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02nd ICME - 2013: Recent submissions

  • Developing Entrepreneurship Thorough Islamic Microfinance: An Emperical Study on the Gear 
    Mehboob, U.I. Hassan (Faculty of Management and Finance, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2013-02-26)
    Modern economists claim that fostering financing inclusion through microcredit and micro-financial institutions have great potential to improve the well-being of financial marginalized and destitute stratum of society. ...
  • Resource Use Efficiency of Small Scale Furniture Industry in Sri Lanka: A Stochastic Frontior Production Function Approach 
    Shantha, A.A.; Ali, B.G.H.A. (Faculty of Management and Finance, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2013-02-26)
    In economics, it is well recognized that resources involved in the production process are limited in supply and that the scarce resources must be efficiently utilized with the minimum of wastage. Recent literature ...
  • Pakistan-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement (Psfta): A Comparison with Saarc and Safta 
    Nufile, A.A.M.; Santhirasegaram, S.; Ismail, S.M.M. (Faculty of Management and Finance, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2013-02-26)
    This paper attempts to estimate Pakistan-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement using the gravity model of trade. Panel data for the period 1980-2010 across two countries is employed in the analysis. The coefficients obtained ...
  • Entrepreneurship, Mentoring and Altruism 
    Cader, Hanas A. (Faculty of Management and Finance, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2013-02-26)
    In the recent years, numbers of researchers have questioned the wisdom of in class educational approach for entrepreneurship education. Proponents of taught pedagogy are increasingly faced with the dilemmas to understand ...
  • Security as a Risk Variable in the Governance of Natural Resources in Oil-Rich Gulf State 
    Palliam, Ralph (Faculty of Management and Finance, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2013-02-26)
    A widely accepted hypothesis is that people are motivated by a hierarchy of needs. Safety and security of the body, morality, employment, health and resources is the second level of human needs identified by Maslow. ...
  • The Impact of Microcredit on the Economic Development of the Small Entrepreneurs: Evidence from Southern, Sri Lanka 
    Buddhika, S.A.; Kumara, P.A.P.S. (Faculty of Management and Finance, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2013-02-26)
    Microcredit has become one of the most popular development strategies in developing countries as it has been instrumental in the success of the small entrepreneurs. As a part of a survey conducted to examine the ...
  • Up-Thrust in Turbulence Waters: Innovative Practises in Fashion Designer Entrepreneurship 
    Kusumsiri, Nisanka; Jayawardane, Ananda (Faculty of Management and Finance, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2013-02-26)
    Fashion designer entrepreneurship in Sri Lanka has developed at a significant rate within the last decade. As in any other business, designer entrepreneurs have faced many challenges in today’s turbulent business ...
  • Key Success Factors of Small Businesses in Sri Lanka 
    Weerasinghe, T.D.; Batagoda, C.K.; Jayasundara, W.H.G. (Faculty of Management and Finance, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2013-02-26)
    Small Businesses are considered the stamina of any economy as they play a critical role by generating jobs, accelerating regional development, empowering innovations and stimulating many economic functions. Small ...
  • Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy Based Model of Sme Performance in Developing Countries 
    Herath, H.M.A.; Mahmood, Rosli (Faculty of Management and Finance, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2013-02-26)
    SME performance has been considered as one of the most important driving force behind economies of both developed and developing countries due to their multiple contributions. In most of the developing countries, the ...
  • Women Entrepreneurs in Micro Enterprises in India: Issues and Interventions of Women Entrepreneurship 
    Anvekar, Sandhya; Balakumar, Uma (Faculty of Management and Finance, University of Ruhuna, 2013-02-26)
    Women entrepreneurs can play powerful role in confidence building and creating awareness in other women to promote self-reliance. On the other hand, women entrepreneurs have to face more problems than men entrepreneurs. ...

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