating her husband who assisted her on stage, on television, and in print. However, from Cradock's personal archive a far more substantive contribution to home cooking through the development of television cooking and cookbooks, looking at her undocumented ideas and innovations. Additional archive materials and collections of newspaper clippings collected between 1942 and 1982 by Cradock herself shed light on how she was perceived at the time, her role as an entrepreneur and her own ‘brand’ identity. From this documentary evidence, it is argued that Cradock deserves to be much better remembered for her contribution to British food culture.Item Common Market Cookery: Fanny Cradock’s European Fantasy(Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2018-02-01) Geddes, KevinFanny Cradock remains best known for her ball-gowns, brows and her berating of assistants, but she also had a lifelong ambition, threaded through her work. She wanted to bring the gastronomic landscape of Europe to the housewives of Britain. From her early days as a young, ambitious, jobbing newspaper feature writer, food activist and campaigner, to her rise as a television celebrity extraordinaire, she championed the style, the feel and the food of the Continent. This essay looks at Craddock's career and asks, was Fanny as ‘ProEU’ as she seemed, or would Brexit be more up her boulevard?Item The role of information alignment and entrepreneurial traits on SME internationalization: A conceptual framework(Emerald, 2016-02-15) Peschken-Holt, Thomas; Shukla, Paurav; Lennon, John; Rate, ShirleyPurpose: The paper aims to explore the internationalisation decision-making of small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) owner/managers. Specifically, structural alignment theory (SAT) and regulatory focus theory (RFT) are utilised to examine the concept of opportunity recognition in the context of internationalisation choices. Design/methodology/approach: This paper is conceptual in nature, and an integrative cognitive model of internationalisation choice decisions is developed based on SAT and RFT, underpinned by a critical review of the international entrepreneurship (IE) literature. Findings: Scenarios are identified in which the structure of available information may affect the decision-evaluation process in terms of cognitive resource requirements. Further, the SME owner/manager’s motivational goal orientation is suggested to moderate the role of the information structure in line with IE literature. A conceptual model and propositions are presented. Research limitations/implications: The conceptual model and the propositions arising from the discussion in this paper offer new directions of research to explore SME internationalisation. Originality/value: This paper offers a cognitive perspective of SME internationalisation. This paper offers insights for policymakers, SME owner/managers, practitioners and researchers alike. For internationalisation decisions, this paper highlights the potential impact of the structure of information that is made available to SME owner/managers by industry or policy bodies; further, the moderating influence of motivational goal orientation may inform policy on how information should be presented to SME owner/managers to aid their decision-making.Item The Impact of Board Characteristics on Dividend Policy:Evidence from Manufacturing sector of CSE.(2018) Dissanayake, Kasun; Dissabandara, D. B. P. H.Item Board Characteristics and Dividend Policy -The Study of Banking and Finance Sector in Sri Lanka(NSBM Green University Town, 2018) Dissanayake, Kasun; Dissabandara, D. B. P. H.The mere motive for the researchers to seek answers for the query on payment of Dividends by companies and the affecting factors for the payment of Dividends was majorly due to the prevailing issue of problem of Dividends since 1950s. The study is based to how one of the main components of corporate governance, which is the Board characteristics, has influenced dividend policy. The data for this paper was gathered Banking and Finance sector companies in Colombo Stock Exchange taking the last 5-year figures as a base. Dividend Decision and Dividend payout were taken into reflection for the measurement of Dividend policy. And the three analytical strategies of Descriptive Statistics, Binary Logistic Regression and Panel Regression were taken as tools of analysis. Descriptive statistics were used to understand the nature of board characteristics in Banking and Finance sector of Sri Lanka. The effect on Board characteristics on dividend decision was expansively defined in Binary Logistic regression. The effect on level of dividend payout through Board characteristics were discussed through Panel Regression. Descriptive statistics generated a percentage of 18.48% when finding out average of dividend payout for last 5 years. Women on board seemed to show a percentage of 11.86% in Banking and Finance sector. This concludes that board gender diversity is far less in Banking and Finance sector of Sri Lanka with an average Board size of 8.Leverage of 76% was depicted in Bank and Finance sector. The likelihood to pay dividends is affected positively by women on board, board size, CEO duality, board meetings and firm size. Audit committee size, Board independence and Leverage showed a negative relationship with likelihood of dividend payout. Out of mentioned relationships, women on board, Board size and CEO duality have a significant positive relationship with likelihood of dividend payout. It is documented that dividend payout of Banking and Finance companies listed in CSE is affected positively by Audit committee size, Board independence, Board meetings and CEO duality. Out of those variables Board independence and CEO duality had significantly positive relationship with the level of the dividend payout. Dividend payout was negatively affected by Board gender diversity and Board size. Negative relationship of Board size was significant at 0.05 significance level.Item Working Capital Management and Firm Performance: Evidence from Food and Beverage sector of Colombo Stock Exchange(2019) Dissanayake, Kasun; Mendis, A. U.Item The Impact of Firm Attributes on Selecting the Auditor: Evidence from Sri Lanka(NSBM Green University Town, 2019) Dissanayake, KasunThis study examines the effects of firm attributes on choice of auditor among companies incorporated in Sri Lanka. As the regulatory environment mandate, all incorporated entities are required to appoint independent auditors to audit the financial statements of the company. This offers an exclusive opportunity to examine the differentiation in demand for auditors when there are two types of potential auditors in place of selection for the organisations based on the audit quality; which is either a “big three firm” ( PWC, KPMG or EY ) or a non-big three. Therefore, researcher will emphasis to accomplish the objectives of assessing the status quo of organisational attributes and identify the relationship between organisational attributes and auditor choice among companies in Sri Lanka. This paper takes a quantitative approach into consideration with stratified sample of data obtained from companies incorporated and operating under the companies act no.7 of 2007. Custom-built binary logistic regression model examines the influence of organisational attributes such as profitability, company’s age, complexity, leverage, operating industry against auditor choice proxy into two choices reliant on audit quality (Big three Vs Non-big three auditors). Correlation analysis indicate significant correlation between auditor choice and several organisational attributes. Whereas the binary logistic regression model results show that organisation complexity has a positive relationship with the choice of big three auditor being appointed. While leverage of the company has a negative relationship with engaging a big three firm. Overall, three of the organisation characteristics were found consistent to the developed hypotheses in the research design. Given the importance of audit, this study delivers insights regarding determinants of choice of auditor which is an important matter to the regulators, enforcement agencies and investors. The findings imply different organisational attributes have different effects on auditor choice; some structures strengthen it while others weaken it. The diverging relationship between the organisational factors and audit choice raises the question of its significance to the appointment regardless of the mandatory requirements. The research extends the literature by extending the determinants of the choice of auditor in an emerging market where there is mandatory audit requirement. The work is based on empirical data obtained directly from company financial statements. Thus, utilizes the audited financial statements and make objective analysis of auditor choice dynamics to highlights the important role played by organisational characteristics in shaping demand for audit quality.Item THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ON TOURISTS SATISFACTION: STUDY OF COLOMBO FORT TO GALLE(Global Academic Research Institute (Pvt) Ltd, 2019-12-31) Dissanayake, Kasun; Salith Harsha, A.This study aims to assess tourists‟ satisfaction level and transport services in Sri Lanka (case study at Fort to Galle), and to identify the relationship between tourist satisfaction and transport service quality. In this study, five objectives and five questionnaires were developed in the study model. The empirical data were collected from tourists via a survey that yielded 300 usable questionnaires, these data were analyzed using a series of multiple regressions to determine the relationship between public transportation service quality and tourist satisfaction. The findings confirmed that transportation service quality has direct impact on tourist satisfaction throughout transport mode facilities, destination accessibility and destination attraction. As a result, this study argued that there is a significant impact of the public transportation service quality on tourist satisfaction, and therefore service quality plays an important role in tourism by increasing the level of tourist satisfaction. This study provides some theoretical and managerial implications based on the findings to academicians and managers/ policy makers of tourism sector. The researcher identified areas for future studies and he discussed the main limitations in this study.Item Evaluating Water Security in the Asia-Pacific Region: A New Approach Based on Vulnerability Indices(Taylor and Francis Group, 2013) Paladini, StefaniaA specialist in non-traditional security issues in China and Southeast Asia outlines a new approach to investigating the emerging issue of water security in East Asia. The author develops a composite vulnerability index linking water availability with economic and social conditions, and applies the index to assess the effects of water supply constraints on 26 countries in the Asia-Pacific region. The paper demonstrates that the index provides useful insights for further analyses, although additional work is needed before it can be considered fully reliable for forecasting purposes.